Firewall/Router for 101 Mbps downstream

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marley1

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So title pretty much says it, a client of mine may be getting Optimum Lightpath and we need to upgrade the old Belkin that was left by a previous tech.

As of now the only needs are router/firewall and some content filtering (can use OpenDNS). May have a server eventually doing Exchange, but as of now just office use. They are upgrading mostly because of the phone lines.

Untangle was a thought but I would be concerned with using a hard drive type system since its a fabricating facility and alot of dust is in air, a solid state drive would help but dont think Untangle likes that.

Any suggestions.
 
pfSense on an SSD should do nicely.

Have two Intel Atom boxes (redundant) on full gigabit links and regularly handle 700+mbits/s through my work office.
 
those systems are an option, also looking for units from a company, like the support concept =)
 
price $500 or under please. Don't need heavy needs just want to be able to use as much of the connection as possible.
 
I wouldn't worry about the hard drive system and dust..focus on putting the equipment in as clean of an environment/location as possible in the plant. I'd still consider Untangle or Astaro.

How many users?

It's nice to say you can utilize all 100 megs.....but in reality, once you get past 50 megs....for an office to use, once past a certain speed the rest is all really just..what you see on benchmarks.
 
users only 15 right now, right now they are playing around with google apps so may be relying on that, they want to put alot of the stuff in the cloud (email hosting, file hosting, qb hosting). I am trying to push for onsite server.

how good is the backup and restore on untangle? if the hard drive takes a crap (how would you even know about this before the call that they can't get online?) can you just restore from a backup?

they do want content filtering but OpenDNS could probably work just fine
 
marley1 said:
price $500 or under please. Don't need heavy needs just want to be able to use as much of the connection as possible.
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I was kidding about the CRS-3 thing, lol.

I think it's going to be tough to find a good router for under 500 that will do those speeds.
 
YeOldeStonecat said:
It's nice to say you can utilize all 100 megs.....but in reality, once you get past 50 megs....for an office to use, once past a certain speed the rest is all really just..what you see on benchmarks.
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We use 100+mbps pretty easily at HQ in my company.
 
marley1 said:
how good is the backup and restore on untangle? if the hard drive takes a crap (how would you even know about this before the call that they can't get online?) can you just restore from a backup?

they do want content filtering but OpenDNS could probably work just fine
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Backup/Restore is great. Solution, as with any router...if you need uptime, deliver 2x units. If one blows up, you unplug it, plug in the spare..boot up...restore config if needed...and blammo, online.

For 15 users..Google Apps is nothing, I have a client of around 15 and they run Google Apps on a 2 meg T. Online Quickbooks..same thing...not much bandwidth at all. Hosting Exchange...similar, Outlook cached doesn't need much. File sharing...depends on the files...they an architect firm or machine shop dealing with massive 100+ meg files all the time? Or just talking documents?
 
They do have some cad drawings, they rdp into realdata hosted provider that is for qb, email looks to be going to the google apps route just because they like the calendar better in it vs outlook. A lot of word documents, cad drawings are used by main guys, not much else I can think of.

I know I don't need the full connection just want something stable enough for it.

Untange with the content filter looks good but I don't know if it is worth the premium over say an RV082 with OpenDNS which I'm sure can handle it, I'm sure even an RV042 will be fine since an RV042 let's me max out the 30/5 connection.
 
If you go the build it your own route, I would make sure you get some good NICs like Intels. Otherwise you may lose speed due to crappy NICs.
 
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