Re: [gentoo-user] new linux router

[Bruce Schultz <brulzki@gmail.com>]

On 5 March 2015 1:10:40 AM AEST, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>It's time to build a new router. Surely, I would just like to
>purchase hardware and run a minimized or embedded gentoo on it
>along with iptables and a few other packages. But, I got to reading
>and well it seems much has changed. Dansguardian is deprecated?
>If I add protection above layer 3, what is the best route (pun
>intended)
>to protect some winblows systems? And I need the ability to dynamically
>block some gaming sites (kids playing too many hours of video).....
>
>Then I read about NFtables....... [1]
>And there is more. So, being a bit busy what would folks recommend
>for purchase (I really do not need another project at this time)?
>I've used routers with ebtables in the past too.
>
>
>I'd like to be  able to download some open source linux to the router
>hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor?
>That way I do not purchase something that is to be abandoned in
>a few years by the vendor.
>
>It's just a small home/office so 3x100Mb E would be fine, but GigE
>ports would be better. I'm flexible on the CPU/arch of the hardware,
>so all discussion and suggestions are welcome. In an idealized world
>I'd pay extra for a gentoo_derivative based router; but all I find
>is the WRT, devil_linux and such, nothing really cool and interesting.

Maybe this would meet your needs?
https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/

There's also this link if you want to run gentoo, although you lose the networking performance of the original firmware
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3


>
>Anyone used lilblue or pentoo as the basis for a firewalled_router?
>
>A purchase is what I really want, but some hacking, if absolutely
>necessary, would be ok too. Ideas?
>
>curiously,
>James
>
>[1] http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/

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