14 May
2009
14 May
'09
4:52 p.m.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:28, Montana Quiring montanaq@gmail.com wrote:
Can anyone recommend an appliance that runs Linux and does: -packet shaping to throttle p2p traffic -authentication (ldap or other way of needing people to log in with ID and pass in order to gain Internet access) with ability to -MAC filtering to let people through (bypass authentication) or block people -firewall -web admin interface
Astaro (http://www.astaro.com, http://www.astaro.ca is a reseller) provides their software in an appliance form-factor now. I'd evaluated their product quite a few versions ago, and it looked solid. AFAIK it has everything you need.
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-Adam Thompson
athompso@athompso.net