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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @RoguePacket
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      @RoguePacket ah ha. zentyl I have heard of but not used.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Zentyl is really an SBS style server project. A kitchen sink sorta mish mash. Not an optimized firewall.

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        • AmbarishrhA
          Ambarishrh @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller Yes, have used it in one of my freelance project. They wanted an AD replacement as they couldn't afford windows licensing.

          After some research, I tried Zentyal. It was a real good alternative for Windows AD.

          Got a decent desktop machine, installed Zentyal, configured as main DC, joined all clients machines from 3 offices, (all nearby, and has shared connection from their main office). Also enabled jabber server+file server. All offices are using this without any issues. AD+Chat+File Server! 🙂
          If am not mistaken, its Ubuntu based. Even though it has quite a lot of features including firewall, I never used it as a firewall.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller so was ClearOS.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
              last edited by

              @JaredBusch said:

              @scottalanmiller so was ClearOS.

              True

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              • Mike RalstonM
                Mike Ralston
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                I'd recommend pfSense. I'm only an intern level tech person, and I find it fairly easy to work with.

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                • NaraN
                  Nara @Mike Ralston
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                  @Mike-Ralston said:

                  I'd recommend pfSense. I'm only an intern level tech person, and I find it fairly easy to work with.

                  For a straight firewall, pfSense is good. If you're looking for something closer to a UTM, Untangle becomes a better option.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    Really only the paid for version of Untangle. I've used Untangle and it is a seriously weak product.

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                    • NaraN
                      Nara @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      Really only the paid for version of Untangle. I've used Untangle and it is a seriously weak product.

                      Only $50/month and you get content filtering, multi-WAN, IPS, antivirus, application-level control, bandwidth shaping, and more.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Nara
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                        @Nara said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Really only the paid for version of Untangle. I've used Untangle and it is a seriously weak product.

                        Only $50/month and you get content filtering, multi-WAN, IPS, antivirus, application-level control, bandwidth shaping, and more.

                        $50/mo is a ton for an SMB. Considering you have to buy hardware to put the appliance on, that's $600/year. You can get some pretty nice systems for that price.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          For that price you could be in a fully supported Meraki, for example, and that's far from a cheap device. It would take less than two years to pay it off assuming you were running your Untangle on free hardware that you already owned.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            For only $99, you can have one of these running Vyatta: http://www.amazon.com/EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-512MB-Ethernet-Router/dp/B00CPRVF5K

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch
                              last edited by JaredBusch

                              $89 plus shipping from Baltic networks, so depending on your Amazon shipping rates. That may be a better place to buy it.
                              I love the ERL. I have 10 of them in production around various clients.

                              http://www.balticnetworks.com/manufacturers/ubiquiti/edgemax-routers.html

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                                @JaredBusch said:

                                $89 plus shipping from Baltic networks, so depending on your Amazon shipping rates. That may be a better place to buy it.
                                I love the ERL. I have 10 of them in production around various clients.

                                http://www.balticnetworks.com/manufacturers/ubiquiti/edgemax-routers.html

                                Do the bigger, rack mount models have better throughput? What can the Lite push?

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by JaredBusch

                                  @scottalanmiller the ERL and ERPOE are 1 billion packets per second (pps). The ER is 2 billions pps and the ER Pro is 2+ billion pps. This is all according to their spec sheets. I have never stressed tested anything. My clients couldn't stress and ERL if they tried.
                                  http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#edge-router-lite

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    I wish that there was a ERL that was rack mount. That would be way better.

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      I wish that there was a ERL that was rack mount. That would be way better.

                                      You are not the only one. Only one of my install locations has a rack at the moment, but I really wish I had the option.

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                                      • RoguePacketR
                                        RoguePacket
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                                        Seeing the topic of Linux firewalls for a person brand-new to Linux hit Slashdot yesterday (>cough< /. is slacking)—

                                        • http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/04/05/1622241/ask-slashdot-user-friendly-firewall-for-a-brand-new-linux-user
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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @RoguePacket
                                          last edited by

                                          @RoguePacket said:

                                          Seeing the topic of Linux firewalls for a person brand-new to Linux hit Slashdot yesterday (>cough< /. is slacking)—

                                          • http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/04/05/1622241/ask-slashdot-user-friendly-firewall-for-a-brand-new-linux-user

                                          Yeah, many more answers here!

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                                          • JoyJ
                                            Joy
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                                            Wow many answers. thanks. but i haven't tried yet 😞

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