Currently, i have a 25/5 connection, with about 10 users, but that could always go up to 50/10, or even more. With even 20+ users eventually. I also plan on using the VPN. This is for my home network.
Here's my current plan:
Motherboard/CPU/GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121596 -- $80
Case/PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129080 -- $90
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148610 -- $55
NIC: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106122 -- $32
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226019 -- $23
For the motherboard, I have an Intel board, with an Intel Atom D2700 CPU. The case is nothing special. It has a 150W PSU, which is more than plenty for this build. The SSD is a 32GB Crucial m4, which connects to the motherboard with a mSATA Connection. The Motherbaord has one of these connections. I will also max out the board with 4GB of RAM, cuz honestly, the RAM is just so cheap, so why not?
I couldn't find any decently priced Dual port PCI NICs, so ill use the onboard NIC, and a single PCI NIC.
How does it look?
As for the OS, there are so many out there, I can't decide. I pretty much want the distro with the most features. The more useful things that this Firewall/UTM does, the better. Here's a list of possible distros that I can try out:
Astaro
ClearOS
Endian
IPCop
pfsense
Untangle
Smoothwall
eBox
I am thinking of trying out pfSense first, because it is one of the most popular. But I've heard a lot of good things about the others. As for Untangle, a lot of people have said that It was really good, but some have other opinions. Apparently, Untangle is bad to game behind because of bad QOS. How true is that? Thanks.
Here's my current plan:
Motherboard/CPU/GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121596 -- $80
Case/PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129080 -- $90
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148610 -- $55
NIC: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106122 -- $32
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226019 -- $23
For the motherboard, I have an Intel board, with an Intel Atom D2700 CPU. The case is nothing special. It has a 150W PSU, which is more than plenty for this build. The SSD is a 32GB Crucial m4, which connects to the motherboard with a mSATA Connection. The Motherbaord has one of these connections. I will also max out the board with 4GB of RAM, cuz honestly, the RAM is just so cheap, so why not?
I couldn't find any decently priced Dual port PCI NICs, so ill use the onboard NIC, and a single PCI NIC.
How does it look?
As for the OS, there are so many out there, I can't decide. I pretty much want the distro with the most features. The more useful things that this Firewall/UTM does, the better. Here's a list of possible distros that I can try out:
Astaro
ClearOS
Endian
IPCop
pfsense
Untangle
Smoothwall
eBox
I am thinking of trying out pfSense first, because it is one of the most popular. But I've heard a lot of good things about the others. As for Untangle, a lot of people have said that It was really good, but some have other opinions. Apparently, Untangle is bad to game behind because of bad QOS. How true is that? Thanks.
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