Need PfSense Box (Rack Mount)

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Can anyone recommend any good servers that are rack mountable and are no more that $150? (Unless you get REALLY GOOD performance per dollar for more that $150). I don't really care about power efficency. it needs to be able to run PfSense without a problem. Thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

Poweredge 860? Poweredge 1950? 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Poweredge 860? Poweredge 1950? 

What about this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-2950-III-2x-Xeon-X5450-3-0ghz-Quad-Core-32gb-1tb-2x-PSU-/232021809926

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

What about this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-2950-III-2x-Xeon-X5450-3-0ghz-Quad-Core-32gb-1tb-2x-PSU-/232021809926

 

Works fine, but hot and loud for what it is. Your also gonna be killing the power bill of who ever is paying.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Works fine, but hot and loud for what it is. Your also gonna be killing the power bill of who ever is paying.

Dont care about the heat or noise because it is living in my garage

[Mikensan]

If you want gigabit performance you're going to want something beefier. If you're only going to filter internet > LAN traffic then it is fine. However if you're going to have multiple networks that pfsense is the in-between... say LAN and WiFi then transferring files between your LAN and WiFi is going to be sub-par. This was a $300 lesson to me.

[Smite]

pick up a watchguard xtm 5xx on ebay super cheap and easyish to convert. fits great in 1u worth of space and the best part it is plenty of connections for wan lan dmz ect 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

4 hours ago, Mikensan said:

If you want gigabit performance you're going to want something beefier. If you're only going to filter internet > LAN traffic then it is fine. However if you're going to have multiple networks that pfsense is the in-between... say LAN and WiFi then transferring files between your LAN and WiFi is going to be sub-par. This was a $300 lesson to me.

I live in a place of slow internet speeds so unless I had a gigabit switch for my home network I wouldn't need it

[TubsAlwaysWins]

3 hours ago, Smite said:

pick up a watchguard xtm 5xx on ebay super cheap and easyish to convert. fits great in 1u worth of space and the best part it is plenty of connections for wan lan dmz ect 

Can you find a decent one for me? I havent heard of watchguard before so I don't know much about them

[Smite]

1 hour ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Can you find a decent one for me? I havent heard of watchguard before so I don't know much about them

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WatchGuard-XTM-505-NC2AE8-Gigabit-Ethernet-Firewall-Router-Same-Day-Shipping-/262524733395?hash=item3d1fb187d3:g:Ga0AAOSwxehXPfN5

I don't know the seller etc but this is one I found. all of the 5 series run the same hardware with differences being cpu's memory and vpn modules. You can use a flash memory card or any sata drive with it. there is plenty of room in there. I used an old 2.5" sata drive from a laptop. works like a champ. I upgraded the cpu and memory with stuff i had lying around. I have old dell servers and hp servers. while this isn't silent it is a lot quieter than those. 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

2 hours ago, Smite said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WatchGuard-XTM-505-NC2AE8-Gigabit-Ethernet-Firewall-Router-Same-Day-Shipping-/262524733395?hash=item3d1fb187d3:g:Ga0AAOSwxehXPfN5

I don't know the seller etc but this is one I found. all of the 5 series run the same hardware with differences being cpu's memory and vpn modules. You can use a flash memory card or any sata drive with it. there is plenty of room in there. I used an old 2.5" sata drive from a laptop. works like a champ. I upgraded the cpu and memory with stuff i had lying around. I have old dell servers and hp servers. while this isn't silent it is a lot quieter than those. 

I got a WatchGuard Firebox X700 for $50. Hows that

[Smite]

14 hours ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

I got a WatchGuard Firebox X700 for $50. Hows that

not a bad box, My first pfsense was on a x700 it worked ok with some random nic lockup issues. 

[Mikensan]

On 8/4/2016 at 2:50 PM, TubsAlwaysWins said:

I live in a place of slow internet speeds so unless I had a gigabit switch for my home network I wouldn't need it

It's not the internet speed I was referring to. It is from 1 network segment to another. If you plan to say have your WiFi on 192.168.1.0/24 and your copper/LAN network on 192.168.40.0/24 - these two networks will have to pass through pfsense. So to go from WiFi to LAN the bottle neck could possibly be your choice in hardware.