[mdlug] linux router

[Ron Blanchett]

I use pfSense, It's not Linux based but FreeBSD based.
I have had more success with it than some of the Linux based systems.
For what I have heard IPCop is one of the best Linux Based solutions.

pfSense is making great strides and adds many of the requested
that the community requests in there forums and on there mailing list.

-Ron

On 12/13/07, David Relson <relson at osagesoftware.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:02:52 -0500 (EST)
> Carl T. Miller wrote:
>
> > allen wrote:
> > > I've got an old system I plan to recycle as a router. I've been
> > > doing a bit of digging and come across LRP and LEAF for the
> > > software end of things. Beyond those two, and LRP seems to have
> > > stopped further development, are there any other alternatives?
> >
> > A simpler approach would be to take a Linux box, include two
> > network cards and enable routing.  If you did this, you might
> > want to use iptables as a firewall on either or both of the
> > interfaces.
> >
> > If you want to do this, netmasq provides an easy way to configure
> > the firewall with iptables.  http://www.carltm.com/netmasq/
> >
> > c
>
> I started using netmasq some years ago because its setup is clean
> and straightforward and lets me know exactly which ports are
> enabled.  I've been using it for at least 7 years now (as
> timestamps /etc/netmasq/RCS show commits in Oct 2000).
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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