pfsense Anyone Know How To Set Up A Minecraft And PFSense Router On The Same Box?

[unixbird]

1 minute ago, ArcticWolf_11 said:

Yeah but I don't want to buy another i7 for a router, any idea what cpu would be the cheapest that would work?

You can definitely go the route that everyone said (R710 rackmount). Building something similar but i cant attest for how fast it is yet. I got the cpus for 11 USD total on the new build, so R710 may be a good route to go for, just the ram can get pricey for DDR3 ECC

[Waffles!]

3 minutes ago, unixbird said:

You can definitely go the route that everyone said (R710 rackmount). Building something similar but i cant attest for how fast it is yet. I got the cpus for 11 USD total on the new build, so R710 may be a good route to go for, just the ram can get pricey for DDR3 ECC

Hmm, idk I might as well just set up a pfsense router with low end hardware for around $50 and just use a VM with PIA on it to do my banking, shopping, and such to save money then. Thanks for your help!

[unixbird]

10 minutes ago, ArcticWolf_11 said:

Hmm, idk I might as well just set up a pfsense router with low end hardware for around $50 and just use a VM with PIA on it to do my banking, shopping, and such to save money then. Thanks for your help!

yeah no problem man, if you need help with PIA on linux just hit me up, its actually what i use as well:P

[Waffles!]

3 minutes ago, unixbird said:

yeah no problem man, if you need help with PIA on linux just hit me up, its actually what i use as well:P

Ah lol. Thanks!

[Mikensan]

You can use a really underpowered CPU for encryption/VPN so long as it has AES-NI. I believe there are a couple Intel Atoms that support AES-NI. pfSense sells hardware using said atoms as well.

 

Speaking of which, looks like their latest hardware is like $150 using the ARM A8 which supposedly can do ~30mbps for VPN traffic:

https://netgate.com/products/sg-1000.html

https://store.pfsense.org/SG-2220/ $300 and uses an Atom that has AE-NIS

If nothing else you could use these as parts guides to make your own.

 

[Waffles!]

5 hours ago, Mikensan said:

You can use a really underpowered CPU for encryption/VPN so long as it has AES-NI. I believe there are a couple Intel Atoms that support AES-NI. pfSense sells hardware using said atoms as well.

 

Speaking of which, looks like their latest hardware is like $150 using the ARM A8 which supposedly can do ~30mbps for VPN traffic:

https://netgate.com/products/sg-1000.html

https://store.pfsense.org/SG-2220/ $300 and uses an Atom that has AE-NIS

If nothing else you could use these as parts guides to make your own.

 

Oh, thanks! Where did you find the VPN traffic info? Because I can't find it anywhere on the site for their products

[Mikensan]

On 10/9/2016 at 4:39 PM, ArcticWolf_11 said:

Oh, thanks! Where did you find the VPN traffic info? Because I can't find it anywhere on the site for their products

I find the chipset for their product, and then do a google search on vpn throughput for that chipset. Usually somebody out there has tested it.