[Gslug-general] OpenBSD/Linux on net5501

[Paul Bartell]

One thing i know that currently supports multiple WANs is ebox (debian
based system with a web UI) and its multiple wans. It has openldap
already installed, though a server version, which might be problematic
in getting to work with another LDAP server. I have been messing
around with it for a bit. If you dont run a lot of the processes, you
shouldent get that bad of a performance hit, though it is not designed
to be run on a 500mhz processor.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Ryan Corder <ryanc at greengrey.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:07:19PM -0700, Mark Foster wrote:
>  > Nick Webb wrote:
>  >> The problem is that I've got a project coming up that needs two WAN
>  >> ports (one T1 and one DSL), and IPCop won't do that without some
>  >> hacking and guaranteed upgrade headaches.  So I'm posed with the
>  >> question: do I build this router on OpenBSD or Debian?  I think the
>  >> install has to be a rather standard OS install as I need OpenLDAP
>  >> support such that OpenVPN can authenticate users via LDAP, and
>  >> m0n0wall, pfSense, and IPCop don't support that.
>
>  At my previous job, I had several site-to-site T1 lines setup using OpenBSD
>  on either end.  It was _too_ easy as OpenBSD just treats it like any other
>  interface and can be managed the same way via ifconfig.
>
>  However, Mark's argument below is a very good one and I think unless you are
>  willing to, or want to, take the time to do all the finer grained setup and
>  software management, using something that contains the functionality you
>  want already is the way to go.
>
>
>  > Any solution so intricate is going to need some assembly & since pfSense is
>  > going to have LDAP authentication and multiple WAN ports in the next
>  > release why don't you just (instead) focus your time & energy toward
>  > helping them with that?
>  > http://blog.pfsense.org/?p=174
>  > http://devwiki.pfsense.org/PfSenseDevHome/
>  >
>  > That's called killing two birds with one stone :)
>  >
>  > I just can't say enough good things about pfSense, which is based on
>  > FreeBSD. If you need a solid/cheap redundant firewall software with plenty
>  > of nifty add-ons, it takes the cake.
>
>
>  peace.
>  ryanc
>
>
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