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Re: router solutions based on Debian?

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On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 03:54:17PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> I've seen a lot of discussions about making DIY routers running a free
> OS like Debian, FreeBSD or OpenBSD and I was tempted to go with
> something like that running Shorewall, strongSwan, DHCP and DNS.  Maybe
> it will also do wifi or maybe the existing router will be a bridge to wifi.
> 
> Can anybody share any comments or links about this topic?

I wrote about my hardware selection in

https://randomstring.org/blog/blog/2014/11/09/a-new-firewall/

It's been working very well for me for the last two years,
running iptables, DHCP in failover with another server, Unbound,
OpenVPN, all on top of Debian Jessie.

If I did it over again I would note that 2GB of RAM and a slower
CPU could probably serve just as long, and that I only need
three gig-e ports, not five. 

Having a small SSD to keep a full reboot cycle under 30 seconds
is an awesome win, though. TCP sessions don't drop. Highly 
recommended.

-dsr-

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router solutions based on Debian? Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-11-23 16:00 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi> - 2016-11-23 16:10 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? Bernhard Schmidt <berni@birkenwald.de> - 2016-11-23 16:30 +0100
    Re: router solutions based on Debian? Jan Bakuwel <jan.bakuwel@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 21:20 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-11-23 17:50 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? maderios <maderios@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 18:10 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-11-23 22:10 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-11-24 14:50 +0100
    Re: router solutions based on Debian? Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-11-24 15:30 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-11-25 04:20 +0100
  Re: router solutions based on Debian? J Mo <jmomo@jmomo.net> - 2016-11-30 00:10 +0100
    Re: router solutions based on Debian? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-11-30 13:30 +0100
      Re: router solutions based on Debian? Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-11-30 14:50 +0100
        Re: router solutions based on Debian? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-11-30 15:00 +0100
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