LFaWolf
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I am looking to either building a simple PC using spare parts vs buying the Netgate SG-3100. This is for home office and we are getting lots of DDOS attacks and I am having concern if my current router NETGEAR 4-Stream Wifi 6 Router (RAX15) can handle it well.
Custom PC parts, and I believe should be adequate -
Intel i7-3700S or 3770t, both can handle AES-NI
ASUS Rampage IV Gene Gen3 M-ATX
16GB DDR3
250GB SSD
Here is where I don't know how to start -
1. Do I need to buy an Intel NIC? I read and found Intel i350-T4 to be compatible. So do I plug in from the Comcast modem (WAN) to any one of the ports?
2. Do I connect one of the ports to my local LAN switch?
3. I need WiFI, so do I connect another port to my WiFi Router LAN port?
4. What is the correct way of doing this - should I enable DHCP and DNS from this machine and disable DHCP/DNS of my current Router, or should I continue to use DHCP/DNS of my current Router?
My concern is I have never used pfSense before, and I wonder how easy is it to install (via a bootable USB drive I believe?) and configure it, vs using the SG-3100 that has all the settings preset? And how long does it take to set up a very tight configuration? Any "preset" configuration that I can download?
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers.
Custom PC parts, and I believe should be adequate -
Intel i7-3700S or 3770t, both can handle AES-NI
ASUS Rampage IV Gene Gen3 M-ATX
16GB DDR3
250GB SSD
Here is where I don't know how to start -
1. Do I need to buy an Intel NIC? I read and found Intel i350-T4 to be compatible. So do I plug in from the Comcast modem (WAN) to any one of the ports?
2. Do I connect one of the ports to my local LAN switch?
3. I need WiFI, so do I connect another port to my WiFi Router LAN port?
4. What is the correct way of doing this - should I enable DHCP and DNS from this machine and disable DHCP/DNS of my current Router, or should I continue to use DHCP/DNS of my current Router?
My concern is I have never used pfSense before, and I wonder how easy is it to install (via a bootable USB drive I believe?) and configure it, vs using the SG-3100 that has all the settings preset? And how long does it take to set up a very tight configuration? Any "preset" configuration that I can download?
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers.