I've set up a number of firewalls for spaces and usually go with PFSense. On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jon Markwell has a great (and thorough!) article about how they set up > internet at his spot. > > http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/ > > Since reading it, we've switched everything to the hardware/software setup > he recommended and it's been *awesome*. > > Besides basic firewall defaults built into the gateway, we aren't blocking > anything specific. It's a HUGE drag on support (and a really crappy member > experience) when folks go to use something and it doesn't work but they > don't know why. > > Instead, we focus on making issues easy to spot and diagnose. In our most > recent move, we added some new Unifi hardware, notably their 24 port switch > and their USG router/gateway. > > The best part of using the gateway is that now I have this amazing > dashboard that I can access from anywhere, including my mobile phone: > > > > If we're having any sort of network issues, I (or my team) can easily see > who's potentially causing the issue and go talk to them. > > 99 times out of 100, the person who is doing something that causes issues > on the network has no idea that what they're doing is causing trouble, or > even more often, what they're doing is part of their work so BLOCKING them > entirely would be counterproductive. File syncs over dropbox, Youtube > uploads, even scheduled cloud backups among a few other things come to > mind. Other times they just forgot to turn a program off that's sucking up > tons of bandwidth. > > Unifi's Gateway also has a new feature called "Smart Queues" which we've > been using for a few weeks and has all but entirely fixed these kinds of > problems for us automatically. > > A single Unifi Gateway + 6 of their Unifi AP Pro wireless access points > are supporting 100-120 people daily without breaking a sweat. > > We built some extra monitoring tools (mostly because our internet > provider, Comcast, is f'ing terrible but we don't have other options) that > we will be documenting and open sourcing very soon, along with a more > detailed schematic, shopping list, and config suggestions. > > At this point, I wouldn't fool around with any hardware except for Unifi. > They've given the enterprise tools a massive run for their money at a > fraction of the cost, and give the most flexible and friendly tools for > managing that my non-technical team members are comfortable helping folks > with basic network issues. > > -Alex > > > > > > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org > Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com > My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 2:34 PM, <alison.kle...@clickworkspace.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alison.kle...@clickworkspace.org');>> wrote: > >> Hoping to get some input on cable Internet setups. Specifically, do you >> use a firewall as part of your system? What was the decision-making >> behind that? We're thinking we might be better off without one, or at least >> to make it an opt-in. >> >> Thanks for sharing, >> Alison Klejna, Click Workspace, Northampton, MA >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
