ccw

Dual WAN is a strength of pfsense, so it would really be the best if you don't mind the troubles.
The budget can be as low as ~$1500, depending on what you want to have,
very often an entry grade Celeron with Sandy Bridge or better micro-architecture for 1Gbps WAN, or D2500/D2700/AMD E-450 for 500Mbps or below, 4GB or more RAM,
a 4GB USB Flash drive, an lan card with Intel NIC (82574L/579V are fine)(e.g. Intel EXPI9301CT), a gigabit switch
finally a motherboard with Intel NIC (intel boards), and case+PSU. You don't need a harddisk unless you are hosting server.
You can surely use other NICs, but be aware of the compatibility with the OS, depending if you are using ClearOS/pfsense/others.
The sum shouldn't exceed $2000, and the best if you can make use of old parts. In HK the problem is only getting the suitable lan card with a reasonable price......

Dual WAN, VPN are fine for both OS.
Copying files should be very fast as long as you get a Gigabit switch.
Not sure with ClearOS, but pfsense has no support on even 802.11n owing to FreeBSD doesn't support it. But you can just add a wireless access point to get the WiFi online.

[ 本帖最後由 ccw 於 2013-9-2 21:13 編輯 ]

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Or just get from this brand,
http://www.mikrotik.com/
Many people talking about it in HKEPC.

[ 本帖最後由 ccw 於 2013-9-2 22:02 編輯 ]

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原帖由 BlackBird 於 2013-9-3 02:23 發表

FreeBSD 8.1 support intel 4965/5000series wireless

The OS supports the hardware, but may not support 802.11n(pfsense does have 802.11g support...) afaik.
At least pfsense hasn't followed up till now(2.0.3), not sure about 2.1

update:
It seems FreeBSD is ok now, let's see pfsense's support then (hopefully in not too distant future)

[ 本帖最後由 ccw 於 2013-9-3 10:52 編輯 ]

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原帖由 LKNim 於 2013-9-3 18:50 發表
其實係咪我表達得唔好呢
1Gbps係指PCPC
Dual wan係因為兩間ISP, 分别都係100Mbps
要$1500+?

好似如果我會刷ROM, 都係買過隻N16又或者試下換cap算數

我係DDWRT個網睇好似都唔少人用AC66U
呢隻大家有咩評價? ...

1Gbps between PCs, you can get a 100Mbps router, then connect the pcs through a 1Gbps switch, then the switch to router, it should just work.

[ 本帖最後由 ccw 於 2013-9-4 00:46 編輯 ]

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原帖由 poonyc 於 2013-9-4 10:50 發表

呢家O的GIGABIT ROUTER 都唔平啦~~

DUALWAN 係好高級既野~
要求都好高~
OFFICIAL 有DUALWAN 既ROUTER 從來都唔平~

So pfsense is what I prefer.