Recent content by coxhaus

It looks like the Firewalla does not actually support 10g, only has 10g ports.

I am still waiting for AT&T fiber. My pfsense Plus expired and I moved to another Dell PC using CE 2.7.2. I am waiting to build my 10g Dell PC. I have an Intel 550 T2 10g 2 port NIC. Anybody upgraded their firmware on their 10g NIC? Can you do it from a Windows PC? I loaded the patches for...

I guess you know you cannot read a RAID set without drivers and an OS loaded with the drivers and controller. Back when I built RAID servers, I used a drive for the OS not encrypted so if the server failed you could still save the RAID. Or you could move it using the like same controller in...

My guess is you don't want to push it or load data intrusion. It will probably over heat.

I like APC Smart UPS. I think the Smart ones are better. I have an APC Smart UPS1000. It keeps my modem, router Dell PC, Cisco POE+ switch and 3 Cisco wireless APs going during a power outage. My APC comes with a 2-year warranty. I just updated my firmware on my APC.

80 watt CPUs are not a good idea for pfsense routers. There are too many lower watt CPUs available.

I believe in running front door, internet exposed, router bare metal no VM, less exposure. Just because you can does not mean you should.

I like the Cisco small business networking equipment. It will have less software bugs than Unifi and believe it or not the Cisco 150ax APs are cheaper plus you don't have to buy a controller as the controller and backup controller is built in. I use pfsense as a router more than likely...

I am a techy, so I want the best tech. OPNsense is lacking.

Cisco builds in the controllers into the small business wireless APs like the WAP571 or the 150ax. They also have backup controllers built-in so if you lose the primary controller AP then 1 of the other wireless APs can become the primary controller and that works all the way down to the last...

You should be running with pfsense as it is on the latest FreeBSD version. It will have newer drivers in some cases and the latest code. Forget OPNsense until they catch up.

All the multi-mode I did back then was 1 gig. SX was for short distance and LX was for long distance. You needed the right one based on distance. Somewhere along the line Cisco wanted me to switch to installing 50nm instead of 62.5nm. I only used Cisco equipment, mainly Cisco Catalyst 6500...

I think VLANs are acceptable within a local network and exposed to the internet not so good. Just because there is a local VLAN does not mean you have access to it. If you have people that can hack within your network VLANs are not your only problem. An internal router is not going to help...

I would not want internet exposure with any fly by the pants BIOS. I don't think mini-PCs breathe enough anyway so I would want a larger PC. Dell or HP or something.

In the past I built all my PCs. But with the new UEFI bios I don't anymore. Security is my main issue. I need BIOS updates from whatever company is making the motherboard. SuperMicro might be OK. They did have some kind of BIOS issues in the recent past. I like Dell now as they have great...