[ale] So, who do we like for a new 4 port gigabit LAN/WAN Firewall Routers these days?

[Jim Kinney]

I have one of those. Works well. Make sure it has decent air space. It will get warm if all 4 ports are banging 1Gb each. Don't sit it on top of a quad opteron 1U being used for neural network training. Really, don't have it sitting directly over the heatsink of the cpu slinging a few TB of data through it and expect the internet access to stay speedy. It's been much happier hanging by its wires in the center of the room away from that monster box and other heat sources. Also a good idea to do some creative zip tie work to make it impossible to kick that barrel plug power line out while adding more ram to the above quad box.

On February 24, 2021 7:30:54 AM EST, Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Yes and no. :)  Yes, pfSense does use a "computer" (isn't most
>everything a computer these days?  Haha!), but you could do what I do
>and run a firewall appliance like this:
>
>https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Appliance-Gigabit-AES-NI-Barebone/dp/B072ZTCNLK/ref=sr_1_1_sspa
>
>It's inexpensive, runs cool, doesn't need a fan, and uses very little
>power. 
>
>pfSense also sells their own appliances that are pretty decently
>priced.
>
>https://www.pfsense.org/products/
>
>/Raj
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Steve Litt via Ale
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 6:06 AM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: Re: [ale] So, who do we like for a new 4 port gigabit
>LAN/WAN
>> Firewall Routers these days?
>> 
>> I used (and liked) pfSense for several years. The only problem was it
>> consumed a computer, with the 24/7 power requirements that implies.
>> 
>> Now I'm using my Spectrum cable modem as a
>firewall/router/dhcpserver.
>> If that ever doesn't work (I blow out cable modems every few years)
>> I'll go back either to pfSense or OpenBSD and pf.
>> 
>> SteveT 
>
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