[ubuntu-za] Home network implementations (Phase 1)

[SecretCode]

Lee Sharp wrote:
> Wikus Cornelius wrote:
>   
>> What we have at the moment:
>> ADLS router and everyone is directly connected to the router.
>>
>> I am planning to implement the improvements in phases and I will post my 
>> questions accordingly. I can only work on this over weekends.
>>
>> Questions for the first phase:
>> 1. For a start I want to use the server only for routing with no 
>> control. I have an idea how to do the routing (previous question on 
>> Ubuntu-za), but it seems to be gone after a reboot. Which file do I have 
>> to edit to add the routing configuration automatically when the server boot?
>>     
> Do not roll your own.  It is very complex, and you will have a poor 
> solution.  Instead, consider m0n0wall, pfsense, or Untangle.  These are 
> fully built, mature, and tested firewalls+ that are all open source. 
> (Untangle is open source with some closed source options)  If you use 
> m0n0wall, you can use the captive portal to track bandwidth among each 
> other.  It will keep hard feelings down.  If you use pfsense, you can 
> include a proxy to reduce bandwidth directly.  If you use Untangle, the 
> spam and web filters can drop bandwidth as well.  (Note that I am a dev 
> on m0n0wall and Untangle, and pfsense is a fork of m0n0wall)
I agree that a mature firewall "distro" is an essential part of the 
solution Wikus ought to work towards.

Would you consider SmoothWall or IPCop as alternatives to those three 
you mentioned? Also open source (ipcop is a fork of smoothwall) and with 
many community add-ons available. I'm running smoothwall but if one of 
those is "clearly better" maybe I should try them out...

Joe
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