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    Anyone Using *BSD Here?

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    • Bill KindleB
      Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller Once I get that HP server for my home lab I'm retiring my DD-WRT router for Pfsense, which is FreeBSD isn't?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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        @Bill-Kindle said:

        @scottalanmiller Once I get that HP server for my home lab I'm retiring my DD-WRT router for Pfsense, which is FreeBSD isn't?

        Yes. pfSense is built on NanoBSD which is just a stripped down installer for FreeBSD.

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        • thanksajdotcomT
          thanksajdotcom @Bill Kindle
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          @Bill-Kindle Why are you retiring a dd-wrt router?! For shame!

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          • Bill KindleB
            Bill Kindle @thanksajdotcom
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            @ajstringham said:

            @Bill-Kindle Why are you retiring a dd-wrt router?! For shame!

            Hardware limitation of current router, no DDwrt fault.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              BSD is awesome because it will install on anything. Nothing runs on more hardware types than BSD.

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                thanksajdotcom @Bill Kindle
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                @Bill-Kindle said:

                @ajstringham said:

                @Bill-Kindle Why are you retiring a dd-wrt router?! For shame!

                Hardware limitation of current router, no DDwrt fault.

                Ok, so gets yourself a new and better router that can handle dd-wrt. WNDR4000 works great for this. Netgear N750.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                  @ajstringham said:

                  @Bill-Kindle said:

                  @ajstringham said:

                  @Bill-Kindle Why are you retiring a dd-wrt router?! For shame!

                  Hardware limitation of current router, no DDwrt fault.

                  Ok, so gets yourself a new and better router that can handle dd-wrt. WNDR4000 works great for this. Netgear N750.

                  I think he's looking for more business class OS and hardware. Netgear N750 is just upper end consumer gear, not even a ProSafe (entry level business class.) DD-WRT is only for low end embedded devices, not serious hardware.

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                    thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @ajstringham said:

                    @Bill-Kindle said:

                    @ajstringham said:

                    @Bill-Kindle Why are you retiring a dd-wrt router?! For shame!

                    Hardware limitation of current router, no DDwrt fault.

                    Ok, so gets yourself a new and better router that can handle dd-wrt. WNDR4000 works great for this. Netgear N750.

                    I think he's looking for more business class OS and hardware. Netgear N750 is just upper end consumer gear, not even a ProSafe (entry level business class.) DD-WRT is only for low end embedded devices, not serious hardware.

                    I've taken that kind of hardware and made rock solid devices before. The hardware isn't bad. The firmware they load is and it cripples them most times.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      No matter what you load on that hardware, it can't, for example, push 300Mb/s. It just lacks the "oomph." With a lot of modern cable and fiber connections, traditional firewall hardware struggles to keep up. Add in UTM features and it really gets to be problematic.

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                      • Bill KindleB
                        Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller The problem is that I still have a WRT54G :). Not the old school antenna one either, this is the UFO model. My main problem is that it lacks enough flash memory to really do anything with it. Pfsense is going to get me a close as I can get for now to anything that is used in a commercial setting.

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                        • afalconA
                          afalcon
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                          Haven't used BSD since my days at Data General. DG/UX was a hybrid, BSD for the file system (faster and more robust), networking used streams from ATT Sys V. I have now dated myself.

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