Hi
I have been just asked to, quoting, "suggest an all-in-one
NAS-VPN-firewall for the school". We are talking ~80 students in the
8/13 years age range, maybe more after summer, plus teachers and
administration. The "all-in-one" part is the key requirement, and also
the reason why I am asking for recommendations based on your
real-world experience. I know how to handle this stuff the 100%
DIY/hacker way, but that is not an option in this case. Me, I wouldn't
mind but, while the school would like to use more FOSS also for
administration and internal services, actual teaching has much higher
priority this year.
https://www.ipfire.org/
This should be easy to learn or teach. You just need a web browser to
connect to it and a separate box for the firewall. Choice of hardware
seems to be a long discussion. Popular hardware is something like a
Dell form factor PC. You can get them from anywhere.
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Richard