just download one of the firewall distros that have the built in

pfSense (FreeBSD) or IPCop (Linux) are the first 2 to mind.
ClarkConnect is another good one though it may have limited
functionality without paying, I don't know for sure. But we paid for
it at work and it works really well for doing that.


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you can take a look at SYSWAN SW24 10/100Mbps Dual WAN Load Balancer


Gabe

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From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf
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just download one of the firewall distros that have the built in

pfSense (FreeBSD) or IPCop (Linux) are the first 2 to mind.
ClarkConnect is another good one though it may have limited
functionality without paying, I don't know for sure. But we paid for
it at work and it works really well for doing that.


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Alan McKay wrote:
> just download one of the firewall distros that have the built in
>
> pfSense (FreeBSD) or IPCop (Linux) are the first 2 to mind.
> ClarkConnect is another good one though it may have limited
> functionality without paying, I don't know for sure. But we paid for
> it at work and it works really well for doing that.
>
>
>
IPCop, if I recall correctly, doesn't load balance or fail-over -
pfsense does.

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Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:40 AM

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Subject: [CentOS] Linux router with CentOS






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Hello everybody.



I'm wondering here if is it possible to setup a CentOS machine as a router for
two Internet connections in a LAN. This _router_ would work as the gateway for
the workstations using DHCPD. The purpose of this is to optimize the broadband
"joining" both connections, and given the case, do not lose the
Internet access.






You’d be better off withÂ* dedicated firewall-distro like,
Smoothwall et al.


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On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@orgfarm.uu.se> wrote:
> From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf
> Of Alvaro Schneider Guevara
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:40 AM
> To: centos@centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] Linux router with CentOS
>
>
>
> Hello everybody.
>
> I'm wondering here if is it possible to setup a CentOS machine as a router
> for two Internet connections in a LAN. This _router_ would work as the
> gateway for the workstations using DHCPD. The purpose of this is to optimize
> the broadband "joining" both connections, and given the case, do not lose
> the Internet access.
>
> You’d be better off withÂ* dedicated firewall-distro like, Smoothwall et al.
>
>
>
> Html should be off in mails.
>
> --
>
> /Sorin
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Another Vote for Pfse3nse, the best router7firewall distro around,
well just my opinion.

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Victor Padro wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@orgfarm.uu.se> wrote:
>
>> From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf
>> Of Alvaro Schneider Guevara
>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:40 AM
>> To: centos@centos.org
>> Subject: [CentOS] Linux router with CentOS
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello everybody.
>>
>> I'm wondering here if is it possible to setup a CentOS machine as a router
>> for two Internet connections in a LAN. This _router_ would work as the
>> gateway for the workstations using DHCPD. The purpose of this is to optimize
>> the broadband "joining" both connections, and given the case, do not lose
>> the Internet access.
>>
>> You’d be better off with dedicated firewall-distro like, Smoothwall et al.
>>
>>
>>
>> Html should be off in mails.
>>
>> --
>>
>> /Sorin
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Another Vote for Pfse3nse, the best router7firewall distro around,
> well just my opinion.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
PFSense or IPCop, IPCop is a little easier to configure IMO.


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On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Victor Padro <vpadro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another Vote for Pfse3nse, the best router7firewall distro around,
> well just my opinion.

One caveat is hardware support. I assume because it is FreeBSD and not Linux

About a month or two ago I decided to go out and google for firewall
distros. I made a short list which include pfSense, IPCop, and one
other. My first choice was pfSense so I tried it first - and did not
get very far.

The PC I tried it on is about 5 years old, but had 1GB RAM, big enough
HD and so on. I could not get pfSense to even install on it and
decided not even to put any effort into it so I moved right on to IP
Cop which installed without a catch.

The irony is that I have a just about identical piece of hardware
which runs my firewall right now. It is running a fairly old FreeBSD
distro with no issues. It seems it is the newer FreeBSD that has
issues, either that or the particulars of how pfSense slices and dices
FreeBSD.

Of course this is only 1 datapoint. I'd at least recommend trying it
on your hardware. If it works, then don't look back.



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Behalf
>Of KJS
>Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:16 PM
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>
>PFSense or IPCop, IPCop is a little easier to configure IMO.

Is IPCop the one that is so similar to Smoothwall, and also able to share
mods?
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