Howdy,
Aaron O'Hara wrote:
I have a client who has an office of 100 users who mostly use the
network to access the Internet. The number of users is expected to grow
30% each year and they want to add VPN functionality. Their current
router (Linksys) keeps requiring to be reset and I think it's time they
upgrade to a business-class router, akin to the Cisco 1841 or something
from SonicWall.
After looking that the prices for these appliances, I was wondering if a
PC-based router running FC4 (or similar, like CentOS) would be just as
good/better/worse than the appliance?
My fear with a PC based router is that there are more chances for
hardware failure given the increased number of parts. Do people on this
list have experience running PC-based routers serving 100-200 users for
shared Internet and VPN?
--Aaron
Have a gander at m0n0wall, http://m0n0.ch/wall FreeBSD based & capable
of running off a CF card using a CF/IDE converter.
Have a nice day!!
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
