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      Nutterpc
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      I'm not sure if people would be interested in this at all, but since I've had a lot of luck lately setting up pfsense boxes for friends & family (Even my beast @ home has been solid for the past 3 months!), I was looking at doing a guide up on how to mirror my setup, which works beautifully

      Features of the Home/SOHO setup I'm running at home are as follows:

      Avahi
      HAVP Antivirus
      UnboundDNS
      PfBlocker (w/extensive list)
      QoS (CBQ, there's a reason why, explained later)

      These are the main items I have running on our Server @ Home. Its a Sun Ultra20 Workstation w/4Gb RAM, purrs away beautifully.

      If people would like me to, this weekend I might start doing up a guide so you can have a similar setup to mine, which runs without fault, and allows myself to be able to download like a wailing Banshee, while everyone else can do what they need to without worrying will my leeching affect them

      EDIT: For those interested, this attached pic will show you how this guide will be centered
      Firewall.png
      Firewall.png_thumb

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        cmb
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        Such things are always welcome, lot of people like to see them.

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          Nutterpc
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          Well its always fun I think to give back if you find something that works :D

          And this particular setup, the hardest part to get working without it buggering up my setup, was HAVP. That took a while, but now she's all running smooth

          I'll start putting something together I guess, if you reckon ppl might like it cmb :)

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            Nutterpc
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            I would also like to add that Im now testing adding Snort (setup as per this sites directions: http://alturl.com/6ih9e)

            As soon as I can verify over the next few days that this is working, I will add it to the original post and include it in my writeup for a bangin Home/SOHO (maybe even SMB) Firewall Router

            I may have to do it in parts, as this guide would take me a while to write up, being that there is a lot of options for me to write down how to configure them

            Watch this space…over the next few days  ;D

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              gogol
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              I will be waiting patiently ;)

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                Nutterpc
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                Check OP man, gives u an idea whats being covered (the pic attached)

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                  Nutterpc
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                  To let you all know:

                  The guide is underway as we speak, currently @ 5 pages (I'm typing it all, lol) and thats just covering the software or plugins that are being used in the firewall

                  I'll let you all know as I get a bit further

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                    Nutterpc
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                    UPDATE:

                    I've been hard at work trying to get SNORT to allow FetchTV to work fully behind it, working with my ISP

                    This should apply to all people using IPTV I would assume

                    Looks like i might be on a winner, this has been the ONLY delay in getting the guide finished

                    So for those running pfsense at home, and in australia, this guide will then be able to allow you full access to FetchTV behind SNORT

                    And afaik, there isnt any other guides around that tell you how to do it, so this would be a first :)

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                      Nutterpc
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                      EDIT:

                      Now I've been able to find the right way for FetchTV/IPTV & Xbox Live (PSN as well i rekn) to work fully with little to no hassle behind this firewall.

                      It will be forming part of the guide, now that 2 major hurdles have been overcome (They were the main ones, there's 1 last one before the guide can be finished), it means there is just one piece of the puzzle left over

                      for the QoS Implementation I will be using with this firewall, I decided to ditch CBQ, and dive head first into HFSC. Yes, I went from training wheels to a Ferrarri….lol ;D

                      Now what I am in the process of doing is working out the right calculations for the average home user in terms of HFSC's calculation parameters (m1,d,M2)

                      For the most of it, I will be working with M2. Once someone gets a VoIP box to add to it, it won't be hard to shuffle around bandwidth as required to allow VoIP to function as necessary

                      Wish me luck, the worst of it is yet to come ::)

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                        Mr. Jingles
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                        I wish you luck  ;D

                        Did you happen to have found some time in the meanwhile, by any chance? I am interested in reading your guide  :P

                        6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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