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General Discussion / Re: Anyone interested in a used dual core Atom with 6 Intel ports?
« on: May 21, 2019, 07:09:17 pm »
Had two. One sold. One still available.
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General Discussion / Anyone interested in a used dual core Atom with 6 Intel ports?
« on: March 28, 2019, 03:01:24 pm »
I have a recently freed up Lanner FW-7541 to sell. This was a direct from Netgate buy but is simply a Netgate branded Lanner box.
It has 4GB CF card in it as well as 4GB RAM. This Atom D525 does NOT have hardware decryption but this little guy has served our medium sized network fine for 5 years. We just cycled to newer hardware and I'm finally in the "safe" zone to pass this along.
I still have pretty much everything that came with it with the exception of the SATA/power connector which if needed can be easily found online. It will ship with a fresh image of OPNsense 19.1 nano on the CF card. The serial cable is in there but if you don't have a serial port handy the default will be port1 (em0) as WAN and port 2 (em1) as LAN with DHCP so setup can be done via GUI.
I'm asking $100 + shipping. PM me with any interest.
Thanks,
kkOH
It has 4GB CF card in it as well as 4GB RAM. This Atom D525 does NOT have hardware decryption but this little guy has served our medium sized network fine for 5 years. We just cycled to newer hardware and I'm finally in the "safe" zone to pass this along.
I still have pretty much everything that came with it with the exception of the SATA/power connector which if needed can be easily found online. It will ship with a fresh image of OPNsense 19.1 nano on the CF card. The serial cable is in there but if you don't have a serial port handy the default will be port1 (em0) as WAN and port 2 (em1) as LAN with DHCP so setup can be done via GUI.
I'm asking $100 + shipping. PM me with any interest.
Thanks,
kkOH
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General Discussion / Re: What are your wireless setups behind your opnsense boxes?
« on: March 27, 2019, 08:50:57 pm »
My goal is not to spend more money as the budget was pretty much blown with the Qotom purchase. I technically have access to some UAC LRs but in my prior attempt with them I ran into loads of problems specifcally with iPhone/iPad devices and tried various firmwares but never got them working consistently.
That was at work. At home the last thing I want to do is continually tinker and troubleshoot when my kids or wife are having apple problems.
That was at work. At home the last thing I want to do is continually tinker and troubleshoot when my kids or wife are having apple problems.
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General Discussion / What are your wireless setups behind your opnsense boxes?
« on: March 27, 2019, 03:41:51 pm »
I am done testing with my Qotom box and have the general settings the way I intend to put into my house. I'm now wondering what the best practice is for the Wireless router(s) behind the border.
My setup will be a 30-40MB cable internet going into the Qotom box. I intend for it to handle security/NAT/VPN/DHCP and perhaps some Ad Blocking. I have an Archer C7 v2 and a Netgear R7000 to space out in the basement of my single story ranch to maximize coverage.
I'm wondering if I should stick with their manufacturer's firmware? My gut reaction is a yes since they would likely get the highest throughput and often the best signal for their 2.4/5G but bridging and repeating in stock is usually poorly implemented if implemented at all.
I feel like so long as I can consistently get 100MB on wifi I'd throw a *wrt on the boxes if this can make bridging and/or hand-offs of wifi traffic easier to setup and maintain. I've got the Archer C7 v2 box which has some custom builds that apparently get really good throughput as well. I've used both Advanced Tomato and stock on the R7000. Ideally the internal Wi-fi will have high throughput as well for streaming devices and shares from my NAS but consistent throughput and stability would rank higher on the scale as we don't have a lot going on.Suggestions appreciated.
My setup will be a 30-40MB cable internet going into the Qotom box. I intend for it to handle security/NAT/VPN/DHCP and perhaps some Ad Blocking. I have an Archer C7 v2 and a Netgear R7000 to space out in the basement of my single story ranch to maximize coverage.
I'm wondering if I should stick with their manufacturer's firmware? My gut reaction is a yes since they would likely get the highest throughput and often the best signal for their 2.4/5G but bridging and repeating in stock is usually poorly implemented if implemented at all.
I feel like so long as I can consistently get 100MB on wifi I'd throw a *wrt on the boxes if this can make bridging and/or hand-offs of wifi traffic easier to setup and maintain. I've got the Archer C7 v2 box which has some custom builds that apparently get really good throughput as well. I've used both Advanced Tomato and stock on the R7000. Ideally the internal Wi-fi will have high throughput as well for streaming devices and shares from my NAS but consistent throughput and stability would rank higher on the scale as we don't have a lot going on.Suggestions appreciated.
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General Discussion / Re: Sale of old equipment...
« on: March 12, 2019, 02:45:45 pm »SO, how much is not much? You have PayPal or Venmo.Email sent. I'm still not so sure they want me posting.
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General Discussion / Re: Setup
« on: March 12, 2019, 02:08:40 pm »Thanks, but will I go to the GUI when I install VGA, hooked up to a monitor? If so, I would of course have the option to shut down properly, but i presumed that GUI only was avalable through web interface, 192.168.1.1If you hook up to VGA you will see all of the same options you would on console. So you still would install, reboot to the installed drive and set interfaces unless you are running from USB in which case you reboot, enter as root and setup the interfaces right there.
Will I get the option to assign WAN an LAN port during VGA install, I'm thinking WAN on the first lanport, maybe thats default
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General Discussion / Re: Sale of old equipment...
« on: March 11, 2019, 03:03:49 pm »
So... no official word?
Bueller...
Bueller...
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Hardware and Performance / Re: Qotom and the thermal paste...
« on: March 07, 2019, 07:26:01 pm »Well they were a little misleading to begin with... I hadn't set the Misc. settings to use the Intel Core sensors so I'm not 100% sure where those numbers came from. When I set the thremal sensor setting properly the Cores (4 of them) report in the 45c-47c range. I can't really say if it made a difference as I didn't do any extensive testing before redoing it. I can say that it seemed to me, at least on my unit, they did a decent application of paste, I just don't know what they used.
Those temps lower than they were before the new paste?
I'm getting a Q535G6, wondering if I should do the same.
I've currently got a Q190G4, which runs at 50ish.
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General Discussion / Re: Sale of old equipment...
« on: March 07, 2019, 03:48:21 pm »I read somewhere they skipped the AES-NI nonsense at least for 2.5, but I have no idea what the mods think of garage sales in the forum :-)
I hadn't heard that. I thought 2.5 was the cut-off. Hmmm... well they did stop supporting nano installs over a year ago and these boxes, at least with the gear I have in them, are still running off of 4GB CF cards so to be up to date opnSense is the better choice anyhow (among other reasons
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General Discussion / Sale of old equipment...
« on: March 07, 2019, 03:36:14 pm »
Hi,
I looked at the single forum rules post and didn't see anything regarding this but wanted to ask before posting to be safe...
I have two old pfSense boxes (Lanner FW-7541) that are about to get cycled out as I have new hardware arriving today. Is it acceptable to offer these up for sale here? I won't be asking much... just wanted to see if any home users have a need as they are still working models but are underpowered for my office environment and the extras I'm now planning to run.
I can post them on eBay of course but to save on all fees involved and keep it cheaper I'd rather offer them up straight in this community as it's the intended audience for this hardware since pfS will no longer work with non AES-NI boxes.
Thanks,
kkOH
I looked at the single forum rules post and didn't see anything regarding this but wanted to ask before posting to be safe...
I have two old pfSense boxes (Lanner FW-7541) that are about to get cycled out as I have new hardware arriving today. Is it acceptable to offer these up for sale here? I won't be asking much... just wanted to see if any home users have a need as they are still working models but are underpowered for my office environment and the extras I'm now planning to run.
I can post them on eBay of course but to save on all fees involved and keep it cheaper I'd rather offer them up straight in this community as it's the intended audience for this hardware since pfS will no longer work with non AES-NI boxes.
Thanks,
kkOH
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Hardware and Performance / Re: Qotom and the thermal paste...
« on: March 06, 2019, 07:49:01 pm »
Ah... I see how that would be confusing.
All set now. TY!
All set now. TY!
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Hardware and Performance / Re: Qotom and the thermal paste...
« on: March 06, 2019, 02:18:03 pm »
I put a thin line on the long chip and a little pea on the smaller one and reseated the aluminum heatsink and ran it with traffic flowing through all night last night.
CPU is 29.9c this morning. GPU is 27.9c
As this will be used at my house I think it'll be ok.
CPU is 29.9c this morning. GPU is 27.9c
As this will be used at my house I think it'll be ok.
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Hardware and Performance / Re: Qotom and the thermal paste...
« on: March 05, 2019, 08:18:20 pm »
...also straight from the manufacturers website (http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm)
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Not Electrically Conductive Arctic Silver 5 was formulated to conduct heat, not electricity.
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Hardware and Performance / Re: Qotom and the thermal paste...
« on: March 05, 2019, 08:07:38 pm »
With the old stuff wiped off:
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Hardware and Performance / Re: Qotom and the thermal paste...
« on: March 05, 2019, 07:57:06 pm »
It's an i5-5200U. Pic of it with the heatsink off
And what do you mean that Ceramique is "an average"? It should also be non conductive nor capacitive so if there's a worry about other components a better choice, no? Also - not much around to worry about.
And what do you mean that Ceramique is "an average"? It should also be non conductive nor capacitive so if there's a worry about other components a better choice, no? Also - not much around to worry about.