Dual broadcom Nic Mobo

[ironsight2000]

Ia m looking for a Dual Boadcom Modo for PfSense in a small formfactor any thoughs,  I have found many realtek ones but they are fussy

[Aergan]

Can't say I've seen one available to buy but I have seen some 2x Intel or Intel + Broadcom or 2x Marvel recently in mATX form.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dq77kb.html

[Crisp]

Intel nics work perfectly with pf.

[ironsight2000]

Can't say I've seen one available to buy but I have seen some 2x Intel or Intel + Broadcom or 2x Marvel recently in mATX form.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dq77kb.html

Any others as that one is sold out on newegg and all the shops around me  im in Toronto

 

what are your thoughs on this one?

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4601#sp

[Aergan]

Any others as that one is sold out on newegg and all the shops around me  im in Toronto

 

what are your thoughs on this one?

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4601#sp

Looks ok to me (Never revision Intel chipset than the one I posted but not a reference board) - I would check to see exactly what Atheros NIC model is in there and whether pfsense/FreeBSD has any issues with it at present.

[The_Observer]

Any others as that one is sold out on newegg and all the shops around me  im in Toronto

 

what are your thoughs on this one?

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4601#sp

 

over kill for PfSense. Just get a simple atom cpu motherboard with dual nic from newegg,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182848

 

thats all you need!

[ironsight2000]

over kill for PfSense. Just get a simple atom cpu motherboard with dual nic from newegg,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182848

 

thats all you need!

the Subermicro here in canada is 223^{.99 way over priced IMO}

 

^{using the} adds another 100$ to the bill

[The_Observer]

the Subermicro here in canada is 223^{.99 way over priced IMO}

 

^{using the} adds another 100$ to the bill

 

the last board you need to add a CPU, no need to with this one, also this board use's no more than 10watt of power. If this is a 24/7 build you want something that low on the powerbill.

[+PeterUK MVC]

the last board you need to add a CPU, no need to with this one, also this board use's no more than 10watt of power. If this is a 24/7 build you want something that low on the powerbill.

But with a Intel Pentium G3220 and GIGABYTE GA-H87N-WIFI the cost is less plus the CPU goes idle saving power so its not using 54W all the time which is not that must.

[The_Observer]

But with a Intel Pentium G3220 and GIGABYTE GA-H87N-WIFI the cost is less plus the CPU goes idle saving power so its not using 54W all the time which is not that must.

 

and Also what about heat, cpu fan cooling. dont see any on my board. if you jump onto reddit and ask the boys on there you will get what i have recommend imho.

 

This is a must read

 

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=70485.0

 

Your choosing board has two diffrent nics

1. Intel^? GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN1)
2. Atheros^? GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN2

Not the greatest idea!

[Crisp]

Yup, my Intel d2500cc works a treat, and it's crammed in a 1U case.

[ironsight2000]

I looked for that one d2500cc but no where to be found in Canada. It can be ordered from eBay and what not but duty's and DOA issues don't neew