The bandwidth controls and access lists + time limts are genious items in it that help set it apart. Being able to do things like say, "youtube is blocked except between 12-1pm staff lunch hour" is great stuff.
Sent via BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Seitz <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:58:18 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs -ClearOS ClearOS does look pretty cool, definitely more features and more hand holding than pfsense but still neat if you need it. (I use PfSense and it suits me fine, but no kids to censor! :) ) On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 03:32:26PM -0700, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: > Same here, I love it. In fact ClearOS looks a lot more polished than CC and > still runs pretty decent on minimal hardware. For example, I upgraded my > little embedded 4 port box (600MHz celeron) from CC4 to ClearOS. I've got 1GB > ram. This little box runs a proxy server with content filtering (for the > kids), AV scans all incoming traffic and downloads, runs a large blacklist, > running Misterhouse (home automation with a X10 firecracker connected to > internal serial - not visible on outside), also running two Quake 3 servers > and a WorldofPadman server, and just installed VQmanager (Voip analysis) > software and have all VOIP traffic mirrored to the box. Everything still > running smoothly which is amazing to me since it's very low power hardware. I > used a dremel to add a USB port to the enclosure and have USB sound card > running the home automation announcements, etc. > > lopaka > > > I'm still very happy with clearos (was clark). I'm using it on a via epia > dual gigabit board. Stable. Works fine. > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: maccrawj <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 14:11:45 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs???? > > Well for home use this sounds like overkill especially if it needs more than > a little > 12W embedded device to run. I do see where a larger setup could benefit from > it, but > that's apples to oranges. > > On 5/10/2010 6:41 AM, Greg Sevart wrote: > > Yes. You can use pfSense as an access point I think, but that really isn't > > its purpose. It is designed to be a firewall and/or router first and > > foremost. If you did implement one, you'd probably want to take any existing > > device that you have performing routing/firewall/NAT duties and disable > > those functions. > > > > You could configure pfSense as a transparent firewall in front of or behind > > your existing router, but that's honestly not going to provide a great deal > > of value in most implementations. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar > >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:17 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs???? > >> > >> I see. > >> > >> Very interesting. > >> > >> But if I wanted a pfSense box, then that would make my router redundant. > >> I would have to just use it as an AP right? > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:14 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs???? > >> > >> pfSense was forked from m0n0wall several years ago to provide expanded > >> features not consistent with m0n0wall's minimalist approach suitable to > >> smaller, embedded systems. It also uses the (IMO) more robust and less > >> quirky BSD packet filter (pf) instead of ipfw. They offer a similar > > interface and > >> either one should be fairly familiar if you've used the other. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar > >>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:03 AM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs???? > >>> > >>> What's better? pfSENSE or M0n0wall? > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- Bryan G. Seitz
