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| 1204639 | 2011-05-24 23:57:00 | I've been thinking about building a Smoothwall Firewall from an old PC for this sort of thing as I have many devices accessing the Internet at home. Anyone else done this? Seems to have all the monitoring you would ever want in a SOHO even with the free express version. It would be an interesting little project. | AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 1204640 | 2011-05-25 01:04:00 | I've been thinking about building a Smoothwall Firewall from an old PC for this sort of thing as I have many devices accessing the Internet at home. Anyone else done this? Seems to have all the monitoring you would ever want in a SOHO even with the free express version. It would be an interesting little project. Yeah, i did that once, an old Dell Gx150 or something, only trouble was, its fan werent the best so made a bit of noise and a decided i didnt need a 2nd box in the office. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1204641 | 2011-05-25 02:05:00 | Ditch the Home Hub, you can't monitor jack with it. You want a router-based solution, software solutions are flaky and miss things, such as Smartphones, Playstations / Xboxes etc You've got two choices: 1) Something such as the WRT54GL running Gargoyle 2) WebGauge - Made by one of our very own PF1'ers I had one of those net something's that you recommend often (BTW this is nothing against you at all) but it had a issue that no one could tell me the cause of or how to fix it. The Hub has worked very well since we got it, decent speed and good uptime. Not sure I want to spend my fund on a new router..... |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1204642 | 2011-05-25 02:30:00 | NetComm NB6Plus4Wn routers? What was the issue? I don't remember this? Anyways, I figure it like this: WRT45GL = $130-ish 66GB of overage charges @ $2 per-GB = $132 ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1204643 | 2011-05-25 02:47:00 | Im sure you could put smoothwall or untangle in front of the router and that would give you heaps of traffic options and reporting....all you need is an old PC | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1204644 | 2011-05-25 03:20:00 | NetComm NB6Plus4Wn routers? What was the issue? I don't remember this? Anyways, I figure it like this: WRT45GL = $130-ish 66GB of overage charges @ $2 per-GB = $132 ;) Not sure if I am describing it right but I'll have a go. There was a delay between the modem and the internet so every packet was slowed by this delay. Doesn't happen with any other router that I tried so its not the PC's. In the end I gave up on it, gave it away and got the hub. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1204645 | 2011-05-25 03:25:00 | Yeah, i did that once, an old Dell Gx150 or something, only trouble was, its fan werent the best so made a bit of noise and a decided i didnt need a 2nd box in the office. Can also be done in a VM. Only difference is the host can't be a DHCP client of the VM gateway / router :) (and it must stay on ...). |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1204646 | 2011-05-25 03:29:00 | Can also be done in a VM. Only difference is the host can't be a DHCP client of the VM gateway / router :) (and it must stay on ...). Yeah, Im trying to work out how I can get my internet out to the garage cleanly so I can put a HOST out there with such VMs as File server, mail, firewall\proxy etc....I have a number of 5 yr old servers I could use, I just dont want them inside the house for obvious reasons... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1204647 | 2011-05-25 03:29:00 | Deleted | Zippity (58) | ||
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