I've used untangle for its web filtering capabilities. The older version was a little clunky and had a tendency to go through HDDs. I changed jobs when they released their latest, which IIRC was a complete rewrite. It has some pretty cool features, including transparent/proxyless filtering.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Brian J. Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > On the thought of having a separate router from your wifi, I've kept an eye > on Untangle <http://www.untangle.com/>. From what I gathered while toying > with it a few months back is that it's a Debian spin with a firewall, > content filter, router, and a handful of other things. I tried to set it up > with an old machine I had laying around but it turns out that the hardware > was too old. > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Derrick R. Boudwin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I like keeping the router/wifi AP separate. Ubiquiti makes fantastic APs, > > the enterprise ones are vlan aware too so you can broadcast > > intranet/extranet from the same AP. With a small pfsense box and a > Ubiquiti > > radio, there's pretty much nothing you can't do. > > > > I've heard good things about the Mikrotik routers as well, but don't have > > any experience with RouterOS. > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Tod Hansmann <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Olli Ries <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Plugers, > > > > > > > > I am looking to replace my current router and was curious if you had > > > > recommendations what to buy or what to stay clear from. Is linksys > > still > > > > the go-to brand? > > > > > > > > I only have a few requirements: > > > > - 802.11ac > > > > - 1-2 USB 3.0 > > > > - GBit ethernet > > > > > > > > I am working from home, spending a few extra $$ for better quality is > > > > feasible. I have been shopping the internets all evening and just > don't > > > > find a clear winner in the <200$ range. > > > > > > > > If you want anything beyond a simple router that just stupidly > connects > > > your network to the internet behind a NAT, I would suggest Mikrotik. I > > was > > > doing OpenWRT for years, I then moved back to a *nix box with a few > NICs > > in > > > it instead. The Mikrotik is a nice inbetween. It gives you all the > > > networking power you'd want, but without any of the headaches of having > > to > > > replace a hard drive or waiting for a power supply go bad in your full > > > fledge box. > > > > > > I can't run Apache on it or anything like that, but most of the utility > > of > > > doing that was never useful on OpenWRT either. So for me, it's either > a > > > nice affordable Mikrotik or back to the linux box. Currently I just > have > > > my server behind the router and firewall. > > > > > > If you DO just want a dumb router, TP-Link has treated me well. > > > > > > -Tod Hansmann > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
