Pfsense vs sonicwall tz215?
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Mmm, that is a good thread. As stated in it almost all adsl in the UK is still using PPPoA. Though I have in the past managed to make a PPPoE connection directly it was never very stable or reliable, some time ago since I tried though. Anyway there are many modem/routers that can be put in some type or bridge mode to work with PPPoA so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm using the Draytek Vigor 120 which is incredibly easy to setup (no config required. it's already a pppoa-pppoe bridge). There are loads of Aussie pfSense users who could probably advise you better on available modem options.
There's no real limit on how many VPN connections you setup. The limit is in how much traffic you a passing over all of them, though I guess there is some overhead. The TZ215 claims to support 130Mbps of AES encrypted traffic (though it doesn't say what encryption level that is) so I would infer that it has some additional VPN accelerator hardware. The FW-7541 will probably pass 50-60Mbps depending on the encryption level and type. Given that you have <10Mbps WAN connection that may not be a problem. (You wrote MB but I assume you meant Mbps?)
I am using re-purposed Watchguard boxes mostly because I can. ;) See: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,25011.0.html
To use MLPPP you need to have both connections from the same ISP and they need to support it at their end. You'll never get that with one dsl and one mobile connection. :(
Steve
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But I think OpenVPN is quited limited, not sure ios can support (without jail break).
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/openvpn-connect/id590379981
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I search in the forum, it seems like pfsense can't support PPPOA. Is this true? Coz I have an Australia ADSL that is based on PPPOA. I plan to have this pfsense to talk to the modem to dial for the ADSL internet.
I am in Australia. I use Gold Coast based ISP Onthenet. My pfSense talks PPPoE to a Tenda D820B ADSL modem. The combination works well enough.
