I got tired of maintaining all of this stuff, so I setup Zentyal Server. It's an Ubuntu based small business server. It does a good job at making setup easy, without breaking the standard ways to solve problems.
http://www.zentyal.com Here is my blog post abount it: http://richard.esplins.org/siwi/2011/01/20/zentyal-gets-it-right/ It might make sense to have someone do it for you, but maintenance might be easier if they use Zentyal. Richard On Monday August 15 2011 16:29:48 Brett Rasmussen <brett.rasmus...@twoedge.com> wrote: > All, > I have been meaning for a long time to set up my home network differently, > and I just keep not having any time for it. I'm not very good with some of > this sort of thing, and it would just take too much tinkering time that I > don't really have. > > So I want to pay someone to do it for me. It shouldn't be that big of a > deal for an experienced sysadmin, I expect. > > My needs: > > - I have a shoebox computer that I want to use as a firewall box that > everything goes through. I've installed the OS already (Ubuntu Server). > > - This box needs to run dansguardian, and all traffic in the network needs > to be forced through the filter without requiring proxy settings in > browsers. > > - My wireless router, which currently provides firewall, dhcp, and local > dns, will need to be configured to send all traffic through the new firewall > box, and the new firewall box will need to provide all of that stuff instead > of the router. > > - It also needs to do traffic shaping to give priority to things like skype > over things like TV episodes. > > I guess that's pretty much it. If you can help me out, email me off list > and we can work out a time and a price. > > Thanks, > Brett <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
