RE: Re: alternatives to m0n0

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FWIW, when my comcast connection went from 25/5 Mbps to 50/10 Mbps I was co=
mpelled to move from an ALIX board from Netgate to something running a 1 GH=
z CPU. 30  Mbps seems to be about all that the smaller SBCs can handle, eve=
n with a really simple setup.
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There's a lot of middle ground between what m0n0wall is and where pfsense h=
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--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] alternatives t=
o m0n0
From: "Lee Sharp" <[email protected]>
Date: 2/18/15 9:00 am
To: [email protected]

On 02/18/2015 08:44 AM, Klaus Stock wrote:
 > as hard as it may sound...occasionally, we need to invest into new
 > hardware. As much as I would like to re-use my old (retired) WRAPs, I
 > have to copy with the fact that hardware demands had picked up with
 > the 1.3 version, while the ISPs deviously continued to upgrade
 > connection speeds.
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 And that is a good reason. But I have dozens of firewalls out there=20
 running fine with lots of head room on m0n0wall, that will not at all=20
 support OpenSense. No, there is a place for a small build firewall.
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 Lee
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