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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