Hi, Guest
03-21-2009, 08:06 AM
Seriously, if you're not gonna contribute meaningfully, STFU. I'm sick of it lately around here.
Anywho... the geeks among us, especially the Linux ones, are likely aware of SmoothWall. It has to be one of the best, Linux-as-true-firewall distros out there.
I had 2.0 for quite some time, found it great except for the raging memory leaks after a few weeks of uptime.
I saw 3.0 come out last year and figured... "nah, I'll wait for a bit". Now it's re-released with SP1, a collection of major and minor fixes.
I installed it on my trusty Dimension L667r - Pentium III 667MHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB ATA133 HDD, 2 x 3COM 905-class network cards.
The install was quick (but it's not a big distro... under 100MB image file for the CD), the config was even less painful than 2.0 and 2.0 was cake. The hardest part was remembering which NIC had which MAC address. Cracking the case during install solves that problem. :P
It's now up and running and is even more transparent than 2.0. You'd almost swear you were connected directly to the Internet. It's that fast. I've attached a screenshot of the real-time, auto-adjusting bandwidth monitor screen. They sure as hell didn't have that in 2.0!
![[Image: th_Smoothwall3bandwidthmonitor.jpg]](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b322/loganteamx/th_Smoothwall3bandwidthmonitor.jpg)
Now you can see which one of your roommates is Bogarting all the bandwidth. ;)
I've only had it up and running today, but I'm impressed. I'll post up more impressions next week.
Anywho... the geeks among us, especially the Linux ones, are likely aware of SmoothWall. It has to be one of the best, Linux-as-true-firewall distros out there.
I had 2.0 for quite some time, found it great except for the raging memory leaks after a few weeks of uptime.
I saw 3.0 come out last year and figured... "nah, I'll wait for a bit". Now it's re-released with SP1, a collection of major and minor fixes.
I installed it on my trusty Dimension L667r - Pentium III 667MHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB ATA133 HDD, 2 x 3COM 905-class network cards.
The install was quick (but it's not a big distro... under 100MB image file for the CD), the config was even less painful than 2.0 and 2.0 was cake. The hardest part was remembering which NIC had which MAC address. Cracking the case during install solves that problem. :P
It's now up and running and is even more transparent than 2.0. You'd almost swear you were connected directly to the Internet. It's that fast. I've attached a screenshot of the real-time, auto-adjusting bandwidth monitor screen. They sure as hell didn't have that in 2.0!
![[Image: th_Smoothwall3bandwidthmonitor.jpg]](http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b322/loganteamx/?action=view¤t=Smoothwall3bandwidthmonitor.jpg)
Now you can see which one of your roommates is Bogarting all the bandwidth. ;)
I've only had it up and running today, but I'm impressed. I'll post up more impressions next week.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.