[BlueOnyx:04826] Re: Firewall for Datacenter

[Gerald Waugh]

On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 22:05 +0200, Christoph Schneeberger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use identical setups for several class C sized networks and smaller
> ones. I know you asked explicitly for a Linux firewall, but I still
> would recommend OpenBSDs pf on a Soekris or pcengines Board, does pretty
> fine for up to 50-70Mbps Uplinks. If you can handle iptables rules, pf
> will be a breeze for you to work with.
> 
> Mikrotik/Routerboard can be a very good choice too and is perfectly able
> to do what you want (depending on the model and rules up to
> ~500-600Mbps) and you probably can't buy anything for the price of them.
> However I work for a company that sells them and so my view on them is
> pretty biased ;)
> 
> Hth,

Christoph

Yes Jon recommended Mikrotic, and I think we will take a look at it.
I believe it has a GUI for client to use.
I also looked at pfsense on BSD, but I don't think there is a user
interface.

Thanks for the info
Gerald