Windows alternative to Pfsense

unregistered00 · Sep 7, 2011, 9:17 AM

Is there a good Windows alternative to Pfsense (or Monowall, Zeroshell, etc.)?

Metu69salemi · Sep 7, 2011, 9:36 AM

?!?

what do you mean by that question

stephenw10 · Sep 7, 2011, 9:50 AM

Lol. :D
Way way way back before IPCop and before Smoothwall I used Wingate (I think) for a while. It used to crash out on my Win 2000 machine because the state table was pathetically small. Clearly it's now a completely different product.

Steve

Edit: Actually it could have been WinRoute. I no longer have access to any of the data from that period of my life. :'( (backup, backup, backup). At the time I was really impressed with it, except when it crashed while I was playing Counter Strike!

Metu69salemi · Sep 7, 2011, 10:05 AM

okay, no i don't know any "good" alternatives in same price, maybe some asa or xcore devices would do almost the same job.

stephenw10 · Sep 7, 2011, 10:07 AM

Doesn't Windows have this sort of functionality built in these days?
Even windows 2000 had 'internet connection sharing'.

Steve

tommyboy180 · Sep 7, 2011, 11:46 AM

Windows can be a router. It's called Routing And Remote Access and it's available in server 2003 and server 2008.

The question is if it's an alternative to pfsense and the answer is not in a million years. Windows not only costs $$$ but it doesn't have near the functionality of pfsense.

Metu69salemi · Sep 7, 2011, 11:51 AM

And µ$ is lacking of reliability in means of uptimes is getting higher than 1 year