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Hardware and Performance / Will this work?
« on: May 06, 2017, 09:05:41 pm »
Hello,
I've used PFSense years ago but never OpnSense. I'd like build the box with a few functions, and before I start spending money and time, I want to find out if this will even work.
What I want to do is build an OpnSense box that will connect to my ISP, act as a VPN server so I can access my lan, and act as a VPN client so I can use a service for outbound traffic. If possible, I'd also like it to act as sort of a 10gb switch. How I wanted to accomplish that is by building the box with 3 2-port 10gb cards, and one gigabit port to connect to the ISP. I'd like the 6 10gb ports to act as a switch on the lan. One would go to a 48 port gigabit switch with an uplink, and the others would be for servers and maybe a desktop or two.
Would that be possible? The card I want to use for all 3 is an HP 516937-B21, which as far as I understand it will work with FreeBSD, but I can't be certain until I test it.
As for the rest of the hardware I'll probably start with an i3-4150, and 8gb of mem, with an SSD.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I've used PFSense years ago but never OpnSense. I'd like build the box with a few functions, and before I start spending money and time, I want to find out if this will even work.
What I want to do is build an OpnSense box that will connect to my ISP, act as a VPN server so I can access my lan, and act as a VPN client so I can use a service for outbound traffic. If possible, I'd also like it to act as sort of a 10gb switch. How I wanted to accomplish that is by building the box with 3 2-port 10gb cards, and one gigabit port to connect to the ISP. I'd like the 6 10gb ports to act as a switch on the lan. One would go to a 48 port gigabit switch with an uplink, and the others would be for servers and maybe a desktop or two.
Would that be possible? The card I want to use for all 3 is an HP 516937-B21, which as far as I understand it will work with FreeBSD, but I can't be certain until I test it.
As for the rest of the hardware I'll probably start with an i3-4150, and 8gb of mem, with an SSD.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!