I would get a dell r210 from the outlet site and then load pfsense, been running in multiple locations, solid and works great. On 1/16/12, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle <slackmoehrle at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to build a dedicated firewall/router as I am launching a NPO and I > can host this in my garage. (Comcast offered me a 100 x 20 circuit for > $99/mo with 5 statics) > > I used to run Untangle, but as of version 9, you are forced to use their > build in protocol policies versus the firewalling I am used to (Deny All and > then opening holes for specific IP's, etc). > > There are so many firewall distros to choose from. FireStarter, IPCOP, etc. > > The box I was going to use is a P4, 3GB RAM, 3 GB NICS. > > I could always use a beefier box also if there was really a need to for such > a task. > > I am used to some Cisco PIX boxes and they just seem fast on hardly any > specs. I had a PIX 525 that only had 256mb of RAM about 8 years ago and it > was a rockstar. > > Thoughts, opinions, suggestions are welcome as to what to do! > > > -Jason > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >