Hello Everyone! This is my first post here. I have been reading on this forum for days now and seems like an excellent place to post my questions regarding this Sophos UTM device I'm trying to build for my home. I am tired and wasted my money buying several routers only to find out that they all lack one thing or another. I tried so hard to make the DSR 250N from D-link to work the way I wanted it and at the end I was disappointed from its performance. Anyway, here is some information that might help with recommendations for the hardware I'm looking for.
1. Internet speed, 50mbps/15mbps
2. Have a need for 8 x RJ45 network ports to connect various wired devices.
3. 1 x DMZ wired port ( can be one of the 8 above)
4. Only 1 WAN port.
5. Preferably fanless.
6. Space is not a concern as it will be on my basement
Please let me know if more info is needed. I really like the Mini-ITX boards but the issue I see with them is they don't offer more than 1 x PCIe slot, so the most you can attach there is a quad port NIC card and have up to 4 x ports for the internal LAN (assuming the on-board will be used for WAN)
Is there an option to have 8 x ports served from an mini-ITX board?
I was thinking to get a micro-ATX board from Gigabyte or Asus that have at least 2 x PCIe slots to plug-in 2 x quad port Intel NIC cards to have my 8 needed wired connections. For CPU thought to get the core i5-4670 with 8GB or 16GBRAM. One question I have is for the Realtek on-board NICs that most Gigabyte boards have. Are these ok for Sophos UTM? I read around here that these are not preferred and could introduce issues.
Also, can the appliance be build such as it will serve as an wireless AP too? if not, what are the options?
Thanks,
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