one instanceof hacking that couldve happened on any of the solutions you 
mentioned..  they are all running the same style of OS// openwrt, astlinux, 
Mikrotik are all Linux kernels with iptables...  the hacker couldve got any of 
them.. somethng was left open on the mikrotik that allowed an exploit..  
something work bringing up to the mikrotik folks..  they have always been 
responsive to me..  I have used their products for years..
I had one running for over 8 years solidly with never getting compromised..  
the CF card in it finally gave up the ghost..  (on a NET4801)..
-Christopher
 

     On Monday, October 6, 2014 6:22 PM, Michael Knill 
<michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
   

 Thanks Darrick
Pretty good reviews for the Ubiquity stuff. Not a real big saving over an ALIX 
system but still worth investigating.Thanks for all the comments everyone. Yes 
I know, you don’t need to tell me. You get what you pay for and the amount of 
stuffing around is not worth it.
PS Is the Ubiquity wireless good?
RegardsMichael Knill



On 7 Oct 2014, at 1:01 am, Darrick Hartman <dhart...@djhsolutions.com> wrote:
Michael,  We’ve used several of the Ubiqui Networks EdgeRouter Lite’s at remote 
sites that don’t require running Asterisk. They use Vyatta with a web interface 
wrapped over the top, but the shell is available. Those run about $100 and will 
give you VPN, firewall and a bunch of other features (but not wireless).  
Darrick  From: Michael Knill [mailto:michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au] 
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 12:16 AM
To: AstLinux Users Mailing List
Subject: [Astlinux-users] The wireless router dilemma    Ok I know this has 
been sort of discussed before but I have a bit of a dilemma.    I have one cost 
conscious organisation (a not for profit) with a couple of single user sites 
that have a single phone and wireless. I connect these sites back to the head 
office over the Internet to create a closed telephony system.    I initially 
used Mikrotik routers which are very feature rich, very cheap and do everything 
plus more however when my office router began to perform a DoS attack on the US 
Dept of Labor (I kid you not), I thought I would not continue using them.    
Now obviously happy to spend the money at the head office on a good Astlinux 
system, however its a little hard to justify an x86 box and a separate WAP at 
the small site when you can buy one for under $100. Now admittedly it doesn’t 
do what I want it to do e.g. SSH Tunnelling so that is where my dilemma is.    
The options I see are as follows: 1) Buy a cheap wireless router and put up 
with the limitations 2) Buy a cheap wireless router and roll OpenWRT onto it to 
give me more features 3) Run Astlinux and a separate WAP and thats that 4) Some 
other solution or product I have not looked at    Thanks Regards Michael Knill  

    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slashdot TV.  Videos for Nerds.  Stuff that Matters.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________
Astlinux-users mailing list
Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users

Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to 
pay...@krisk.org.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slashdot TV.  Videos for Nerds.  Stuff that Matters.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
_______________________________________________
Astlinux-users mailing list
Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users

Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to 
pay...@krisk.org.

   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slashdot TV.  Videos for Nerds.  Stuff that Matters.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
_______________________________________________
Astlinux-users mailing list
Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users

Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to 
pay...@krisk.org.

Reply via email to