Building a pfSense box - part 1

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!

 




Jonathan Ganesh

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.

Hugo Pinheiro

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.

Nick Koufou

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?

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