New Pfsense Router

[PenguinMaster]

We recently upgraded to a 1Gb Internet Conection, and I want to ditch the ISP's supplied Modem / Router / AP / Switch Combo Unit, and put my own Pfsense router in, I am pretty newbie when it comes to Networking. I know how to make Ethernet Cables. Is it really hard to use Pfsense, or is it decently easy enough for me to use? What should I use as a base unit for my router? This will be connected to a 48x Port GbE switch, with 2 - 4x 10GbE Ports. I need it to be rack-mountable.

[AbsoluteFool]

2 hours ago, Chickenfans said:

We recently upgraded to a 1Gb Internet Conection, and I want to ditch the ISP's supplied Modem / Router / AP / Switch Combo Unit, and put my own Pfsense router in, I am pretty newbie when it comes to Networking. I know how to make Ethernet Cables. Is it really hard to use Pfsense, or is it decently easy enough for me to use? What should I use as a base unit for my router? This will be connected to a 48x Port GbE switch, with 2 - 4x 10GbE Ports. I need it to be rack-mountable.

Netgate has revatively small systems that draw very little power for sale that would be ideal for this. Otherwise you can use an older server or a custom build. PFsense is revatively easy to learn by just clicking around in the user interface. While there is much things you can do, sticking to the basic is recomended if you have lack of knowledge about the system itself.

[idiocracy]

Pfsense is very powerful, can fully recommend. And i don't think you'll have any issues using pfsense, it's fairly user-friendly.

Personally i have good experience with qotom routers, i have one with an i3 and 2gb of ram, works flawlessly. But in an enterprise environment you might want to either buy one from netgate that has enterprise support. Or build your own.

[AbsoluteFool]

I looked at this one a while back https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/sg-1000.html

While it's "pricy" for that little box, it's very convinient even if you have a rack enclosure. Plus you get support

[alex75871]

I am using a second hand entry level Supermicro server for my fibre connection.

 

Supermicro SC731i-403B case with gold powersupply

Supermicro X10SSL-F motherboard

Pentium G3420 dual core 3.2 GHz (supports DDR3 1600 and ECC, not that you need ECC for pfSense)

4 GB Hynix ECC 1600 DDR3 dual rank memory stick

Intel quad gigabit NIC I350-T4 v2 for a total of 6 gigabit (2 onboard, 4 on I350) ports + 1 IPMI management port

SanDisk 16 GB USB stick attached to onboard USB3 header for pfSense install