[GRLUG] Untangle vs pfSense vs ?

Patrick Goupell patrick at upmerchants.com
Thu Jun 19 12:25:33 EDT 2014


The free version of untangle seems to have what you listed.
https://www.untangle.com/store/ngfw-free.html

The free versions may not be as full featured as the pay for versions 
but they might be sufficient for a home setting.




On 06/19/2014 11:37 AM, Ben Rousch wrote:
> For home, I'd ideally like firewall, dhcp, nat, web filter, ad 
> blocking. 3 users with about 10 devices at any time
>
> For work, I'd like the above as well as qos and intrusion detection. 
> 25 users with about 40 devices at peak usage
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Patrick Goupell 
> <patrick at upmerchants.com <mailto:patrick at upmerchants.com>> wrote:
>
>     What type of firewall apps to you need/want?  web filter, web
>     cache, qos, something else?
>
>     That might help in recommending something.
>
>
>     On 06/19/2014 09:07 AM, Ben Rousch wrote:
>>     I would like to install a firewall appliance at home and am
>>     looking at recommendations. I don't want to roll my own, so I'm
>>     looking at distros like Untangle or pfSense.
>>
>>     I am currently using Untangle at work. I'm pretty happy with it,
>>     but the price of non-free modules (web filter, web cache, qos) is
>>     higher than I would like, especially for home.
>>
>>     So I'm looking for opinions from those of you who use pfSense,
>>     Untangle, or similar firewall distros.
>>
>>     -- 
>>      Ben Rousch
>>     brousch at gmail.com <mailto:brousch at gmail.com>
>>     http://clusterbleep.net/
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