[Soekris] Want to build a router

[Sean Murphy]

> Although one of my favorite distros, IMO pfSense
> just won't make it on the 4501 any more.  I don't know how either of
> them will fare on the 4801,


I run pfSense on a couple of Net4801 units - they do quite well for my  
usage, including the newest 1.2 release.  One of them is a full NAT/ 
firewall & occasional VPN server for my home-office LAN, the other is  
doing routing-only (firewall turned off) on a WISP with about 45  
clients.

And sorry... no spares from me - I still need 'em! ;)

Sean Murphy
smurphy at mac.com

On 22-May-08, at 10:04 PM, RB wrote:

>> I notice nobody has suggested a net4501. Although older and slower,  
>> it
>> is fairly capable and would probably cover your needs for a basic
>> router.
>
> m0n0wall 1.2 runs pretty well on the 4501, but 1.3 just about exceeds
> he 4501's resources last I checked (during beta) when you try to do
> anything useful.  Although one of my favorite distros, IMO pfSense
> just won't make it on the 4501 any more.  I don't know how either of
> them will fare on the 4801, but if anyone wanted to send me a spare
> unit to test... :)
>
> I've become pretty attached lately to putting OpenWRT on my 4501s,
> other than the raw CPU frequency they're actually pretty high in the
> specifications it normally runs on.  Given that you already have the
> rest of the infrastructure and are just going to be routing for a
> residential network, the 5501 probably would be overkill, but would
> give you more flexibility and future.  If you need to cut it closer,
> the 4801 will still be a long-term friend.
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