[ale] Firewalls

[Chuck Payne]

I looked at those, and they are not firewalls. I am look for a true
firewall not a router.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 12:08 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Hi Chuck,
>
> What exactly do you mean by "set up vip with the IPs"?
>
> Have you considered a Mikrotik or Unifi product?  I've got OpenVPN and
> L2TP set up with my Unifi Edgerouter.
>
> -derek
>
>
> On Fri, April 2, 2021 12:04 pm, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> > So, I have a quick question. I have two firewalls in my house. A
> Sonicwall
> > NAS3500 that is end of life and pfSense.
> >
> > I use the SonicWall because my old work gave it to me, I love it because
> > it
> > simple and I can set up vip with the IPs I have. pfSense is a pain to do
> > vip, but it rocks because I have openvpn setup and I can get into my
> > network from anywhere be it my phone or laptop. I use it as my primary
> > dhcp
> > server and something NAT'ing.
> >
> > I am looking a new firewall. I like to find a Sonicwall, not sure if
> there
> > a place that sells them at a huge discount for students. I like something
> > that is new. Or something like that, be Juniper or Fortinet. Are there
> > such
> > sites or places?
> >
> > I was told that Sophos has a free firewall that is good. You can install
> > it
> > on hardware or a virtual. So I am wondering if anyone used it and can
> give
> > feedback?  Can you do VIP and NAT'ing easily or is this more of a home
> > firewall? By that, meaning very limited what you can do.
> >
> > Thanks for any feedback/help you can give. Trying to upgrade my home
> > network.
> >
> > Not related, but nice to have when you are working on your home
> > network. Sweetwater Blue is a very nice wheat ale. I tend to support
> local
> > beers. I can recommend "The Gate" in Roswell, their Copper Head a great
> > amber beer. Blind pirate from Monday Night Brewing another local brewery
> (
> > Oh, Allen, they have one in Birmingham as well )
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