Hi all,
At home, I have an old i3 Intel NUC that I want to re-purpose as an OPNsense firewall. Since this firewall will be mostly idle, I'd like to install a Folding@home client through the shell. Has anyone tried this or in general is there a method to install third-party software?
Kind regards
Dave
I'd rather consider to virtualize OPNsense, then you can use the free hardware resources in any way you want for other VMs or containers.
As I remember it's a GPU-based project. And CPU will have extremely low speed of analyzing or checking jobs. Maybe you should choose a CPU-based project? But yes, you can install it and even add the ability to run it from GUI.
Quote from: viragomann on December 18, 2024, 04:02:45 PMI'd rather consider to virtualize OPNsense, then you can use the free hardware resources in any way you want for other VMs or containers.
Thanks. I'd prefer to stay with a bare metal build.
Quote from: _tribal_ on December 18, 2024, 11:08:45 PMAs I remember it's a GPU-based project. And CPU will have extremely low speed of analyzing or checking jobs. Maybe you should choose a CPU-based project? But yes, you can install it and even add the ability to run it from GUI.
IIRC, the MAC/Linux version is CPU only possibly due to CUDA reliance.
I meant that apart from folding@home there are many inherently CPU projects where performance will not be so catastrophically low.
Quote from: _tribal_ on December 18, 2024, 11:08:45 PMyou can install it and even add the ability to run it from GUI.
Could you please elaborate on how this is done in broad steps?
Quote from: _tribal_ on December 19, 2024, 07:56:33 PMI meant that apart from folding@home there are many inherently CPU projects where performance will not be so catastrophically low.
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I already have multiple hosts running this project so I'd like to stick with it and not another.
Try this guide: https://blog.ohmykreee.top/article/setup-tun2socks-in-opnsense/ of course replacing it with your own file