I have lost my second PfSense router to another friend of mine for the 2nd time in as many years! Anyway, they were on an old hardware and I was planning an upgrade; because, we have starting planning a home-automation project.
We want to lockdown the network before we do anything on this front.
The Virgin business broadband for home is on their Hitron router, connected to the Cisco Switch serving the whole house. The Unifi AC Pro does the Wifi duties.
Given the home automation project, we certainly require an IDS/IPS system to monitor the network. A decent system is what we require.
I am think of getting a refurbished 4 or 6 cores 10/11 Gen Intel Dell OptiPlex, which is available at Dell outlet for £400-£500. Another alternative is getting a used server from Bargain hardware
I am sure both are more than enough to support the IDS/IPS.
My only concern the Dell server and the CPU are older hardware. I also need to speak to Dell if their OptiPlex will allow me to stick an intel network card.
Please advise what you guys think.
We want to lockdown the network before we do anything on this front.
The Virgin business broadband for home is on their Hitron router, connected to the Cisco Switch serving the whole house. The Unifi AC Pro does the Wifi duties.
Given the home automation project, we certainly require an IDS/IPS system to monitor the network. A decent system is what we require.
I am think of getting a refurbished 4 or 6 cores 10/11 Gen Intel Dell OptiPlex, which is available at Dell outlet for £400-£500. Another alternative is getting a used server from Bargain hardware
I am sure both are more than enough to support the IDS/IPS.
My only concern the Dell server and the CPU are older hardware. I also need to speak to Dell if their OptiPlex will allow me to stick an intel network card.
Please advise what you guys think.