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

[Michael Skowvron]

I've been using pfSense for many years and have always been thoroughly
impressed with it's stability and feature set. I run it on an old Pentium-4
box.

It's capable of handling multiple ISP connections and you sure can load up
a bunch of networking cards if you need to, but do you need a lot of
different networks? I only ask because when you say you need more RJ-45
ports, I was wondering if you just need to add another network switch or if
you really need each network port to be on a completely different routed
network.

Michael


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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