[wplug] PFSense, load-balance router setup on old hardware.

[Doug Green]

Hi Matt,
Thank you for the generous offer! And thanks to the group for all of the helpful responses. I should probably close the loop on this subject: basically I was being a bone-head and totally over complicating my issue. I simply needed to add a switch. 

Yeah, dumb, but the response that drove it home for me was "do you need to add another NETWORK or just MORE PORTS". Indeed, I am actually Consolidating two networks which is why I ran out of ports. A simple switch solves the problem. Duh. Static IP routing on my internal network doesn't require a one-to-one network connection to the router.  

PFSense still looks like a worthwhile project, and many people's responses have been along the lines of "much more reliable and configurable than a purchased router". I will definitely explore it more after I get my little home network and automation projects out of the way. 

Thanks all!! 
-D


> On Apr 2, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Matthew Hughes <huesm at live.com> wrote:
> 
> I have some old routers you can have if you like.
> Tenda W307R
> Dlink DIR-601
> Dlink DIR-657
> w/o powersupply Cisco BEFW1154ver.4
> 
> Downside is you have to come pick them up, I live in Greenfield which is in
> the city.
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Doug Green <diego96 at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> My home network has two DSL lines coming into a TP-Link load balancing
>> router in order to "duplex" the bandwidth (we have really slow internet
>> where I live). Long story short, I need more RJ-45 ports than my load
>> balancing router can provide.
>> 
>> I'd like to recycle one of my old computers as a router. Does anyone have
>> experience using pfsense or zeroshell in this capacity? The docs seem to
>> indicate that it's more geared toward replacing firmware in an existing
>> router. Instead of buying a dedicated router, can I add a bunch of network
>> cards to an old tower?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> -D
>> 
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