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

[Nathan Marcus]

pfSense is fantastic.  I used it on an old Pentium-II computer for many
years.  It has a huge amount of configurations options possible.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Michael Skowvron <
michaels at penguincentral.org> wrote:

> 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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