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firewall hardware?

Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 6:21 am
by TrevorNoah
hi all,

I would like to get started with opensense/pfsense and don't really know what kind of machines I should get that on.

I have a 200/20 connection and would like to run 1 or 2 vpn above that that. Energy is costly in Belgium (0.24€/kwh) and so I'm not that much inclined to get enterprise hardware such as a R210ii that is often recommended here.

Re: firewall hardware?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 11:15 am
by tamir
Although Linux mint is the only fully supported distribution for the fitlet2, there are customers reports it works well with it.
Perhaps you could consult the pfsense community via:
https://forum.netgate.com/

Also, there are threads over pfsense configuration for the fitlet2. A short search in here resulted the the following:
https://fit-pc.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... nse#p21743

Re: firewall hardware?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 2:47 pm
by Ztarp
I'm running a Fitlet2 with J3455, 128GB M.2 SSD, and 8GB RAM and Opnsense. Works fine.

Re: firewall hardware?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 3:22 pm
by Ztarp
There's also a lot of discussion of the Fitlet2 running various firewalls here: https://bbs.io-tech.fi/threads/tee-se-i ... hto.14625/. You may have to use Google translate.

Re: firewall hardware?

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 4:16 pm
by Ztarp
Speed testing on 1GB connection using Sophos XG and pfSense (?) with and without Suricata IPS: https://bbs.io-tech.fi/threads/palomuur ... lle.74958/