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I'm a fan of pfsense [1] on an alix board [2]. The alix boards a little pricey for a router, but has a real amount of memory (256MB). The only downside is tha
by cdjk 14y ago
I'm a fan of pfsense [1] on an alix board [2]. The alix boards a little pricey for a router, but has a real amount of memory (256MB). The only downside is that pfsense, since it's based on FreeBSD, doesn't support any 802.11n cards, so you're either stuck with 802.11g, or using a separate access point like I do.
Add in a managed switched and you have the start of a real network at home.
[1] http://pfsense.org/ http://pfsense.org/
[2] http://pcengines.ch/alix.htm http://pcengines.ch/alix.htm
- Freaky 14y agoFreeBSD supports some 802.11n cards, doesn't it? https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi80211n https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi80211n
- cdjk 14y agoThere are no drivers for 802.11n cards in pfsense 2.0 (current stable version), which is based on FreeBSD 8.1. Some b/g/n cards will work, but only in b/g modes: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Is_802.11n_wireless_supported http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Is_802.11n_wireless_support... Drivers for 802.11n are in FreeBSD 9.0 and later, but that won't be the base for pfsense until 2.2: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_and_FreeBSD_Versions http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_and_FreeBSD_Version...