Yes I can recommend Ubiquiti's EdgeRouters as "hardware based" alternative. I deployed serveral units of EdgeRouter lite and also some EdgeRouter Pro. The GUI does not allow to configure all details, but this can be accomplished with the CLI, which is very intuitive. The OS is based on the opensource OS of Vyatta (now part of Brocade). Unfortunately the free version offered by Brocade is missing a GUI.
For our own purposes I will try the free version of Sophos, in order to replace our virtualized Endian firewall and router. best regards, Am 10.02.2015 um 14:31 schrieb AJ Weber: > I was a long-time user of EFW and liked the product, but I'm not telling > you anything you don't already know when I say that they've completely > ignored the distro and there's virtually no development or support any > longer. > > Someone here mentioned Ubiquiti's EdgeRouters a while back, so I bought > an EdgeRouter Lite. It has been very stable, fast and secure. It > doesn't have all of the "appliance" features, because it's designed as a > router/fw first. But you can add debian packages to tweak it -- > provided you keep in mind that it has finite cpu and memory. > > Would be nice if their OS was ready to run on any intel-based box, but > their prices are more-than-fair for the hardware. And their forums are > very responsive from other users AND the developers. > > In my case, I replaced a EFW "PC" and a load-balancer with the one > EdgeRouter Lite for way-lower electric consumption and faster throughput. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
