gotcha - I think vyatta community center is a great solution ...
As of adding vlans - and such - very simple and does not cost anything... Quick ? do you have a good switch that supports vlanning ? And yes - PF I think is ruled out (although vs 2 might work) Feel free to chat me up off list - I have a feeling we might be able to help each other out... I have a local government client asking some video questions and noticed the solutions you offer :-) On Apr 3, 2010, at 1:57 AM, Tom Sharples wrote: > Pfsense appears to have a couple of limitations, e.g. only 1 pptp VPN > session to the same server at a time, and only 1 sip session per > server, > that could cause some problems here. We run pptp VPN all the time > sometimes > from multiple internal desktops to the same remote customer server > (usually > our wireless gateway equipment installed at the customer site). > > As to what we need it for, it would be our primary gateway router. > We're not > an ISP, but we do need the flexibility to emulate our IP CCTV and ISP > customer setups on-the-fly since we preconfigure our equipment to > arrive > plug-and-play at their sites. Don't really need squid or load- > leveling, but > we do need something that will inexpensively and rapidly allow us to > add > additional hardware and virtual interface ports mapped to various > public and > private addresses, as well as whatever else comes up, without a big > learning > curve. GUI is nice but a good CLI would be sufficient. Those > requirements (I > suspect) rule out cisco and microtik. But anything that runs open- > source > linux should easily be able to do this. > > Tom S. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Kelley" <gl...@hostmedic.com> > To: "Tom Sharples" <tsharp...@qorvus.com>; "WISPA General List" > <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 9:52 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vyatta? > > >> I love Vyatta. I love PFSense... I love a bunch of other >> applications that can do this as well... BUT it might be worth >> asking >> what the job that you want the router to perform. >> >> While some may bash vYatta - >> >> Keep in mind - when the reload happened - they specifically did that >> for their own Support Contracts ... folks that paid them - but yes >> - a >> major release required a reload. >> I can tell horror stories about having to do this w/ Cisco Vax >> 7200's 2650's and such as well. IOS updates do not always go as >> well as they advertise... >> >> Why I do like vYatta is the simple fact they provide both the CLI and >> GUI - (command line interface and graphical user interface)... >> >> Here are a few reasons why folks in this board should consider vYatta >> community edition: (free) >> >> 1. Load Balancing >> 2. BGP (Full ) >> 3. vLAN - do vlans out to the radios >> 4. PPPOE - if you wanted to use it >> 5. Parental Controls >> 6. Speed Control / Traffic Shaping - You can do this right on your >> router. >> 7. SQUID - cache things vs hitting the web all the time for the >> same >> content (like windows updates, youtubes, etc ) >> >> >> I resell vYatta paid version for those interested - but for most the >> community center is just fine. The paid edition will give you all of >> the aforementioned with the ability to obtain paid support - and this >> is based upon the following: >> >> 1. what type of contract you have purchased >> 2. severity of the request - (ie everything down vs just a feature >> request) >> >> >> >> >> that being said - WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO ? >> >> If you have a simple setup - and just need full BGP - you might also >> want to check out another Open Source Project called PFSense. >> >> PFSense is full FreeBSD - runs on most any x86 hardware. >> I can help any of you with this as well. The PFSense book is a >> great >> place to start - and is written for someone who has never done >> routing... >> >> one last thing about pfsense... Its a full bsd license - you can >> even >> rebrand it. >> >> I have a bunch of PF systems out in the field as CPE for firewalling >> and such - all running under our logo and skin when a client logs in. >> a simple 1U rack mount makes that an awesome option - so does a >> simple flash drive on a card in a box ... >> >> Ask questions if I can help either on or off list >> >> :-) >> >> Glenn >> >> >> >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2675 - Release Date: > 02/08/10 > 07:35:00 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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