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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: Help with installing the thing on a PC (dual boot)

« on: February 21, 2020, 03:02:54 pm »

So in order to sum it up, an effective solution for example would be grabbing an unused PC, turn it into a home network firewall and connect my main workstation into it to provide internet connection? :-)

Spot on, that's exactly how to use OPNsense 

For home use, it can be relatively low spec. Check out the hardware requirements: https://wiki.opnsense.org/manual/hardware.html

Bart...

Ah, so now I got the primary mode of operation  Sounds feasibly. With a throughput say 8-15 Mbps, I see no problem in most scenarios. And with the recent refreshment of desktop CPU market, might be even more interesting 
Thank you

Long live open-source movement! :-)

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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: Help with installing the thing on a PC (dual boot)

« on: February 21, 2020, 02:55:13 pm »

I found this excerpt enlightening.

Don't forget ECC Ram.

miroco

Thank you. ECC RAM because of security or stability? 

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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: Help with installing the thing on a PC (dual boot)

« on: February 18, 2020, 02:06:27 pm »

So in order to sum it up, an effective solution for example would be grabbing an unused PC, turn it into a home network firewall and connect my main workstation into it to provide internet connection? :-)

Thank you

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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: Help with installing the thing on a PC (dual boot)

« on: February 14, 2020, 10:42:53 am »

Thank you for the link. I will see if I can figure it out :-)

Just a simple question: is OPNsense a firewall to protect other operating systems of a (home) computer, or is it a software intended for servers only?

Thanks :-)

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Tutorials and FAQs / Help with installing the thing on a PC (dual boot)

« on: February 13, 2020, 05:05:51 pm »

Hi,
please forgive my nooby question but I did´t get it from the tutorial past the USB media creation.
I want to install OPNsense on a notebook using dual boot Ubuntu/Win10 (please no advices to virtualizing Win in Ubuntu, as it has not a strong hardware).

As i understand, the OPNsense image needs to install first on a HDD, but I do not know how to proceed afterwards. Can I simply run a Win10 installation process from an USB stick, after I installed OPNsense (and partitioned the HDD)? Afterwards doing the same for Ubuntu.

In case Win 10 install is not supported, I am fine with doing only with Ubuntu (so no dual boot).

p.s.: I prefer the MBR / BIOS type of install.

Thank you very much for a hint