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Title: Is my hardware adequate?
Post by: dreamerman on April 10, 2016, 04:08:15 am

Hi, I have a spare desktop and have installed Opnsense 16.1 64bit. I am able to access web admin GUI so I think I installed it correctly. My hardware as follows:

DELL Optiplex GX620 Dual Core
Intel EM64T Pentium D CPU 3.40GHz
240GB SSD
4GB DDR2 SDRAM
Onboard Gigabit LAN
2 NICs 3COM 10/100 (plans to change to Gigabit ones later)

I know above spec is old but will it work for my small home LAN. At home I have 4 desktops, 3 laptops and 4 smartphones/tablets. At night all are being used simultaneously.

Can a keen eye tell me if my hardware is up to the task or do I need a quad core? Thanks

Title: Re: Is my hardware adequate?
Post by: jstrebel on April 10, 2016, 09:43:34 am

What is your WAN speed?



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Title: Re: Is my hardware adequate?
Post by: dreamerman on April 10, 2016, 02:42:05 pm

Quote from: jstrebel on April 10, 2016, 09:43:34 am

What is your WAN speed?

You mean internet speed? Its ADSL very slow at 3.5mbps. My home network is gigabit all around except my test firewall machine.

Title: Re: Is my hardware adequate?
Post by: weust on April 10, 2016, 05:56:56 pm

In that case your hardware is overkill by any means :-)

Title: Re: Is my hardware adequate?
Post by: dreamerman on April 10, 2016, 11:13:05 pm

 ;D thanks good t know  ;D

Title: Re: Is my hardware adequate?
Post by: Zeitkind on April 11, 2016, 01:50:29 am

tbh, I'd get a cheap Intel Atom device. Those fancy old machines like yours consume a lot power while doing literally nothing. Even a small brick like a Lexcom UNO 3V700D-VR10U (VIA CPU with TDP 7,0 W..) will be fine.