Hardware Rec for wireless router running pf-sense / FreeBSD

Michael Sierchio kudzu at tenebras.com
Sun May 21 18:37:22 UTC 2017


On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=lists@eitanadler.com>>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm in the market for a new wireless router and I'd like it to run pfsense.
> Requirements
> - 802.11ac
> - OS: pfsense
> - capable of booting of an SSD
>
> Ideally something cheap-mid price, forward compatible, and that will last.
>
>
https://www.pcengines.ch/

If you're attached to the idea of having it all in one box, get the apu2c4
and the necessary pigtails for the box antenna connections. Large capacity
SSD mSATA drives are cheap.

I generally find that it's better to have a separate access point, esp.
w/PoE. YMMV.


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