[kwlug-disc] PFSense and USB 2.0 NICs

[Mark Steffen]

+1 for the person who comment about using VLANs.  This is what I do;
traffic comes into PFsense from the Internets, I chop it up into VLANs and
send it out the single GigE link on a switch port allowing various tagged
VLANs and have the switch disperse it from there into untagged ports
depending on the type of traffic (voip/guest LAN/internal LAN/security
cameras) or tagged for going to the Wifi APs (internal, guest).

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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks as if I'll just have to stick with my backup plan.  Turn the atom
> into a low powered Asterisk box, to clear the VM off my other box.  For the
> moment, I'll stick with my old router running DD-WRT. :)
>
>
> Any recommendations on a low powered box with dual NIC that I can get in
> Canada, specifically for pfsense?
>
> Note that this is for home / tinkering use...  not a company.
>
>
> Thanks folks!
>
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 9:51 PM, bob+kwlug at softscape.ca <
> bob+kwlug at softscape.ca> wrote:
>
>> I have had success experimenting with pfSense on a laptop with a single
>> NIC and using VLANs to break out the various network segments. I never got
>> to put it into production, but got it to do everything I needed it to do.
>>
>> You would need a small managed switch to separate the VLANs into
>> individual Ethernet ports, but I think you can find pretty cheap ones that
>> can do that.
>>
>> BB
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: kwlug-disc [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On Behalf Of
>> Colin
>> > Mackay
>> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 8:40 PM
>> > To: KWLUG discussion
>> > Subject: [kwlug-disc] PFSense and USB 2.0 NICs
>> > Importance: High
>> >
>> > Hello folks,
>> >
>> >
>> > I have a 1.6Ghz dual core ATOM box sitting idle in the basement, from
>> what
>> > I've seen it'll be able to run pfsense without too much trouble.
>> >
>> >
>> > The issue is that, aside from the Wireless card, it only has a single
>> NIC.
>> > Has anyone out there used a USB NIC with pfsense?  It'd be used for my
>> WAN
>> > connection.
>> >
>> >
>> > I've googled around a bit, but most of the answers are from 2012 or
>> > earlier.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks all.
>>
>>
>>
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