Klondin

Just now, GreezyJeezy said:

for me myself and I  

All the more for you

It's more beneficial for you to do your classwork yourself

Cook a steak dinner

Go outside

3 hours ago, z97 said:

That's perfect lol.

 

Appreciate it a ton!

No problem, glad I could help!

I broke my case window so now i have a piece of Siran wrap taped to the side of my case 

Here's a quick sketch. Lemme know if something needs changed.

Side Panel v1.0.pdf

Damn dude, trim your fingernails

Is the lock switch on the side of the card set to locked mode?

Edit: nvm didn't fully read the question

1 minute ago, unijab said:

I recently just built a router/firewall also.

I used CentOS and this motherboard because it had 2 onboard NICs. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157614)

That's a sweet board, I wish I would have gotten that one instead . Oh well, my setup is functional, if not ideal

On some routers you can plug in a usb device and have that accessible on the network. However, since you are backing up multiple PCs and storing a bunch of media files, I think a NAS would be a better option since it can offer redundancy and increased capacity. A NAS and home server are pretty much the same thing, just designed for different use cases. A NAS doesn't need very powerful hardware since it is just transfering files. A home server might need some more powerful hardware since it will usually be used to run game servers and web services, among other things.

2 minutes ago, beavo451 said:

Sorry, I missed the card. Maybe use a USB 3.0 Ethernet adapter if your OS supports it?

I might look into something like that. I'll have to do some research to see if an adapter exists that is supported by FreeBSD

3 minutes ago, beavo451 said:

If you don't feel like making a case, look at the Antec ISK 110.

Oh man, that is almost perfect. It doesn't look like it has room for my network card though

I decided to build a router, more on a whim than because of necessity. I'm pretty happy with how it's performed so far. Even when downloading 20 or so torrents I can't get the cpu usage to go much above 10%. The motherboard was more expensive than other options but I think the price is offset somewhat by the included power supply/brick.

I did not purchase a case because all of the ones I looked at had a place for a power supply; and because this motherboard uses an external power brick, I decided it would be dumb to have a big empty spot in the case where a power supply would go. I think I am going to try and design a custom enclosure for it.

Components:

ASRock N3150DC-ITX (Mini-ITX motherboard with built-in Intel Celeron N3150 quad core processor)

4GB memory

Intel EXPI9301CTBLK gigabit network card

16GB flash drive with Pfsense installed

Pictures:

I pay $65/mo for 50/50, my down speed increased recently for some reason.