Yes, it is a small office. I am familiar with pfSense. I am not sure if firewall on Astlinux is as versatile and flexible. But also, I am wondering if with all those attacks around now-a-days if the box will be able to handle 5 extensions, voicemail, IVR, firewall, DHCP, openvpn all together.
Thanks On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM, John Novack <jnov...@stromberg-carlson.org>wrote: > > > Bruce B wrote: > > Thanks. I think I would still need a firewall. Maybe a 1u rack > double enclosure for two Alix boards - one as firewall - and one as PBX > would do better. > > Anyhow, I don't want to open the box if I don't have to. Is there any way > I can push the .gz file over console cable rather than putting the CF in a > reader? > > DO you mean once you have built the system? > AstLinux has an upgrade facility built into the system, with the ability to > revert to the previous version, all built into the web interface. > To initially build the system, it seems to me you would need to put the > first OS on the CF card to get the board alive. > > And if you have an Alix with 2 Ethernet ports, why a second one as a > firewall? AstLinux has a built in firewall > You did say a SMALL office, didn't you? > > John Novack > > > > Thanks > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Darrick Hartman (lists) < > dhart...@djhsolutions.com> wrote: > >> Bruce, >> >> AstLinux supports dhcp and dns as well as several vpn options including >> openvpn. >> >> You can download a live ISO image to test. http://www.astlinux.org >> >> Darrick >> >> On 11/08/2010 08:34 AM, Bruce B wrote: >> > Thanks for the input. I am looking to use it as a DHCP server as well. >> > And I also I want it as a VPN server so that I can securely log in to it >> > from time to time to monitor it's state. >> > >> > The Alix board with pfSense can nicely do VPN and DHCP (no Asterisk). >> > Wondering if those two service would play nice along with Asterisk. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com >> > <mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com>> wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 01:10:01PM -0500, Paul Belanger wrote: >> > >> > > Most desktop >> > > distros are just too bloated for an embedded solution. >> > >> > I use Debian on an Alix system as my home router. It runs Asterisk >> as >> > well. >> > >> -- >> Darrick Hartman >> DJH Solutions, LLC >> http://www.djhsolutions.com >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > > -- > > Dog is my Co-pilot > >
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