Jason 84 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Here is what I used and have been very happy. Not sure I would go with the SSD again but all is well. http://thedocsworld.net/untangle-router-rebuild/ pcdoc - I noticed your UT router rebuild was done in 2012 but this post was dated mid-2013. If you were building this right now for pfsense or UT10, would you still go with that Sandy Bridge setup or Ivy Bridge? I can find a G540 Celeron CPU still and a Gigabyte H61N motherboard, but figured I'd go with IB and not Haswell. I ask because I have my eye on: 1.) Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1155 DDR3 1600 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Motherboard GA-H77N-WIFI (has Realtek 8111E dual gigabit NICs) 2.) CPU: Intel Celeron G1610 2.60GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G1610 3.) Case: Silverstone Tek SG05BB-450-USB3.0 ALL Black Plastic/SECC Mini-ITX Computer Case with SFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified PSU with 2X USB3.0 Front Ports Cases (Black) 4.) RAM: Already have 8 GB of G-skill DDR3 RAM from an older build 5.) Intel NIC - am in need of a good dual-port Gigabit NIC card. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
pcdoc 114 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 pcdoc - I noticed your UT router rebuild was done in 2012 but this post was dated mid-2013. If you were building this right now for pfsense or UT10, would you still go with that Sandy Bridge setup or Ivy Bridge? I can find a G540 Celeron CPU still and a Gigabyte H61N motherboard, but figured I'd go with IB and not Haswell. I ask because I have my eye on: 1.) Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1155 DDR3 1600 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Motherboard GA-H77N-WIFI (has Realtek 8111E dual gigabit NICs) 2.) CPU: Intel Celeron G1610 2.60GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G1610 3.) Case: Silverstone Tek SG05BB-450-USB3.0 ALL Black Plastic/SECC Mini-ITX Computer Case with SFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified PSU with 2X USB3.0 Front Ports Cases (Black) 4.) RAM: Already have 8 GB of G-skill DDR3 RAM from an older build 5.) Intel NIC - am in need of a good dual-port Gigabit NIC card. Thanks. Your motherboard choice is fine and will certainly do the job or you go with a cheaper version and just add a single nic card. Unless you are going pump about 20 people though it, the CPU you have selected is more than enough and probably will not go over 5% utilization. Mine was actually rebuilt in 2013 and I actually now have two. One I use and one configured as a backup (overkill I know but I had the hardware). I also have the case you selected as well as the 300 version and both are excellent. I ended up using the internal NIC for the wan connection and the Intel nic for the LAN. I actually would not use a Haswell for UT for driver reasons. IB/SB is well supported. Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 84 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 pcdoc, appreciate your response. Since I've been using an old Supermicro D525 Intel Atom board and have been pushing a 50/5 Mbps connection through it with HAVP Antivirus, web filtering, QoS (particularly VOIP) and more -- I wanted a more capable hardware firewall. I'll certainly keep my D525 system intact as a backup. Also, I really just went with the Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI board because it was a socket 1155 board and the G1610 Ivy Bridge Celeron (55W TDW) is now available ($45-inexpensive) compared to the G540 a year ago. I certainly don't expect Untangle 10 or pfsense 2.1 to support the WIFI chip but perhaps a future version will. As you mentioned, I didn't expect Haswell to be supported anytime soon. I know Intel Gigabit NICs are the preferred option, but the GA-H77N-WIFI board has dual Realtek 8111E ports. In your experience are Intel NICs preferred for drive support reasons or do they perform better under higher utilization? I was curious whether the 2-onboard Realtek NICs are fine for home environment 1-WAN and 1-LAN port. Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites
gtechwi 6 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I think at times I would like an Untangle box inline in my network but I don't know if I would throw my N54L at it or not. Seems like a waste of a box and space for such a simple task. Dave, did you end up using the n54L for this? How did it work? I have found a rackmount server for a good price. It has this board, with a P4 2.8 Ghz, 2GB RAM, and 3 NIC's. http://www.supermicr...e7210/p4sci.cfm I have a (very) small network with 2 PC's, n54L WHS 2011 server, 2 wireless AP's, 2 network printers, and a few mobile devices. Will this box run the new Untangle v10 with web filtering? Or....since I'm going to have to spend between $100-$200 for a small box to run a firewall, and I want a better server anyway....should I use the low power n54l as the firewall box and get something like a Dell T20 or Lenovo TS140?... Thoughts? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I like pc's like hp or dell pizza box. Hp dc5750 is running sophos now. You can find them on Craigslist cheap. Link to post Share on other sites
gtechwi 6 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I like pc's like hp or dell pizza box. Hp dc5750 is running sophos now. You can find them on Craigslist cheap. What do you consider "cheap"? I don't live by a big metro area, something like that would be at least $100 on my local CL's. I would rather get a certified refurb for that money. Are you using web filter on the Sophos? I see some users have a lot of lag and increased ping times with this. That is what is making me think Untangle. Link to post Share on other sites
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