[Cialug] firewall / router recommendations

[Nathan C. Smith]

That is what I was going to suggest.  I really like pfSense on my Alix from netgate.com.  I'll never go back to something like Linksys if I can avoid it.

It costs a little more but the control you gain is worth it.  Especially now with things like the Cisco/Linksys cloud managemnt debacle.


-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Nicolai
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:21 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] firewall / router recommendations

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 03:09:19PM -0500, ng0g at mchsi.com wrote:
> CIALUG,
> 
> I am thinking seriously of replacing my aging home Linksys 
> firewall/router, and looking for recommendations.  I don't need 
> wireless as I have shielded cat5 running everywhere, even out to my garage.
> Although I don't care if what ever I get has it as long as I can turn 
> it off.

Get an ALIX or Soekris and run your own preferred OS on it configured exactly as you like.  Better end product and higher satisfaction.

Nicolai
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