Building a pfSense box - part 1
So ... I've been doing my first hardware build for a very, very long time. Back in the 90s I remember buying extra memory, video cards, etc, but this is my first ever full machine build.
I'm setting up a pfSense box for my home network, on Stephane Matis' recommendation (thanks, Stephane!)
So where am I up to? Put all the hardware together, and successfully booting. Now I find that I don't actually have a physical keyboard in this house :-) Off to get a cheap keyboard and then to move onto the software install. I also need to work out where this box is going to be located physically in the house. The cable comes into the house downstairs by the TV, but that is a child-ridden danger area. I might need to run some Ethernet cable up-and-away to a safer place!
Observability Developer at ComUnity
9 年Looks awesome! Have you also considered using an Alix board? I've heard they work well with PfSense and they have quite a few ports.
Building frameworks using open source that enable people and teams to work efficiently @ NinjaCat | SRE - Fully remote
9 年Look into sophos utm home edition its free - comes with 10 antivirus licenses, thats what i run at home, does firewall, web filtering, and threat detection - fyi it blocks everything but http by default so you will have to create firewall rules.
Principal Engineer/Creative Technologies at Electronic Arts (EA)
9 年Hey Bob, just out of curiosity, what prompted you to build one of these? What pfSense features are you looking to leverage?