![]() System Disk: Intel 40GB 320 Series SSD 2.5”Ĭase & PSU: DV Industrial DS27 Janus 2U server case with 50W fanless PSUĭepending on your networking requirements, you may or may not need require additional network interfaces. Processor: Intel Atom processor C2758 2.4Ghz, 8-core, 20W I also plan on this router being in production use for a number of years so wanted to ensure it was able to manage future requirements as my Internet connection increases. The following diagram illustrates the basic network topology we’ll end up with at the end of this guide.Īlthough it is possible to build a pfSense router from pretty much any old hardware, I wanted to build something which was powerful enough to handle VPN encryption on a 100mbps+ connection with minimal losses with headroom to spare in order to run some additional security and packet filtering packages (i.e Snort, Suricata etc). Engaging VPN encryption reduces throughput by approximately 10%. I’m using a Virgin Media 120mbps service that supports 120mbps download and 10mbps upload capabilities. If you haven’t got an Air subscription, you can take out a subscription here. ![]() I’ve now been with AirVPN for nearly a year and have suffered downtime counted in single digit minutes. I found AirVPN speeds were best in class when I benchmarked a few of the other top ranked providers earlier this year. High performance servers in multiple countries.Internal DNS with anti-ICE/ICANN censorship.Good security, OpenVPN based, 4096 bit RSA key-sizes & AES-262-CBC data channel.Ability to surf anonymously with no logging or monitoring.Its operated by activists interested in defence of net neutrality, privacy and censorship.There are a number of VPN providers on the market but the reasons why I went with AirVPN are primarily: To support this setup you’ll need your own AirVPN subscription and a router with at least three network ports. It was a requirement to be easily able to easily jump between these two networks without recabling my routers or wifi access points. I wanted the ability to provide dual local networks, one being an unencrypted ‘clearnet’ connection, the other being VPN encrypted. I’m hoping to expand this collection of how-to’s to cover the additional of potential home network devices such as NAS’s and DMZ’s. I’ve built upon his base configuration to enable local host lookups and WPAD/PAC auto configuration of desktop and tablet clients. There are a few VPN configuration guides published already but the best one by far in my opinion is the one created by ‘pfSense_fan’ over on the AirVPN forums. I wanted to put up a basic pfSense VPN configuration which can be used as a foundation for some of the other guides I’ve posted. NOTE: Please see the updated pfSense 2.3 guide here which makes use of the DNS Resolver and VLAN’s as it improves on this guide in several areas. PfSense 2.1 setup with AirVPN Published 1 November 2014.
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