Hey all,
Thought I would update you on my search... so the top recommendation from
the list was Astaro, and Vyatta or pfSense in second place.
I've already ruled out Vyatta mostly cause I am a lazy bugger (and i spend
too much time doing command line configs as it is) 'cause of its router like
CLI interface. Although it is quite powerful, it just doesn't do the type of
load-balancing that I want (at least I was unable to identify how to) which
is rule based QoS (so port x cause out wan1 & port y goes on wan2 & the rest
is balanced, somebeing low priority depending on the type of traffic)
pfSense looks quite good for what I want to do. However, it's already giving
me a headache on the configuration. Doesn't just seem intuitive.
i'll be honest i am partially to Astaro, as i tested in the past for some
other solutions i did at work. Seems somewhat easier to configure and has
all the basics for what I need to do. however the 10ip limit on the
community edition is somewhat of a bummer. Why you may ask, well when you
have 4 ppl in the house each with their own device++. I took a count 2 game
consoles, 3 laptops, 2 ipod touches, 2 smartphones, NAS (with download
station), dual interface PC (gaming, dev, vmware - running sometimes with 3
IPs). Anyway it all adds up quite quickly and although not everything is
connected at the same time, i did a quick count on my current router and i
easily see 7-8 ips at a time! Afraid to hit the limit.
Right now, I am still testing configuration. I'll let you know what i
decide!
l8r
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