[ariendj]

pfsense on a thin client = 40$ OpenWRT on a home router as AP = 30$ Not getting pwned = priceless

[Narkov]

The problem is that mom and pop can't possibly be expected to do this. They are trusting that the device they buy or the device their ISP provides, is secure.

[serve_yay]

Indeed, but I don't think ariendj was talking to mom or pop.

[joejoebob]

What are you running pfSense on for $40?

[ariendj]

It's the HP T5735. It's second hand from ebay. I got the fat version that has an extra PCI slot and I put a Realtek gigabit NIC in there. It's fast enough for home use, it does not saturate with my 200 megabit link. I use a TL-WR1043ND as an access point and VLAN-capable switch.

[un1xl0ser]

I think that he means per month in electricity costs. ;)

[joejoebob]

Seems a little high to me, but it does make more sense.

[un1xl0ser]

I switched from OpenWRT to pfsense a while back and I am never going back. It runs great in a virtual machine, if that's your thing and you already have a need for VMs.

[ariendj]

Ditto. Also, even low power x86-64 just beats the crap out of any MIPS processor you'd typically run OpenWRT on.

[cenal]

What thin client that can run Pfsense is $40?

[ariendj]

HP T5735, there is a wide version of it with a PCI slot. I don't know about prices worldwide but 40$ is pretty much what I payed for a second hand one here in Germany.