I am aware that pfsense is one of the best out there. But it is BSD-based. I
have nothing against BSD, I just don't have enough time on my hands to play
around with it, that is why I'm trying out Linux-based firewall distros first,
especially Ubuntu/Debian-based ones. If all else fails, I'll give pfsense a
try.
--- mike t.
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From: jan gestre <[email protected]>
To: Michael Tinsay <[email protected]>; Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG)
Technical Discussion List <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Firewall distros
go with pfSense, the best.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi.
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>I'm looking at re-purposing an 4-year old laptop as my network's main
>firewall+VPN server. I've taken a look at ClearOS and Zentyal. So far neither
>of these two distros have what I'm looking for from browsing their respective
>forums. Maybe you guys/gals know of other firewall distros or know if ClearOS
>or Zentyal can actually address my needs. My requirements are:
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>1. Multihomed NIC support. I have two wired DSLs and looking at accessing
>both through a single NIC -- configure eth0 for the first DSLs and eth0:0 for
>the second DSL.
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>2. 3G modem support.
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>3. QoS, Load Balancing, and Failover across the multihomed NIC and 3G modem(s).
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>--- mike t.
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