[TriLUG] Best O/S for a Linux Router/Firewall?

[Greg Brown]

Check out PF Sense.  It is based on m0n0wall, supports bonding, which mono doesn't very well, is based on BSD, has great VPN support, etc.  Good stuff.

http://www.pfsense.com/

It's very easy to configure being all web based.  I'm going to upgrade one of my beach mono boxes to PF sense this winter to give it a try.

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On Sep 9, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Tarus Balog <tarus at opennms.org> wrote:

> Gang:
> 
> Our network provider, Centurylink, is now offering higher speeds through
> the use of bonded DSL circuits. The downside is that our little Cisco
> 800 router can't handle more than one DSL circuit, so I'll have to use
> their box.
> 
> Since I'll end up routing ethernet, I figured it was time to switch to a
> Linux-based router. In a perfect world, it would support routing between
> the Centurylink ethernet interface and our lan, act as a DHCP server,
> and act as a firewall.
> 
> It must support IPv6. It would also be nice if it could easily handle
> OpenVPN as well.
> 
> Suggestions for a distribution to use? I hear good things about monowall.
> 
> -T
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