Chris re: untangled > > First, last I looked at it, it's based on a version of Debian that's out of > support ... it looks like there was some work put > towards updating the OS to a newer version of Debian, but was halted.
That's a bummer. Matt re: alternatives > I use pfsense personally for firewall/proxy filter. Based on freeBSD and > has lots of packages to add on like freeRADIUS, Squid Proxy, CARP multi > WAN, openvpn. FreeBSD gives me the jibbilies... 0.o But as I take a look around (googling "pfsense vs untangled" and "pfsense vs clearos") It seems that there are a couple things people agree on: - untangled is bloated - ClearOS has too much eye candy - untangled requires more Hardware resources - A bunch of ClearOS users jumped ship to pfsense (and are now satisfied) after a recent release. I'm okay sacrificing a *some* resources for good looks, but pfsense only * suggests* <512MB RAM for some isolated use cases. That sounds pretty efficient to me. So, I'm going to bite the bullet and give pfSense a try. (pfsense.org) My current FreeNas based on FreeBSD has been OK to deal with so, I think I've got a fighting chance. Cheers, Al On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:08:39 Alan Jachimiak wrote: > > Super input! > > > > Since nobody is showin' the love for Microtik, I just pulled the trigger > on > > the $20 D-Link Dir 615. I will install dd-wrt on it and have a go. > > > > For the rest of the functionality it Looks like I'm going to need > something > > a bit more powerful. I have two NIC's on my main server at home which > is > > a virtualization platform. I'll make a new VM with two NIC's and then > > install a router-like OS on it that will give me some of the > functionality > > I'm looking for. And since each is already a linux distro, I could crawl > > in there and do what I want if it hasn't been done already. > > > > I've looked at > > ClearOS<http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/downloads.html>and > > Untangled <http://www.untangle.com/store/get-untangle/>. Both look > nice, > > but a brief bout of research shows that untangled has more functionality > > out of the box. > > > > FYI ClearOS seems to be built on top of CentOS and Untangled built on top > > of Debian ("Lenny"). If you've had experience with either of these, I'd > > love to hear about it. > > I've tried "Untangled" and found it to be a tangled mess. > > First, last I looked at it, it's based on a version of Debian that's out of > support, meaning the base OS doesn't get security updates. Their Debian > repositories are password protected, but IIRC the password for getting in > can > be seen by examining the files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ after > installation. > When you look into their repositories it looks like there was some work put > towards updating the OS to a newer version of Debian, but was halted. > > AFAICT there's no good reason to run Untangled because you can get all of > the > free stuff by running Debian (which is more up to date), and everything > else > seems to require a pricy monthly fee. Also, Untangled _requires_ being > installed on a hard disk, and cannot be run on a CF card -- the > installation > is 20 GB minimum, and the installation is automated which wipes the entire > disk and gives you no options to partition the disk manually, even though > Debian does. > > Go ahead and try it for yourself to see, but I make you a bet you come to > the > same conclusion that I did -- that there's not much to like in Untangled. > If > you install it into a VM (which is how I tested it), make sure the VM has > _two_ NIC devices, otherwise Untangled will refuse to install. > > I haven't yet tried ClearOS -- this is the first I've heard of it. > > -- Chris > > -- > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Aug 7 - Scripting Your World with Python > Sep 4 - NoSQL and MongoDB > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware >
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