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    • NaraN
      Nara @Mike Ralston
      last edited by

      @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
          last edited by

          @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
            last edited by

            @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
              last edited by

              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
                last edited by

                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
                          last edited by

                          @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
                            last edited by

                            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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