pfSense

[blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org (Edward Ned Harvey)]

> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On
> Behalf Of Tom Metro
>
> What hardware are you running it on?
> 
> One of the reasons pfSense isn't as widely used as the various
> Linux-based WRT firmwares is that the latter runs on semi-proprietary
> hardware, and typically depends on proprietary drivers. It would be
> great if you could get pfSense to run on sub-$100 hardware.

I use pfsense on a used laptop that I bought with a broken screen, that I
bought for $50.  The hard part was:  A laptop naturally has 1 nic built-in.
I needed a 2nd nic in order to do anything interesting with routing.  It was
difficult to find a pcmcia nic which was supported.