[clue-tech] Which computer to use for Linux firewall??

[Matt Atkins]

>From: Adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org>
>Reply-To: CLUE tech <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
>To: CLUE tech <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
>Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Which computer to use for Linux firewall??
>Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:32:19 -0900

>Matt, you don't need much horsepower at all for something like a local
>office.  A 500MHz box would do all the NAT you could possibly want.
>Only when you start getting into higher numbers of connections, more
>intensive rules, etc do you start running out of horsepower.

  I have 50 users in the Corporate office, two domestic offices with less 
than 20 at each site.  I have  an office in San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico 
with about 100 users and an office in Mazatlan with 50 users.  I need a site 
to site VPN tunnel between all of the branch offices and the Corporate 
office.  I also have 5 users who need to VPN into the network from home.


>I realize I tooted this horn the other day, but the "OMG!!!1" value of
>an ipCOP firewall goes way  down when it drops a disk, or crashes and
>then needs a manual FSCK.   I'd get a SOHO router or some
>more-than-adequate, firmware based router that'll take care of your
>needs that can be restarted by the guy from the marketing department
>with a pen.

I actually have SonicWALL TZ170's in each one of these sites now and that is 
what I am considering replacing.  I spend quite a few long days babysitting 
these firewalls for one reason or another.  Tech support for SonicWALL was 
moved to India last year and they are very hard to work with.  The problems 
that I have won't go away and they can't even explain them to me, let alone 
fix them.  I'm just looking to see what my options are before I sink a lot 
of money into a product that I'm not even happy with.


>Adam

Thanks for the reply.


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