might want to actually look at ClearOS (formerly ClarkConnect) or untangle, both will run on standard x86 hardware, and offer a different approach to QoS/shaping than m0n0 and it's derivatives. In ClearOS (the one I'm mainly looking at as well for a 200 computer LAN) you can set certain IP ranges to have different speeds, as well as do cashing, filtering, and allot of the other features sonicwall have compared to m0n0 or pf.
for shirts and giggles you can pick up a sonicwall (x86 vers) or even a barricuda or whatever rackmount system and be set with any of those distros. if yu willing to do the research already, why hire an IT guy? On Dec 24, 2009, at 1:47 AM, green bean wrote: > Does anyone have experience with SonicWall? > > Why Is it that much better than m0n0wall or pfSense? > Worth the price? > > We hired an IT consultant who recommended sonicwall, I suggested m0n0 > or pfSense but he didnt like that idea. Our goal is to prioritize our > internet bandwidth > so that our company's VIPs get better internet speed. But m0n0 can do that, > either by connecting them to a different ethernet card in the m0n0 computer > and giving that nic card a bigger pipe, or by putting the VIPs on a virtual > LAN [VLAN] with a bigger pipe. > > So what would be the great advantages of sonicwall compared to m0n0 to make > it worth the price? > > BTW, our IT consultant also recommended we hire an employee > of HIS company on site FULL TIME to manage our 42-computer network. > LOL! > > > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
