Re: [PLUG] Question on Linux Firewalls (and hardware)

2023-01-20 Thread Kevin Williams
Hi, The Beelink U59 more than satisfies OPNSense’s recommended specifications. It should run just fine with that setup. Kevin On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, at 8:27 PM, MC_Sequoia wrote: > "See https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-Intel-2-9Ghz-USB3-0-Type-C/dp/B09J4D6TMG/ > > I am trying to determine if

Re: [PLUG] Question on Linux Firewalls (and hardware)

2023-01-19 Thread MC_Sequoia
"See https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-Intel-2-9Ghz-USB3-0-Type-C/dp/B09J4D6TMG/ I am trying to determine if this is a good choice for the hardware or not?" The Opensense Hardware Sizing document is a good place to start. https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/hardware.html It's the second result on a

Re: [PLUG] Question on Linux Firewalls (and hardware)

2023-01-19 Thread Russell Senior
OpenWrt comes with a default firewall, which you can of course modify to your needs. The CPU required depends on the speed of the links, and what exactly you want to do. NAT will use some cycles, but a 10 year old MIPS based router can NAT a few hundred megabits. On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 15:04

Re: [PLUG] Question on Linux Firewalls (and hardware)

2023-01-19 Thread Michael Ewan
That hardware should be sufficient. I was running a firewall on an old Pentium 4 box for some time, it is still sitting here waiting to be reinstalled. The firewall I used was Untangle, it is free for personal use, with extended features costing. Untangle is Debian based but supplied as an

[PLUG] Question on Linux Firewalls (and hardware)

2023-01-19 Thread American Citizen
To all: If possible I would like to talk privately to anyone who has installed a Linux Firewall, preferably OPNsense, onto a linux box as right now I am trying to get up to speed on firewall issues and current state-of-the-art. I am considering using a Beelink mini-pc as the platform, but it