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    Replacing Cisco 1841 with PFsense

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      Matty-CT
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      Hi all,

      Many years ago, I setup a Cisco 1841 for client to route a public range from their ISP to the internal firewall. That 1841 maxes out at Fast Ethernet on both Ethernet interfaces so it's time either to upgrade to a new Cisco router or, possibly, replace it with a PFsense based solution as the business wants to go well above 100 Mbps from their ISP. I use PFsense as a firewall / NAT router all the time so I'm fairly well versed in its use. However, I'm a little weak on whether this is a good idea or not. Those Cisco's are simple and reliable - they just run forever it seems without a hitch. Then again, PFsense has proven itself to be reliable as well.

      Here's most of the running config on the Cisco:

      service tcp-keepalives-in
      service tcp-keepalives-out
      service timestamps debug datetime msec
      service timestamps log datetime msec
      !
      no aaa new-model
      !
      no ip source-route
      ip cef
      ip tcp synwait-time 10
      !
      interface Null0
      no ip unreachables
      !
      interface FastEthernet0/0
      description $ETH-WAN$
      ip address 209.1.83.70 255.255.255.252
      no ip redirects
      no ip unreachables
      no ip proxy-arp
      ip route-cache flow
      speed 100
      full-duplex
      no mop enabled
      !
      interface FastEthernet0/1
      description $ETH-LAN$
      ip address 209.0.231.33 255.255.255.224
      no ip redirects
      no ip unreachables
      no ip proxy-arp
      ip route-cache flow
      speed 100
      full-duplex
      no mop enabled
      ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 209.1.83.69
      !
      end

      So, my feeling is that this is feasible as it's really a simple function. Any advice or recommendations on a corresponding PFsense based configuration?

      Thanks,

      Matt

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