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

Kevin Otte nivex at nivex.net
Fri Sep 9 20:50:46 EDT 2011


This does not meet one of his requirements:

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Is_there_IPv6_support_available
"There is currently no IPv6 support available in stable releases"

It has been a long time since I've used m0n0wall, but it was overall a
pleasant expereince. I know it does have IPv6 support, but I don't know
how good it is. The fact that the last update on
http://m0n0.ch/wall/changelog.php was a year and a half ago doesn't fill
me with warm fuzzies though.

OpenWRT has served me well, but I also don't believe in web GUIs for
such purposes, so adjust your expectations accordingly :)

On 09/09/2011 06:08 PM, Greg Brown wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 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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