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=== Don’t buy Digiorno === <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_19879e61.png File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_be9591e5.png File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_cb6dfb59.png </gallery> Buying used network cards, and used hardware, is ok. Actually, it’s encouraged; it’s a great way to buy better hardware than you’d otherwise be able to afford, and it avoids senseless waste. However, be careful to not buy Digiorno. There are amazing deals to be found in the used server world, but it is also a jungle ready to eat you alive if you’re naive enough to believe those crazy folks have any respect for the civilized world of standardized connectors. '''Good vendors will be able to tell you the difference between normal hardware and Digiorno. If they do not know the difference, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BUY FROM THEM!''' Building a DIY '''pfSense''' router with an old desktop PC and quality Intel NICs is likely to provide a more reliable and expandable solution than generic mini PCs. With a random mini PC, if you get a bad network interface card, you’re out of luck. With your old desktop PC, you can choose the network interface card. Want 2.5GbE? Get another card. Want 10 Gbps? Get another card. Want fiber? Get another card. Have a card with the wrong chipset? Swap in another card. We are going down a 10+ hour rabbit hole of hell setting up all sorts of confusing, crazy GNU/Linux software. Even a 1% increase in the likelihood of this being more difficult as a result of random garbage Amazon hardware isn’t worth it to me for $100-$200 in savings. I chose an Intel NUC because it has two quality NICs, and I was able to find one affordably. You do not have to buy the computer I bought to use as a router: this is your journey! '''Note:''' There is no one “right” way to do this. As long as you use a stable, quality computer with GOOD network interface cards that the '''pfSense''' & <code>FreeBSD</code> community approve of, you are set! <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_62a48d1.png File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_3759a8d9.png File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_ac097d76.png File:lu55028jxaty_tmp_1ae997fd.png </gallery> <span id="step-1-downloading-pfsense-and-preparing-a-bootable-usb-drive"></span>
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