[CentOS] [OT] Corporate Firewall

[Bryan J. Smith]

Daniel Wright <dw at wonderwave.net> wrote:
> http://www.mikrotik.com   They have a demo online you can
> check out.   Read about it here. 
> http://www.mikrotik.com/2index.html (left side of page)
> The initial learning curve isn't to hard to get around, but
> once you understand it, its a breeze to work with.

The RouterBoard guys have some neat products.  They've moved
to 64-bit MIPS4000 series and away from AMD/NS Geode GX1
(Cyrix M2 core) products.  The RouterOS is also a nice
solution (although it doesn't seem to have a full security
suite), it's a basic Router and NAT/PAT solution with
monitoring (and it does that well).

You'll still want to have additional capabilities outside the
box though.

And when I build an IPCop box, I like to go for the
RouterBOARD 4x products -- 4 independent NICs on a PCI card. 
Especially the newer 44 which is an universal 3.3/5V card
which works in any system (legacy 32-bit, 5V PCI to 3.3V
PCI-X slots), and does auto-MDX (which is a Godsend for some
"smaller" clients ;-).



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