Anyone (still) using Smoothwall..

[riddlermarc]

So what would better suit my needs?

Might be a little overkill but for ease of setup/use you could try ClarkConnect:

What Is ClarkConnect?


ClarkConnect is a powerful yet easy-to-use software solution that transforms off-the-shelf PC hardware into a dedicated Internet gateway and server. The software is a secure, reliable and cost effective solution.

Features
Our software offers a feature-rich server solution:

Internet Gateway
Firewall
VPN
E-mail
Bandwidth and P2P Manager
Intrusion Prevention
Web and FTP Servers
Antispam/Antivirus
Content Filtering
File and Print Services
Data backup

http://www.clarkconnect.com/

 

[M0KUJ1N]

http://www.clarkconnect.com/info/requirements.php

Typically 256MB RAM, P200, 1GB HD. I'd imagine the (relatively) high memory requirements is for all the services its running.

 

[zetec452]

That clarckconnect is rather good. Even better than smoothwall IMO.

Worth a try anyway.

 

[Big-Mac-Please]

When you say your running a smoothy off a pci card how does that work?

I had mine of an old intel P2 system and I was thinkin about getting one off ebay but before I did I thought I would see what thats all about

Cheers

 

[M0KUJ1N]

Wouldnt say better- its a bit more of a jack-of-all-trades, with consequent tradeoffs in terms of firewall hardening and memory footprint.

Of course, I *did* run a CC box as my network gateway for about 2 years, before retiring it in favour of a Linksys router. I still had the CC box in a DMZ'ed part of my network because (at the time) it was the only firewall distro with easy-to-use and reliable bandwidth throttling capabilities

 

[Dfhaii]

I used to use smoothwall, but switched to m0n0wall a couple of years back, it's bsd based but very very easy to use (all set up through a web front end) and very awesome, it's available from www.m0n0.ch

Col