Alix PC Engine + pfSense
Alixing...
ALIX products are inexpensive PC Engines commonly used as a router, firewall, WIFI or any network service hardware. It can have up to 6 LAN ports as well as antennas to serve WIFI access.
It's compact design allows it to be portable and easy to deploy for remote branches and nodes of your infrastructure while it can be equally important within your central system.
pf's Sense
You can install a bunch of Network Tools with ALIX but my favorite is pfSense. Currently at version 2.3, pfSense is a very robust and scalable open source software running on top of FreeBSD that can serve as your router, firewall, IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection and Prevention System) unit, or any combination of network services. This is made possible by pfSense's package manager, enabling pfSense to be an essential network solution for small to large enterprise environments, as long as your hardware can cope. pfSense runs on top of FreeBSD, a leading OS for network service software due to its stability and security. Taking advantage of this, pfSense competes even with high-end proprietary network appliances.
The Combo
As soon as you have decided on what configuration you need from ALIX based on your Infrastructure requirement, you can easily install pfSense through a USB Flash Drive. You will need to download pfSense memstick image for 64 or 32 bit architecture. I do recommend a 64bit setup so you can utilize memory modules higher than 2GB for more intensive usage. You will also need a USB to Serial Converter and a Null Modem Cable (both ends must be female) to connect with ALIX. You can make your own Null Modem Cable by recycling other serial-type cables and changing it to a DB9-DB9 pinout. You will also need PuTTy to connect with ALIX through Serial.
Now you can Install pfSense.
ALIX products are inexpensive PC Engines commonly used as a router, firewall, WIFI or any network service hardware. It can have up to 6 LAN ports as well as antennas to serve WIFI access.
It's compact design allows it to be portable and easy to deploy for remote branches and nodes of your infrastructure while it can be equally important within your central system.
pf's Sense
You can install a bunch of Network Tools with ALIX but my favorite is pfSense. Currently at version 2.3, pfSense is a very robust and scalable open source software running on top of FreeBSD that can serve as your router, firewall, IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection and Prevention System) unit, or any combination of network services. This is made possible by pfSense's package manager, enabling pfSense to be an essential network solution for small to large enterprise environments, as long as your hardware can cope. pfSense runs on top of FreeBSD, a leading OS for network service software due to its stability and security. Taking advantage of this, pfSense competes even with high-end proprietary network appliances.
The Combo
As soon as you have decided on what configuration you need from ALIX based on your Infrastructure requirement, you can easily install pfSense through a USB Flash Drive. You will need to download pfSense memstick image for 64 or 32 bit architecture. I do recommend a 64bit setup so you can utilize memory modules higher than 2GB for more intensive usage. You will also need a USB to Serial Converter and a Null Modem Cable (both ends must be female) to connect with ALIX. You can make your own Null Modem Cable by recycling other serial-type cables and changing it to a DB9-DB9 pinout. You will also need PuTTy to connect with ALIX through Serial.
Now you can Install pfSense.
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