1U Rack Mount Netgate ALIX.2D3 Internal PSU Server featuring pfSense
Commercial level security with high quality, open source pfSense
The Netgate ALIX series of rackmount firewalls provide the performance and flexibility of pfSense on a fully-featured AMD platform in a convenient, standard form factor for professional network administrators. The Netgate firewalls are ideally suited for securing small- and medium-sized networks that require superior security, flexibility and performance.
This is a high quality 19" 1U rack mount system is designed to provide a silent, ultra-reliable and inexpensive platform for your advanced Firewall/VPN router or Voice over IP (VoIP) requirements.
The platform features 3 RJ-45 Ethernet channels (VIA VT6105M), 1 miniPCI card slot, 1 serial port, and 2 USB 2.0 ports with an internal power supply.
pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of NanoBSD / FreeBSD designed for use as a firewall and router. pfSense is pre-loaded on your Netgate rack system to provide an out-of-the-box Firewall/IPSec/VPN Router. You'll be up and running in minutes! This next generation pfSense stateful firewall for embedded applications supports:
- In place upgrades. No need to disassemble your system in order to upgrade, patch or add packages to your CF.
- Multiple version support. Two partitions on the CF, each with their own separate pfSense install means you can test upgrades and rollback without impacting your production environment.
- Ports and package support. FreeBSD packages that are suitable for an embedded platform can be installed and used.
pfSense features:
- Stateful Inspection Firewall
- Intuitive Web-based Interface Management
- Network Address Translation (NAT) support
- VPN connectivity via IPsec, OpenVPN, or PPTP
- Reporting and monitoring in real time and historically over time
- Multi-WAN Load Balancing
- Dynamic DNS support
- Captive Portal with MAC filtering, RADIUS support, etc.
- DHCP Server and Relay functions
- PPPoE Server
- Can be configured for automatic failover
Performance Metrics:
Maximum throughput with filtering enabled:
NAT - 85 Mbps
Routing - 85 Mbps
Bridge - 85 Mbps
IPsec by encryption algorithm:
3DES - 8.4 Mbps
3DES with Hifn - 40 Mbps
Blowfish - 16.5 Mbps
CAST - 16.3 Mbps
AES - 19.4 Mbps
This platform includes:
- One ALIX.2D3 board embedded in a
- 1U Rack with an
- Internal Power Supply
- Ships pre-loaded with pfSense
The ALIX.2D3 board is designed to slide out of the case in the event you wish to access the CF card or add miniPCI cards.
Hardware Features:
- Performance: 500 MHz AMD Geode LX800 CPU
- Storage: Compact Flash card or Microdrive
- Power: 100-240V AC, 47-63 MHz internal switch mode power supply, max 30W. IEC Connector, 1.5A fuse, 12A illuminated switch
- Connectivity: 3 Ethernet channels (VIA VT6105M), 1 miniPCI card slot (empty), 1 serial port (console), 2 USB 2.0 ports, optional on board battery
- Interface: Three front panel LEDs, one push-button switch which can be controlled through the CPU GPIO pins. 44-pin IDE interface on the board.
- Height: Standard 1U
- Width: 19" rack-mountable
- Color:: Black anodized aluminum face, clear anodized body
- Available slots: 1 slot populated, 1 blank face
- Board Version: ALIX2D3
- RoHS Compliant: Yes
Other uses:
- Wireless server/router with 802.11a/b/g/n miniPCI adapters (note: antenna holes are not available as a standard option)
- Other Firewall solutions such as LEAF, m0n0wall, etc.
- VoIP server using Asterisk
- AskoziaPBX based on m0n0wall
- FreeNAS based on m0n0wall
- Web server utilizing Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.
- Intranet Content Management Appliance with Zope
- Java Application Server
Warranty and Support Information:
- Standard 30 day return policy
- One year manufacturers limited warranty
pfSense Support Options:
pfSense Quick Start Guide
Free pfSense support is available via forum, mailing lists and IRC channel on the pfSense.org site
Paid, professional software support subscriptions are available from BSD Perimeter.
Additional Software Options:
Many operating systems and application software suites will run on the ALIX boards. Operating Systems include: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, as well as several Open Source and Commercially supported versions have been tested. See the list at this bottom of this page. Netgate pre-loads pfSense for you at no additional cost.
- All Specifications subject to change without notice.