IPCop seems to be a dead project. It has been forked though and
re-incarnated as IPFire. I'm using IPFire at the moment and think it is
a large improvement over IPCop. But it still does not support the bells
and whistles when it comes to VPN. You can set up road warrior type
connections, but net-to-net connections seem troublesome (at least with
OpenVPN). I could be wrong on the VPN bit though - I just haven't had
time to look into properly.
The reporting with IPFire is much better as well. I can see how much
TOTAL bandwidth flows through my red interface (all interfaces!) each
month, with reasonable estimates projecting future use.
Setup was a breeze - once you could get a bootable USB stick, or CDRom.
There was some trouble doing so, but it was a minor hiccup. It
detected all my NICs without effort - even the USB Ethernet adapter
(which is running my blue network).
Routing between zones seems to be a bit of an art. I can connect to my
blue network (wireless), and then establish a VPN. But that only gives
me access to the Orange network (the DMZ). I haven't figured out yet
how to get the VPN to connect to the Green network. But it hasn't been
high priority either.
I'll be monitoring this thread to see what other options are
recommended. I'd like something more robust, but low maintenance.
Shawn
On 11-06-21 12:12 AM, Neil B wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking at building a firewall type appliance on a small form factor
hardware. I currently have a linksys wireless router with openwrt but I
want to replace it.
Looking at something like IP Cop for the software end and looking for
something somewhat quiet and greenish on the hardware end. I'm looking
for success stories and/or failures as far as what worked and what didn't.
Any information/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
~Neil B.
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