Or acquire a older Pentium 3 / 4 computer from somewhere put two network cards in it install Debian configure iptables job done.
Why the need to spend lots of money on this? > From: gor...@gscott.co.uk > To: li...@fractal.me.uk > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:40:15 +0000 > CC: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Firewall hardware > > On Wed, 2014-12-10 at 23:07 +0000, Leo wrote: > > > Thanks for that. Although part of me is a little unsure about going for > > a non-arm or x86 based setup. So now I'm wondering if buying a cheap > > router and flashing it with openwrt is the way to go... > > I'm sceptical that you'll find many firewalls that are not either x86 or > ARM. They're both pretty much ubiquitous now. Skimming through the > OpenWRT hardware list, it looks like there are a few MIPS and PowerPC > based units out there. > > The ARM architectures are, of course, licensed intellectual property, so > many chips that don't have the word ARM in the name are still an ARM > inside. > > Whatever platform, there's a distinct advantage in having the software > on a physically write-protected memory medium. My guess is that most of > the hardware listed on OpenWRT is just that. > > My personal thought for looking to a micro-PC type device were that I > then have full control of the software and don't again get bitten by > buying a new, fairly expensive, router that, despite what it says on the > box and website, appears not properly to support IPv6. Sole reason for > purchase :-( > > Gordon. > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
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