well Simon, at least you got me to download the latest version of IPCop to check out the new features.
On Tuesday 07 August 2012 17:50:46 Simon Vass wrote: > Also has CARP Common Address Redundancy Protocol which allows you to > configure a fall over firewall cluster, and multi-wan allowing fail-over > and load balancing for 2+ ISP's. > > Embedded version runs on a USB or Compact Flash Disk for low power > configurations and it has IPV6 support > > Over to you IPCOP (P.S. As an ex-IPCOP User this is making me feel very > conflicted)' > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected]> > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 7 August, 2012 5:43:16 PM > Subject: Re: [LUG] Setting up a gateway > > > > > pfSense (via Squid) does Debian package and Windows Update caching as well > :) On Aug 7, 2012 5:40 PM, "Stephen S. Musoke" < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > > > Reinier, > > > > Yes I had forgotten the windows update caching (now that is a life saver), > and advanced SQUID proxy which can also be configured to use a secondary > upstream proxy if available. You can also add NTOP monitoring and logging, > > > > Stephen > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected] ] On Behalf > Of Reinier Battenberg Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 5:36 PM > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [LUG] Setting up a gateway > > > > > > pff, ipcop can do all of that + > > > > (i Repeat) > > > > WIndows Updates Caching!!! > > > > This feature alone will save you hundreds of megabites of downloads, if not > thousands. > > > > Eat that, pfsense! > > > > On Tuesday 07 August 2012 17:08:16 Kyle Spencer wrote: > > Last time I used Zentyal there were no historical RRD graphs for network > utilization which made it impossible to evaluate ISP and network > performance. Is this still the case? > > On Aug 7, 2012 5:04 PM, "sanga collins" < [email protected] > wrote: > > Zentyal can do all of that too. Plus some :) > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < > [email protected] > wrote: > > Ooh, that's nice. Need to check it out. > > > > On 7 August 2012 16:51, Kyle Spencer < [email protected] > wrote: > > It can also do Captive Portal with RADIUS authentication (and others) out of > the box. > On Aug 7, 2012 4:49 PM, "Kyle Spencer" < [email protected] > wrote: > :) > > pfSense is a very powerful gateway and firewall system with numerous plug-in > modules (e.g ntop, Squid, Snort, NRPEv2) that are easily available from the > web interface. It's very stable, secure, and handles VPNs, multi-WAN, > clustering, and traffic shaping with relative ease. > > I haven't spent a lot of time with IPCop so can't really make a comparison > between the two. > > On Aug 7, 2012 4:41 PM, "Benjamin Tayehanpour" < [email protected] > > wrote: > > That would actually be kinda fun. But it would bog down a lot of inboxen out > there, so it might be better suited for IRC. > > On 7 August 2012 16:39, Reinier Battenberg < > [email protected] > wrote: > > > > i was just hoping kyle would reply in a similar manner and we would have a > proper distro-war about this with lots of mudslingiing and calling names > (like ipcop!!) > > > > ( i think i have made the point for ipcop several times, including earlier > today already) > > > > ipcop ipcop ipcop ipcop ipcop ipcop ipcop ipcop !!!! > > > > > > On Tuesday 07 August 2012 16:34:26 Benjamin Tayehanpour wrote: > > Just a suggestion: How about presenting a motivation for the package in > question and why it's better than what other people recommend, instead of > dropping just a name? Otherwise this thread will be very long, boring, and > unproductive. > > On 7 August 2012 16:31, Reinier Battenberg < > [email protected] > wrote: > > > > ipcop > > > > On Tuesday 07 August 2012 16:25:40 Kyle Spencer wrote: > > I also recommend pfSense > > On Aug 7, 2012 2:21 PM, " [email protected] " < [email protected] > > wrote: > > I'd recommend pfsense, how ever the thing to check is that you don't have > two default gateways set. If you set the default gw on the LAN interface > when you plug in the cable it overrides the default gw from the WAN. > > check our route -nv to check your routing table. > > > > > On 7 August 2012 13:00, < [email protected] > wrote: > > Hey zentyal also works wonders. > > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone provided by Atop Solutions > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reinier Battenberg < [email protected] > > Sender: [email protected] : Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:16:43 > To: Uganda Linux User Group< [email protected] > > Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group < [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Setting up a gateway > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing > list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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