RJM62
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I have a client who has me looking for a software router / firewall that can be installed on a Linux server (Debian) that has one 10 mb/s DHCP cable connection and one 3 mb/s PPOE DHCP DSL connection.
He wants the router/firewall to be able to handle routing for a mixed Windows / Linux environment, provide both load-balancing and failover, and not require a separate appliance (by which I mean that the server would still be doing other duties). No VPN, no webserver, no mailserver. He does insist that it have a GUI... I guess so he can break it more easily. Must also provide DHCP and DNS services, and preferably be able to support 802.11a/b/g on a separate subnet (though that part I can work around easily enough).
I could use pfSense, but that would require a separate box; and the client is a tightwad. He claims he's being "environmentally responsible" by saving energy by running the router on the fileserver, which I could buy if he didn't drive a hummer and/or didn't just let me order a dual-WAN router and be done with it.
Basically, he wants router/firewall software, with a GUI, that will run on a Debian fileserver that's performing other duties, and will provide load-balancing and failover. Any ideas other than running pfSense in vmWare (already being considered, albeit with reservations)?
Thanks,
Rich
He wants the router/firewall to be able to handle routing for a mixed Windows / Linux environment, provide both load-balancing and failover, and not require a separate appliance (by which I mean that the server would still be doing other duties). No VPN, no webserver, no mailserver. He does insist that it have a GUI... I guess so he can break it more easily. Must also provide DHCP and DNS services, and preferably be able to support 802.11a/b/g on a separate subnet (though that part I can work around easily enough).
I could use pfSense, but that would require a separate box; and the client is a tightwad. He claims he's being "environmentally responsible" by saving energy by running the router on the fileserver, which I could buy if he didn't drive a hummer and/or didn't just let me order a dual-WAN router and be done with it.
Basically, he wants router/firewall software, with a GUI, that will run on a Debian fileserver that's performing other duties, and will provide load-balancing and failover. Any ideas other than running pfSense in vmWare (already being considered, albeit with reservations)?
Thanks,
Rich