Untangle has a 7.1 Beta in 32 and 64bit 32Bit: http://www.untangle.com/download/untangle_710_beta_2.iso 64Bit: http://www.untangle.com/download/untangle_710_beta_amd64_2.iso
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Chris Faulkner <cfaulkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love Untangle myself, but it does go down about once a day and > rebooting it takes about 10 minutes for it to come back live again. I > mainly use IPFire right now with some kernel tcpip tweaks (latency for > WoW is horrible without them). It has Content filtering, but I'm not > liking the GUI as much as I like Untangle. Smoothwall seemed to work > pretty good as well. > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Mark J. Bailey <m...@jobsoft.com> wrote: >> I have been very happy with Untangle! http://www.untangle.com/ >> >> Based on Ubuntu the free modules do a fairly decent job. I used the ISO >> version and loaded up an older P4 with 1gb ram and 80gb harddisk and 2 >> nics and set it up in "transparent bridge" mode (as I use pfsense for my >> home router). It does quite well. There is a 7.1beta that is reported to >> be working well for everyone. It can also do the router function, I just >> have a lot setup in pfsense that I wanted to keep it in the equation. In >> bridge mode, you insert Untangle inline between the LAN and the router. >> Has a nice web interface and is by far the easiest thing I have ever tried >> that appears to do what I was looking for. You can gain ssh shell access >> but most everything will get reset by the Untangle "engine". >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-t...@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Gibson Prichard >> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:21 AM >> To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [nlug] Home Content-Filtering Firewalls >> >> For years I have used IPCop at home as a content-filtering firewall, >> protecting my kids from stuff they shouldn't see online. I noticed >> that IPCop seems to be stuck in a rather old release, with no real >> enhancements being done that I can see. So, I thought I would try >> another Linux firewall with a web GUI front end (to help my wife tune >> the filters when needed). I downloaded Untangle and am very >> disappointed - the internet connection seems to go down every 5 >> minutes with Untangle and I have to restart the content filter to >> restore it. Maybe its the box I'm using, but it seems very slow on the >> GUI part, too. >> I was wondering what others use and what your recommendations are for >> filtration of kids content at the firewall level. I'm shying away from >> software on the client, since we have things like iPod touches and >> iPhones that don't have ready content filters available. I have >> Smoothwall, but haven't tried it yet. Any ideas? >> >> Gibson >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en. >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en.
