[ale] Firewalls

[Raj Wurttemberg]

Have any of you all looked at the “WatchGuard” firewall Appliances?  I had
a customer with one of those a few years ago and I have to say that I was
impressed. It had a nice UI like the SonicWall and Ubiquiti EdgeRouter plus
functions of the pfSense all combined.



I’m not going to dump my pfSense firewall but the Watchguard T20 is at a
good price point and I think it’s fanless.



/Raj

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 4:24 AM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> James,
>
> A few years back, Allen B. was selling some USF Dells I bought a couple.
> So that what I am using for my pfSense, I had to add a usb ethernet, but it
> works.
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 6:27 PM James Sumners (ALE) <james+ale at sumners.email>
> wrote:
>
>> After the eye opening Ars article (see earlier thread “Well, goodby
>> pfSense”), I’m going to rebuild my router and load it up with OPNSense. But
>> with the sorry state of the parts market, it’s going to be a while. But, if
>> you can get your hands on a passively cooled Celeron setup, that’s what I’d
>> recommend. Though, my current build is an actively cooled Celeron; just
>> want passive to remove moving parts.
>>
>>
>> On April 2, 2021 at 12:04:56, Chuck Payne via Ale (ale at ale.org) 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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