PfSense + 2 ISP connection sharing + making a whitelist + hw questions
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Hello guys,
This post is related to the first one that I wrote a couple of months ago. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,39444.msg203119.html#msg203119
I want to prevent everyone to access any website unless it is including in a predefined whitelist, is this possible with pfSense? Maybe with using Squid and/or any other packages.
Also if I want to make specific PCs to use specific connections, for example PCs from 1 to 20 can use ISP1 and PCs from 21 to 60 can use ISP2 throughout pfSense.
Is the performance of both pfSense and Internet connections would get better if I used internal ADSL modems directly inside pfSense box? And which kind of such modems are most compatible with it?
Finally I want to use an internal wireless access point so I can control everything directly from pfSense? Which one do you suggest?
I am using pfSense 2.0 with Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz with 8GB of RAM and motherboard bulletin Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet.
Thanks! :)
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Yes, using Squid (and if the list isn't very small, in conjunction with SquidGuard) - see the Packages sub-forum where you'll find many threads on the subject.
Try searchingin the Routing and Multi WAN sub-forum, this thread looks relevant.
Using internal ADSL modems is unlikely to make any difference.
If you want to control it from pfSense then you want a wireless card in pfSense - see the Wireless sub-forum.
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Thanks for replying! :)
Should I use the 32 or 64 bit of pfSense? I want to make use of all the hardware that I have. Also is the current version of pfSense based on FreeBSD 8.2?
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Should I use the 32 or 64 bit of pfSense? I want to make use of all the hardware that I have.
To use more than about 3.GB to 3.5GB of RAM you should use the 64 bit version of pfSense.
Also is the current version of pfSense based on FreeBSD 8.2?
No, FreeBSD 8.1.
