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What model RSA is it by the way, Hallis?
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It's one of the fairly old ones. DDR1, 2.53ghz Celeron. I had my hands on a newer unit that has some more hardware features but it was a little louder than I want in a rack that's right next to my head while i sleep. The one I have here is absolutely silent.

My friend (Blue Fox on here) has about 8 of these things in varying configurations. Some with some decent hardware and software. Some older units like the one im using. He and I both discovered them about a year or so ago and stocked up. This is the 3rd one ive owned. They arent the cheapest thing you could install untangle but they are the absolute perfect device for what im using it for. I'll snap a shitty cell phone pic here in a sec.

Edit: As promised. It's currently off. Going to configure it this weekend. But Untangle is already installed, updated, and near ready to go otherwise. Yes i know the area is a damn mess. cleaning up is another thing planned for this weekend.

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Linksys Shit wireless N Router
RSA 1U Server, 2.53 Celeron, 3gb DDR1, running Untangle 8.11 x32
Dell PowerConnect 2724 24 port Gb switch - Currently in unmanaged mode
Rackable3U mentioned in my sig.



And here are the internals of my specific type of box. This is a pic of another one i had before but its the exact same inside.

 
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Hallis said:
It's one of the fairly old ones. DDR1, 2.53ghz Celeron. I had my hands on a newer unit that has some more hardware features but it was a little louder than I want in a rack that's right next to my head while i sleep. The one I have here is absolutely silent.

My friend (Blue Fox on here) has about 8 of these things in varying configurations. Some with some decent hardware and software. Some older units like the one im using. He and I both discovered them about a year or so ago and stocked up. This is the 3rd one ive owned. They arent the cheapest thing you could install untangle but they are the absolute perfect device for what im using it for. I'll snap a shitty cell phone pic here in a sec.

Edit: As promised. It's currently off. Going to configure it this weekend. But Untangle is already installed, updated, and near ready to go otherwise. Yes i know the area is a damn mess. cleaning up is another thing planned for this weekend.

Top to bottom:

Linksys Shit wireless N Router
RSA 1U Server, 2.53 Celeron, 3gb DDR1, running Untangle 8.11 x32
Dell PowerConnect 2724 24 port Gb switch - Currently in unmanaged mode
Rackable3U mentioned in my sig.



And here are the internals of my specific type of box. This is a pic of another one i had before but its the exact same inside.

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I bet that thing consumes more power than my untangle unit, and a atom :) to bad the lcd doesn't work with Untangle :(
 
My humble network setup :)
Siemens SpeedStream 4100 - bridged
HP Procurve 1800-24G
Passive pfSense box: Via Epia M 933 - 512MB - 4GB CF card with ide adapter.

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The insides of the pfsense box:
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Cpu temps after couple hours of serving:
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Even tho there's fans in that case they're not connected.
Oh yeah, The pics suck :D
 
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dashpuppy said:
I bet that thing consumes more power than my untangle unit, and a atom :) to bad the lcd doesn't work with Untangle :(
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It might, But i'd assume not much more given the little amount of heat/noise it produces. And this cost me far less than even an Atom 330 unit. Typically when you buy one of these it'll come with ram, HDD, etc. and be ready to install. And if you get one with an original load on it it'll have Server 2003 also ;). Plus it has 4 Ethernet ports on it, most of the Atom boards have 2. Although if you're diligent you can find some sweet combo deals, but you still end up spending $200 + on it.

Like i said, it works out best for what i needed. If I needed more power i'd have used an Atom D5xx unit.

for LOL's I installed Untangle on my HTPC (in my sig) before i set it up for media. I've never seen untangle boot so fast in my life. ;) Gotta love SSD's.
 
Hallis said:
It might, But i'd assume not much more given the little amount of heat/noise it produces. And this cost me far less than even an Atom 330 unit. Typically when you buy one of these it'll come with ram, HDD, etc. and be ready to install. And if you get one with an original load on it it'll have Server 2003 also ;). Plus it has 4 Ethernet ports on it, most of the Atom boards have 2. Although if you're diligent you can find some sweet combo deals, but you still end up spending $200 + on it.

Like i said, it works out best for what i needed. If I needed more power i'd have used an Atom D5xx unit.

for LOL's I installed Untangle on my HTPC (in my sig) before i set it up for media. I've never seen untangle boot so fast in my life. ;) Gotta love SSD's.
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thats my next upgrade when i either buy a atom box, or score something on ebay.

Like a Dell r200 with a core 2 duo in it and a 32gig ssd :) and quad port NIC

What im running right now is a lga 775 celeron 3.0 gig and 4 nics and 4 gigs ram in a norco 2u case.

Defiantly need to change out this celeron.( not that i push it, but the heat, is stupid)

Simple setup how i have mine,
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Have certain rules and blocks so each lan can't talk to each other, except my macbook and the tv.
 
Hallis said:
It's one of the fairly old ones. DDR1, 2.53ghz Celeron. I had my hands on a newer unit that has some more hardware features but it was a little louder than I want in a rack that's right next to my head while i sleep. The one I have here is absolutely silent.

My friend (Blue Fox on here) has about 8 of these things in varying configurations. Some with some decent hardware and software. Some older units like the one im using. He and I both discovered them about a year or so ago and stocked up. This is the 3rd one ive owned. They arent the cheapest thing you could install untangle but they are the absolute perfect device for what im using it for. I'll snap a shitty cell phone pic here in a sec.

Edit: As promised. It's currently off. Going to configure it this weekend. But Untangle is already installed, updated, and near ready to go otherwise. Yes i know the area is a damn mess. cleaning up is another thing planned for this weekend.

Top to bottom:

Linksys Shit wireless N Router
RSA 1U Server, 2.53 Celeron, 3gb DDR1, running Untangle 8.11 x32
Dell PowerConnect 2724 24 port Gb switch - Currently in unmanaged mode
Rackable3U mentioned in my sig.



And here are the internals of my specific type of box. This is a pic of another one i had before but its the exact same inside.

Click to expand...



Where did you get that 3u system from? I want one of those!
 
Here is my little home network.

Top is a D-Link 16 port gigabit switch
Next is my "testbox" used for backing up data off of customer computers.
1U SuperMicro box running Untangle. It is a Core 2 Duo 6420 with a gig of ram and dual intel gigabit.
4U NORCO RPC-450 - Abit ip35PRO - Q6000 - 8 gig of ram running server 2K8r2 hyper v. Has several VMs on it including my domain controller and WHS.


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Need m0re p0nrz


Well it's not networking but it's something I"m playing around with today:

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Stepped in to the 21st century here in our 1891 house with 18mg cable to replace our aging 3mg DSL. It is better, but nothing like the 50mg line I had before I moved.

Excuse the mess, everything will be redone as soon as I have a few free hours. Until then it lives in the closet :). The DSL modem will be gone next week after I get several hundred feet of RG6 ran. Our old ISP also fed our house with IPTV, alas, it was too expensive and laggy.


The router is a former 1u google "Mini" I hacked up and put my old fileservers Atom 330/2gb ram/1gb CF + Intel Pro1000MT. Currently running PFsense.
 
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marley1 said:
Should have went up a bit, so dlink cam?
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The parts list is:

4x DCS-3110 IP Camera
1x DNS-726-4 Recording NAS (Records up to a max of 8 IP Camera's
2x 2tb WD Green Drives in a raid 1 (Could pick your flavor of hard drives)
 
calvinj said:
The parts list is:

4x DCS-3110 IP Camera
1x DNS-726-4 Recording NAS (Records up to a max of 8 IP Camera's
2x 2tb WD Green Drives in a raid 1 (Could pick your flavor of hard drives)
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those DCS-3110, are pricy! Have you seen the quality yet ?
 
dashpuppy said:
those DCS-3110, are pricy! Have you seen the quality yet ?
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Pricey for you Canadian fuckers. They were cheaper in the states. So far they are just pointed at the wall in the computer room. I do have one camera in the hood just pointed out the window at the hallway to my computer room. Kind of hard to judge at this point. I think I will know more once we get them installed in their final homes and recording
 
I just bought a Supermicro atom-based machine to use as a pfsense box on my Comcast Business internet connection. Holy crap does this thing blow doors over my aging Sonicwall PRO 2040.


Pics:



Open box shot:

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front of case

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back of case

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inside with one stick of ram installed

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two sticks of ram and old 64gb SSD installed

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racked

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The specs:
SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-EHF-D525 1U Intel Atom D525 processor Server Barebone
Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
G.Skill 64GB MLC SSD (1.5gb SATA)


The result:

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Up from 35-45mb/sec though the Sonicwall.


:D
 
agrikk said:
I just bought a Supermicro atom-based machine to use as a pfsense box on my Comcast Business internet connection. Holy crap does this thing blow doors over my aging Sonicwall PRO 2040.



:D
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wow! a 2040 those are old skool :)

thanks for pics :)
 
LOL hopefully this year I could pawn off another 2040 to someone. Man that is a nice little unit (The pfsense box that is)
 
I so badly want to grab a 1u atom rig like that for routing/firewall, but I just can't justify well over $300-$400 for a router. Oh well.
 
Jesse B said:
$1.00CAD = $1.04USD? :D
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Tell that to my book: US: $39.99, CAN $49.99. :p


On another note, I have now virtualized my pfsense box so that it can enjoy the HA goodies. I also decided to add an Untangle VM for each of my internet connections running as bridged filtering ads and spyware and such, then pfsense still handles WAN bonding and routing.
 
Jesse B said:
I so badly want to grab a 1u atom rig like that for routing/firewall, but I just can't justify well over $300-$400 for a router. Oh well.
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I know what you mean. I can't believe I spent $450 on a router, but I use it as part of a fully meshed VPN-tunneled arrangement with two colos and my work so I wanted something beefy, silent and fast.
 
If I were running a small business from home, the cost would be more justifiable for the exact reasons you have yours. Unfortunately at this time I'm not however, so I keep hoping I run into a screaming deal ;)
 
Jesse B said:
I so badly want to grab a 1u atom rig like that for routing/firewall, but I just can't justify well over $300-$400 for a router. Oh well.
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I had considered going with an Atom solution for a while for pfSense, but since I don't have any need for heavy-duty VPN processing power or anything, I just went with an ALIX 2D13. Handles my Optimum 50/8 connection just fine and draws 5 watts or less. Only $200, too.
 
Configuring a pile of 3750's at work.
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My "server closet" I live in a pretty small apartment so RF coverage is not an issue with the wap in the closet, and it keeps it out of the way. Still need to pick up a new 1" drill bit so I can route the cables through the wall into the closet, then through the bottom of the shelf.

Acer Aspire H340
Moto Surfboard cable modem (comcast)
Dlink DIR-655

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ikari303 said:
I had considered going with an Atom solution for a while for pfSense, but since I don't have any need for heavy-duty VPN processing power or anything, I just went with an ALIX 2D13. Handles my Optimum 50/8 connection just fine and draws 5 watts or less. Only $200, too.
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Good to know, I'll check it out!

How many clients do you have connected, just curious?
 
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Blue Fox has a few re-purposed RSA SecurID 1U systems that are perfect for anything not requiring VPN processing. I've got one running right now as a transparent bridge to filter out my brother's porn surfing.
 
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