# cross post /u-au/slug I am looking to set up a hardware firewall using an old computer and a Linux distribution and am curious about a few things. To start with, I'll attempt a diagram to show you how my network is currently set up.
My home network is set up like so : Modem/Router | _------------Switch------------_ | | | | | | MB MF FS DT U1 U2 *(MB) - Mythbuntu Back-end *(MF) - Mythbuntu Frontend *(FS) - Fileserver *(DT) - Dedicated Torrent | Downloader *(U1) User (me) *(U2) User (wife) I am assuming with 2 NICs in the old computer, you dump it between the switch and the router and connect both the switch and modem/router to it. So it would look something like Modem/Router | NIC1 Firewall NIC2 | _------------Switch------------_ | | | | | | MB MF FS DT U1 U2 Based on my set-up, which of the following would you recommend and why? pfSense, MoNoWaLL, Clark Connect. (Do you know any others?) I understand policies could be configured for all of them to allow SSH etc, but I'd like something that does not require me to mess with modules extenively as I am not *tha*t technically savvy. >From what I've read pfSense seems to be the go, but I wouldn't know why exactly. Smoothwall is out of the question due to its lacking NIC driver support. Any suggestions greatly appreceated, Harrison. -- Harrison Ghys. http://www.sydney-linux.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html