Router/VPN service on a PC

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Bellzemos

Hello!

I am new to all this so bear with me please.

I would like to turn my old desktop PC (a Celeron D with 512 MB RAM) into a router, primarely because I would like to establish a home VPN service.

Would FreeBSD be the right thing for me? Which version? As I mentioned, I would like to have a home VPN and also learn as much as possible (about networking in general) and also put my old PC to as much use as possible for learning.

I have two NICs in that PC, the integrated LAN card and a 3Com 3CRDAG675 Wireless LAN card.

Ubuntu and Windows XP recognise and work with that old Wireless card but there are no drivers for Windows 7 or 8. How can I know if FreeBSD will recognise it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
Some searching suggests that card is Atheros-based, and it will probably work. Choose the latest version of FreeBSD for the best hardware support. Or maybe try opnSense or pfSense, which likely are easier to set up for a VPN than starting from scratch. A Celeron D is probably powerful enough for this, although the "D" models generated a lot of heat.
 
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