Don't get me wrong. I've been a supporter since 2.1.2 and I know there are users here that go way back.
I did my part in reporting bugs, submitting little code changes and the likes, but trying to actually BUY the product left me baffled at the company's lack of communication. That, coupled with some pretty big long-standing bugs (in my opinion) made me look somewhere else. Endian is great at leveraging old hardware for a good all-round solution, but if you need to step up, look elsewhere. -- Rafael Fonseca On 5 May 2010 09:01, Steven Sher <stev...@techtron.co.za> wrote: > I have also been looking at Utangle as a replacement for Endian, due to > lack of communication from the Endian team and the extremely slow > release/development cycle. > > > > Also despite the advertisement of a community/open source project Endian > seem to be moving further and further away from these principles. > > > > With all that said, I still love the product and keeping hoping things will > change. > > > > The optimist! > > > > > > *From:* Rafael Fonseca [mailto:rafael.m...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 04 May 2010 10:29 PM > > *To:* efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [Efw-user] Captive Portal on Endian Community? > > > > Based on Endian's lack of response to sales enquiries, I'd recommend trying > Untangle instead. I have switched one of my clients from Endian to Untangle > to use their free Captive Portal and it's been very good. The > daily/weekly/monthly reports are very comprehensive and the overall polish > of the product makes Endian look a bit too simple. It does require a bit > more hardware grunt to run than Endian, but you do get way nicer filters > such as Protocol Control (for completely blocking P2P without actually > blocking outbound legitimate traffic or closing ports), a free Captive > Portal implementation and more flexible licensing. > > > > For example, to integrate with LDAP or Active Directory, you can buy the > Directory Connector (a plugin) which is licensed on a number of users/year > type of license, and it integrates the whole system to it: VPN logins, > Captive Portal. It even does reporting by username. > > > > Since setup, I haven't had any issues with it. I'm considering switching > other clients to it as well. > > > > If you're after Captive Portal, have a look at it. > > > > PS: The interface is a completely different concept, so it takes a little > bit of time getting used to. > > > > Regards, > -- > Rafael Fonseca > > On 5 May 2010 02:43, Matthew W. Ross <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: > > According to this page, comparing the various editions of Endian... > > http://www.endian.com/en/community/feature-comparison/ > > The answer to your question is no. The Captive Portal feature is listed > under the HotSpot area. > > Which is really too bad, as I would love to use a captive portal/cookie > system to authenticate users, instead of using an authenticating proxy. The > proxy authentication method works, but in an environment where we don't want > to have to configure every user who uses our network to authenticate, this > method seems very viable. > > But, that's why there is a free/open version, and a payed for version. Can > somebody on this list describe how Endian's captive portal work? Can it > authenticate users for the content filter? Does it authenticate against an > Active Directory? Any known pitfalls with a captive portal system? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alberto Ferrer > [mailto:alber...@barrahome.org] > To: efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: > Tue, 04 May 2010 04:49:04 -0700 > Subject: [Efw-user] Captive Portal on Endian > Community? > > > > There is Captive Portal on Endian Community? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Efw-user mailing list > > Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Efw-user mailing list > Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Efw-user mailing list > Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user > >
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