what is the best free BSD for Internet Gateway Server?

myLinuxQ · 11-28-2010, 02:35 AM

I want to configure an Internet Gateway with having proxy, firewall rule, bandwidth controller for an office containing 100 employee. can anyone suggest me which platform will be best and steps how can i implement it.

thanks
Jewel

sarajevo · 11-28-2010, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myLinuxQ

I want to configure an Internet Gateway with having proxy, firewall rule, bandwidth controller for an office containing 100 employee. can anyone suggest me which platform will be best and steps how can i implement it.

thanks
Jewel

Should I say openBSD

Good starting point http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/

hth

jamrock · 11-28-2010, 10:37 AM

You can take a look at Pfsense. It is a stripped down version of FreeBSD. The main advantage is that most of the work has already been done for you.

www.pfsense.org

myLinuxQ · 12-13-2010, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jamrock

You can take a look at Pfsense. It is a stripped down version of FreeBSD. The main advantage is that most of the work has already been done for you.

www.pfsense.org

dear jamrock

thanks for your reply...but how do i select which one should i download as there are many image/iso....i need for i386/x86 architecture...

jewel

jamrock · 12-13-2010, 08:21 AM

I would use this one.

pfSense-1.2.3-RELEASE-LiveCD-Installer.iso.gz

The others appear to be suited for compact flash installations.

Reuti · 12-14-2010, 06:03 AM

Depending on your needs: the m0n0wall on it's own may already work for you: m0n0.ch/wall while pfSense is a fork of it, as you may have noticed already. Even the embedded ones where you run it from an USB stick and also store the setup there (no harddisk required) may be appropriate.