Dan,
I have used pfsense extensively and think that it would work excellent for what you are talking about. Make sure you put it on capable hardware. (see: http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content <http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid= 49> &task=view&id=52&Itemid=49) I'd recommend using a dual or quad Intel PCI-x NIC depending on how many physical network segments you'll need. I've got some equipment that is multi-wan pfsense to a core switch, then core routers behind multiple OC-12 (plus local exchange peering, and some local metro Ethernet links) which are wide open for my usage (metered of course). So at any given time I can push some serious packets. at any rate don't tell anybody but pfsense is acting as a filtering bridge doing traffic shaping and prioritization along with PPTP VPN (authenticating against Active Directory via radius authentication and network policies Server 2008) and IPSEC Site to Site VPN's. I really appreciate the ability to do packet captures at the firewall, and it is oh so fun to watch the real time traffic graph! At any rate, pfsense will work very well indeed, just be sure the features provided match your needs (my guess is that they will). My only issue has been traffic shaping within IPSEC tunnels for site to site connections (which I believe will be available in the next release???) Everything else has been top notch reliable for me. Now. anytime you place packets in a queue you can expect to incur a little latency but in my experience it has been pretty nominal 2-3ms Give it a shot; trying it out for a short while can't hurt, right? Jonathan Ontra LLC <http://www.ontraonline.com> www.ontraonline.com _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Outback Dingo Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:57 AM To: Dan White Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Router for SIPX describe inexpensive.... its not so much the requirements for the application, yet thats a heafty pipe, anything over that size pipe is going to come with some price tag. i mean inexpensive to one might be 1k, to you for this project it might be 5-10k, so whats the budget... On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Dan White <[email protected]> wrote: I have a 20 meg available port between my sipx server and the internet, can I get some suggestions on which would be a good voip router to use, I would like something that prioritizes voip over internet, and can if necessary create VPN tunnels, I am looking for something inexpensive. Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks Dan White _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/
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