On 5 March 2015 1:10:40 AM AEST, James <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, > >It's time to build a new router. Surely, I would just like to >purchase hardware and run a minimized or embedded gentoo on it >along with iptables and a few other packages. But, I got to reading >and well it seems much has changed. Dansguardian is deprecated? >If I add protection above layer 3, what is the best route (pun >intended) >to protect some winblows systems? And I need the ability to dynamically >block some gaming sites (kids playing too many hours of video)..... > >Then I read about NFtables....... [1] >And there is more. So, being a bit busy what would folks recommend >for purchase (I really do not need another project at this time)? >I've used routers with ebtables in the past too. > > >I'd like to be able to download some open source linux to the router >hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor? >That way I do not purchase something that is to be abandoned in >a few years by the vendor. > >It's just a small home/office so 3x100Mb E would be fine, but GigE >ports would be better. I'm flexible on the CPU/arch of the hardware, >so all discussion and suggestions are welcome. In an idealized world >I'd pay extra for a gentoo_derivative based router; but all I find >is the WRT, devil_linux and such, nothing really cool and interesting.
Maybe this would meet your needs? https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/ There's also this link if you want to run gentoo, although you lose the networking performance of the original firmware http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3 > >Anyone used lilblue or pentoo as the basis for a firewalled_router? > >A purchase is what I really want, but some hacking, if absolutely >necessary, would be ok too. Ideas? > >curiously, >James > >[1] http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/ -- :b
