[talk] pfSense home unit

[Charles Sprickman]

> On Jan 14, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Brian Cully <bcully at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On January 12, 2018 at 13:02:15, Isaac (.ike) Levy
> (ike at blackskyresearch.net) wrote:
>> I'll second Shawn on this, there was just a thread on PCEngines this in December, here's
>> my long ramble:
>> http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/talk/2017-December/017422.html
>> In short- the PCEngines people are awesome, the gear is stellar for your purposes.
>> 
>> PCEngines board - apu2c4 - $132
>> http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm
>> 
>> Case - case1d2blku - $10.00
>> (Case can be black, red, blue)
>> http://pcengines.ch/case1d2blku.htm
>> 
>> AC adapter 12V 2A US plug - ac12vus2 $4.40
>> http://pcengines.ch/ac12vus2.htm
>> 
>> SSD M-Sata 16GB MLC - $17.80
>> http://pcengines.ch/msata16g.htm
>> 
>> $ 164.20 - Each Router + shipping.
> 
> 	Thanks, everyone. I did end up purchasing an apu2c4. Price was higher
> than this (by almost $100!), though. pcengines was sold out of their
> boards, and external vendors were more expensive. But at least it all
> comes pre-assembled, so less waiting for parts.

Just another option to think about…  I was recently looking for a replacement for a 
personal 1U box on ebay (and I missed a good one by hours!), but I found quite a
few people selling Supermicro 1U Atom boxes.  Maybe not the best, but cheap, 
can likely survive without a fan, and you likely jam more ports in there.

Example of an ended auction:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%252FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%2FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc>
> 
> -bjc
> 
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