Re: [PLUG] Easiest QoS/Router/Connection-trunking distro at this point?

["kperry@daotechnologies.com" <kperry@daotechnologies.com>]

Good point about OpenWRT.  That's going to be for MIPS (or ARM?) devices.  Probably not the best play for the "easy" solution either.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start

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From: "Daniel Petre" <daniel.petre@gmail.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: [PLUG] Easiest QoS/Router/Connection-trunking distro at this point?
Date: Sun, Jul 6, 2014 07:24


On 06/07/14 13:15, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Soren Harward <stharward@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So, who's got a strong rec for an easy to admin router distro these days that one can run on an old PC?
>>
>> If he's going to run his system it on a PC loaded with NICs, then he
>> may as well just run Debian or Ubuntu or some other desktop distro.
>> It won't come with a GUI that sets up his multi-WAN network with a few
>> clicks, but the user communities are much better, and someone [1] will
>> be able to help him with the handful of configuration settings he'll
>> need to get started.  Long-term, a regular desktop distro is going to
>> be easier to maintain than a more specialized router-oriented distro
>> like OpenWRT, pfsense or shorewall.
>
> Tend to agree.
>
> I'd go one of two ways.  I'd either pick a dedicated router OS which
> has been around for a long time and doesn't seem likely to go away, or
> I'd pick whatever distro you're most familiar with in general and DIY.
>
> For a dedicated router I'd probably prefer the dedicated router OS -
> something like Smoothwall or OpenWRT (is OpenWRT designed to even run
> on a standard PC though?).

Yes it is and can run but.. why would you waste energy on a pc when you 
can get a 5 port router and with openwrt convert it to a 4-max-ISP load 
balancer? you can extend its LAN side with another router or switch and 
you still pay less for equipment and energy..

  However, if it wasn't a really big popular
> router distro which is fairly easy to update, then I'd run a very
> mainstream distro so that I'm not constantly fighting to keep the
> thing up to date.
>
> Rich
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