Hey Rad!, Long time! Hope u'r well. Pfsense is a good option.. already tried in various sites as a Firewall/Gateway. Just don't know how well it would scale as a 'router'. -----Original Message----- From: Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> Reply-to: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Router VS *NIX PC Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:14:00 +0300 If you go the latter have a look at PFSense http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=4... On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Glenn Sequeira <gsequeira@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joe Murithi Njeru<joe.njeru@gmail.com> wrote: > Which is a better solution.. purchase a CISCO router or implement a *NIX > solution on an old server? Others may provide you further info on which is better, but if you end up choosing the second option, you may want to take a look at Vyatta (http://www.vyatta.org). And the old server thing... well your increasing the possibility of the system failing with old hardware. gms _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- Regards, Joe Linux User: #361092 SIP: joe.njeru@ekiga.net