![]() INT/LAN: The 2nd NIC is a bridge to the internal network. Now it's time to benchmark it and see if it can handle the stress.ĪMD Dual-core 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 2x Gbit NICs, 80GB HDD.ĮXT/WAN: 1x Gbit NIC is the external link which is connected to our LAN at work. Prices apart, since Untangle allows us to demo the commercial components for 14 days for free, we have done the integration with the domain controller and setup test policies for various domain users and everything worked perfectly in less than 10 minutes! So we'll need some commercial packages from Untangle to integrate it with our Active Directory Domain Controller using their AD Connector component, and a way to apply different rules to different people using Untangle's Policy Manager component. The stake got raised and we're comparing it against BlueCoat. Now, we're considering deploying this on the whole company for around 400 users. Only the components in bold above were activated, because the rest were useless to our company since there existed other appliances that are doing their job. This allows you to block certain programs from accessing the network, like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, Peer-to-Peer software, online games. ![]() The main reason why Untangle was chosen because it has Layer-7 filtering. Untangle offers its basic package for free. The total cost was 110 KD ($330 roughly) for the hardware: 1.8GHz dual core CPU, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, built-in 10/100Mbps NIC + video card + audio, 2x 1Gbit Linksys NICs. The machine has been running for about 7 months so far without any problems whatsoever. ![]() I have deployed this on a subsidiary company that has 120 employees. Only this one is built on top of Open Source projects running on Linux, giving it the power of guaranteed stability and the flexibility to mesh everything into a single platform that does wonders. It functions like any gateway appliance from any company like Cisco, BlueCoat. Untangle is a gateway software package that installs to x86 hardware. We'll deploy a proxy only, however I'll continue with this benchmark. We'll be using Kaspersky Antivirus to enforce Web Filtering policies (due February). ![]() We will NOT deploy a filtering appliance afterall. * There have been a typo which mistakenly puts the filtering device where it won't be. * This benchmark will be re-done to include more details (gateway's memory & CPU utilization) ![]()
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