[Soekris] pfSense on 4801

[RB]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 16:39, Andy Michaels <lego at therac25.net> wrote:
>> I don't want to hijack the thread, but I've precisely a few questions
>> regarding pfSense on Soekris boards.
>>
>> Have you an experience with it on the net4801 ?
>
> I've had great success with pfSense on 4801. easy install and
> maintenance.  It's as easy as copying an image to a CF disk and
> booting it.

I stopped using pfSense on my Soekris systems when their memory
requirements grew past what my poor little 4501's could do.  That
said, they've kept with their m0n0wall roots and continue to provide
very reasonable embedded images that are heavily used.  My 4501s were
migrated from a firewall/router role to AP or terminal server roles
using OpenWRT.

>> What do you recommend, from HD or CF, to install it ?
>
> CF

Either, depending on your needs.  The CF installs generally follow the
embedded line, which in pfSense aren't able to install additional
packages without a good deal of fiddling.

Further discussion should probably migrate offline or to the
pfsense-discussion list.