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Recent content by BarQ

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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Wouldn't using integrated Ethernet port on Mobo for WAN and then attaching just one NIC for LAN be much easier and efficient ?
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    Running out of PCIe Slots

    I have tried to find a tutorial on setting up VLANs and couldn't find much on YouTube. Plus setting up VLANs looks complicated. What's the difference between having a wireless card vs actual AP except of course the size of the devices itselfes ? So, would setting up a separate VLAN for LAN...
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    Running out of PCIe Slots

    Hi guys, So I'm finally getting parts for my PFSense box but I have encounter a bump on the way which I can't figure out what to do about it. So my motherboard has the following PCI Slots: 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 1 x PCI I need 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 for Wi-Fi NIC Cards as one will be for...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Hi guys, So I'm finally getting parts for my PFSense box but I hav encounter a bump on the way which I can't figure out what to do about it. So my motherboard has the following PCI Slots: 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 1 x PCI I need 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 for Wi-Fi NIC Cards as one will be for...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    I just don't understand what's the difference between ASUSWRT-Merlin and DD-WRT ? Isn't Merlin firmware like a closed source version of DD-WRT ? I have another question regarding VLans in PfSense, is there a possibility to put a machine on the Network or SMB Share and give access to it only for...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Does ASUS RT-AC86U supports VLAN ? Also I have checked Google and it appears that there is no DD-WRT for it ?
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    To squeeze the best results in terms of speeds, it's good idea to get a supported hardware. In general, VPN takes away ~40% to 30% of your speed away so I'm aware of that fact.
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Thanks for the links, I will take a look at them. Tho, I just have one question regarding pfBlockerNG, could that tool conflict with a DNS service which blocks various malicious or spam websites ? I'm asking since pfBlockerNG is using DNS Black listing which will probably conflicts with the DNS...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Do you think that CI527 box is able to handle Snort/Suricata while handling multiple devices in the network or is it too weak to do it ?
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    At the beginning it was like that but when I saw what I can do with pfSense it would actually benefit me more than normal router as it has more advanced functionality which I would like to use :) P.S I have tried to look for ASUS RT-AC86U a long time ago but as far as I know, it's unfortunately...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Wow, that's pretty cool ! I even didn't knew you could do it on the router level . What do you mean by client using WAN ? I'm a bit confused here, you mean that the client doesn't go through VPN connection if they use WAN ? I think there wouldn't be any connection to a device if they didn't...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Does that means you can use one VPN Account and set it to different countries and then route a specific network device to a choice of the country instead of routing every device via one country ? You mean, no port forwarding ? Doesn't having any type of server on LAN expose it to a VPN Provider...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Yep, I thought that one was obvious but thanks for explaining. So what managed switch is used then ? I know I think that it can provide, IDS/IPS etc but wouldn't be cheaper for business to just use PfSense as it can provide similar capabilities and features but for free ? So, how did you...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't VLAN deployed for network separation to prevent one computer infecting others e.g viruses/malware/ransomware etc over in the same network ? The only option is to buy it on Ebay and get it shipped from US to my region. In this case, I don't really trust Ebay in...
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    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    What I worry about is that because I don't use manage switch, that there is a possibility of VLAN Hopping if it's only supported by software (PfSense itself). Is it C1527 or CI527 Nano ? When I looked around for C1527 I couldn't find anything and Google suggested CI527 Nano which has Intel...
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