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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      Hay unos pocos. Más de España y más hispanohablantes. México, Panamá, España y más representadas.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @dafyre
        last edited by

        @dafyre said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @iroal said:

        Company, at end, let me buy the Pfsense.

        I'm thinking in this model.

        https://store.pfsense.org/HIGH-AVAILABILITY-SG-4860-1U-pfSense-Systems-P47.aspx

        Any other best option ?

        Answer is going to keep being the same, Ubiquiti is better than pfSense.

        Can the Ubiquiti handle failover from one to another?

        @iroal If the Ubiquiti has all the features you need, then the price will be significantly cheaper than the pfSense setup.

        Yes - Even the ERL I have with 3 ports can. you can set two ISP and one LAN, One ISP, LAN and WiFi or one ISP and two LAN..

        We actually have a client with two ISP and one LAN configured currently.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @gjacobse
          last edited by

          @gjacobse said:

          @dafyre said:

          @scottalanmiller said:

          @iroal said:

          Company, at end, let me buy the Pfsense.

          I'm thinking in this model.

          https://store.pfsense.org/HIGH-AVAILABILITY-SG-4860-1U-pfSense-Systems-P47.aspx

          Any other best option ?

          Answer is going to keep being the same, Ubiquiti is better than pfSense.

          Can the Ubiquiti handle failover from one to another?

          @iroal If the Ubiquiti has all the features you need, then the price will be significantly cheaper than the pfSense setup.

          Yes - Even the ERL I have with 3 ports can. you can set two ISP and one LAN, One ISP, LAN and WiFi or one ISP and two LAN..

          We actually have a client with two ISP and one LAN configured currently.

          That aspect is for WAN failover. He's looking for router failover - where you have two routers instead of just one. It does that too but I don't believe we have any clients doing it. It is a more complicated setup and carries complications from the fact that you can't have the ISP link going to both routers at once by default.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @gjacobse said:

            @dafyre said:

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @iroal said:

            Company, at end, let me buy the Pfsense.

            I'm thinking in this model.

            https://store.pfsense.org/HIGH-AVAILABILITY-SG-4860-1U-pfSense-Systems-P47.aspx

            Any other best option ?

            Answer is going to keep being the same, Ubiquiti is better than pfSense.

            Can the Ubiquiti handle failover from one to another?

            @iroal If the Ubiquiti has all the features you need, then the price will be significantly cheaper than the pfSense setup.

            Yes - Even the ERL I have with 3 ports can. you can set two ISP and one LAN, One ISP, LAN and WiFi or one ISP and two LAN..

            We actually have a client with two ISP and one LAN configured currently.

            That aspect is for WAN failover. He's looking for router failover - where you have two routers instead of just one. It does that too but I don't believe we have any clients doing it. It is a more complicated setup and carries complications from the fact that you can't have the ISP link going to both routers at once by default.

            Can't you do 4 routers, two for each ISP?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
              last edited by

              @wirestyle22 said:

              Can't you do 4 routers, two for each ISP?

              Why would you need four? Why not do two, each ISP into each? What's the benefit of four?

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              • coliverC
                coliver @wirestyle22
                last edited by

                @wirestyle22 said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @gjacobse said:

                @dafyre said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @iroal said:

                Company, at end, let me buy the Pfsense.

                I'm thinking in this model.

                https://store.pfsense.org/HIGH-AVAILABILITY-SG-4860-1U-pfSense-Systems-P47.aspx

                Any other best option ?

                Answer is going to keep being the same, Ubiquiti is better than pfSense.

                Can the Ubiquiti handle failover from one to another?

                @iroal If the Ubiquiti has all the features you need, then the price will be significantly cheaper than the pfSense setup.

                Yes - Even the ERL I have with 3 ports can. you can set two ISP and one LAN, One ISP, LAN and WiFi or one ISP and two LAN..

                We actually have a client with two ISP and one LAN configured currently.

                That aspect is for WAN failover. He's looking for router failover - where you have two routers instead of just one. It does that too but I don't believe we have any clients doing it. It is a more complicated setup and carries complications from the fact that you can't have the ISP link going to both routers at once by default.

                Can't you do 4 routers, two for each ISP?

                Look at VRRP. It is a protocol that allows for hardware failure. You would just need two routers not four.

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @wirestyle22 said:

                  Can't you do 4 routers, two for each ISP?

                  Why would you need four? Why not do two, each ISP into each? What's the benefit of four?

                  Never mind. I saw the 'by default' portion of your post now and realized there is no point

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                  • wirestyle22W
                    wirestyle22 @coliver
                    last edited by

                    @coliver said:

                    @wirestyle22 said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @gjacobse said:

                    @dafyre said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @iroal said:

                    Company, at end, let me buy the Pfsense.

                    I'm thinking in this model.

                    https://store.pfsense.org/HIGH-AVAILABILITY-SG-4860-1U-pfSense-Systems-P47.aspx

                    Any other best option ?

                    Answer is going to keep being the same, Ubiquiti is better than pfSense.

                    Can the Ubiquiti handle failover from one to another?

                    @iroal If the Ubiquiti has all the features you need, then the price will be significantly cheaper than the pfSense setup.

                    Yes - Even the ERL I have with 3 ports can. you can set two ISP and one LAN, One ISP, LAN and WiFi or one ISP and two LAN..

                    We actually have a client with two ISP and one LAN configured currently.

                    That aspect is for WAN failover. He's looking for router failover - where you have two routers instead of just one. It does that too but I don't believe we have any clients doing it. It is a more complicated setup and carries complications from the fact that you can't have the ISP link going to both routers at once by default.

                    Can't you do 4 routers, two for each ISP?

                    Look at VRRP. It is a protocol that allows for hardware failure. You would just need two routers not four.

                    Yeah I was thinking simplistically. My bad

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                    • wrx7mW
                      wrx7m
                      last edited by

                      Let's say you set up an EdgeRouter, what would you guys recommend for the additional services that a UTM platform would normally provide?

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver @wrx7m
                        last edited by

                        @wrx7m said:

                        Let's say you set up an EdgeRouter, what would you guys recommend for the additional services that a UTM platform would normally provide?

                        Like what?

                        Proxy/web filtering could easily be done via Squid.

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver
                          last edited by

                          The ER series has a client VPN built in. I think it will do OpenVPN as well.

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                          • wrx7mW
                            wrx7m
                            last edited by

                            Gateway AV, DPI, IDS, IPS

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @wrx7m
                              last edited by

                              @wrx7m said:

                              Let's say you set up an EdgeRouter, what would you guys recommend for the additional services that a UTM platform would normally provide?

                              Standard recommendation is that those things don't belong on a firewall and should be either handled by another device or should not exist at all (much of the time they are negatives and sold via hype... most have their place but are not very commonly recommended.)

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                              • coliverC
                                coliver @wrx7m
                                last edited by

                                @wrx7m said:

                                Gateway AV, DPI, IDS, IPS

                                I've never seen Gateway AV work... but I Squid can also do this with some addons.

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                                • wrx7mW
                                  wrx7m @scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller Interesting. So you would just go with endpoint protection after the router/firewall?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @wrx7m
                                    last edited by

                                    @wrx7m said:

                                    @scottalanmiller Interesting. So you would just go with endpoint protection after the router/firewall?

                                    Yes, in nearly all cases. AV on the firewall means huge network delays or tons of processing power needed at the end and it is rarely effective. If you are investing tens of thousands in Palo Alto gear, that's different. But other than that, I wouldn't even consider it.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm a big believer that the UTM concept is hype. I want my router to be a router, not be an all in one device like I'm a home user. All functionality should be broken out and should be determined discretely if needed. UTMs are sold almost exclusively based on marketing, not a need driving a search for a solution.

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                                      • wrx7mW
                                        wrx7m @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller Thanks for the info. What about use of a proxy/application control?

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @coliver
                                          last edited by

                                          @coliver said:

                                          @wrx7m said:

                                          Gateway AV, DPI, IDS, IPS

                                          I've never seen Gateway AV work... but I Squid can also do this with some addons.

                                          You haven't? I have. Both good and bad. I've seen it block bad things and also have false positives. I definitely like the thought behind it.. not sold one way or the other in practice though.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            Plus Scott is a big believer in the LANless approach. Don't trust the network you're own.. create your own security through other means, like endpoint to server SSL, etc.

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