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Hardware recommendations for running OpenSense as a Firewall? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hiya, looking the a firewall for my homelab, mostly to experiment but also for a added layer of security. There are just two of us in this household with a few laptops, phones and my servers, so nothing much. Therefore looking for something affordable and not "overkill".

Anyone got any recommendations for this? Also how do you run your opensense/pfsense instance?

Appreciate any tips!

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It wouldn't take much really. I run a little fanless standalone pFsense box:

  • Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3160 @ 1.60GHz
  • Current: 1600 MHz, Max: 1601 MHz
  • 4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 1 TB SSD

Last time someone asked this question, I believe the going eBay price was in the $175 to $275 USD range. Mine sits between my modem and everything else, servers, cams, PCs, laptops, et al. I haven't experienced any bottlenecks or sluggishness.

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