On 1/10/19 5:37 PM, Outback Dingo wrote:
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:06 AM John Harris
<johnmh(a)splentity.com> wrote:
Sorry, one decision for a firewall on low cost hardware with features
should definitely be OPNSense
I guess it depends the definition of "low cost hardware" and what the OP
really wants to do. OPNSense, at a minimum, requires:
Single core x86-32 or x86-64 CPU
4GB mass storage
512MB RAM
Adequate PCI slots to support the NICs required.
Recommended hardware is:
Multi-core x86-32 or x86-64 CPU
120GB mass storage
4GB RAM
Adequate PCI slots to support the NICs required.
and they claim it can do 750Mbps+ throughput with the recommended
hardware config. OPNSense offers more features than OpenWRT (it is a
customized FreeBSD implementation after all). That being said, OpenWRT
only requires a $150 wireless router for hardware and is stripped down
to do just what a router/firewall/VPN is expected to do and not much
else. If that's what the OP wants, then that's _my_ recommendation and
it's at a lower cost than a minimum hardware OPNSense platform.
Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included. Some assembly required.
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