I run IPCop as a VM (presently VMware, soon to be KVM). IPCop has everything you're looking for in a prebuilt distro. Any ol' PentiumIII or greater should do, with 2 nics. IPCop provides all of the network services you'll likely ever need, and then some. You really only need 2 nics (WAN/LAN) on the firewall. I think it'd be more appropriate (easier, cheaper) to add another GigE switch to what you have. They can be chained together of course. On 07/05/2012 11:10 PM, James Dugger wrote: > MSI Micro ATX board with Athlon II processor w/ 4 PCI slots (or 2 PCI > and 2 PCIE) > 2 GB RAM > 4 gigabit NIC cards > IDE or SATA to Compact Flash Adaptor > Compact flash 2GB memory - install Linux or Router based distro on CF > card or USB memory stick > External power 120v to 12v transformer w/ mono power converter > Small micro case > Set BIOS to boot CF Card or USB Memory stick > Ubuntu 10.04 or 12.04 LTS server minimum install > - Install Openssh > - Firewall > - OpenVPN > - iptables > > Basically you are building an edge router/vpnserver. There are a lot of > instructions to build a high end router/openvpn system using a minimum > box configuration. The mobo chip and RAM maybe overkill but smaller > ATOM based boards probably won't have 4 PCI slots. you should be able > to pick up these for very reasonable cost compared to a higher end > router. Do you need all 4 - 1 gigabit connections to the router or can > the connections to the VPN be shared off of one or two NICs? OpenVPN > needs a minimum of 2 NIC's (Unless you have set up virtual network > adaptors and bridged them together). Are you dedicating each user to a > NIC for speed? If not you could allocate the 4 users to a NIC and > connect the router/vpnserver to a 4 port gigabit switch. > > I'm sure there are a number of the ways to do this and there even might > be fairly high end router for a good deal but most will also have built > in wireless as well. to find a dedicated wired only higher end router > you may pay as much as the system I just outlined and it would be no > where near the capabilities of the above system unless it was a lot more > expensive. > > I'm sure that there are others here with a lot more experience with > consumer and enterprise level equipment then myself but I have had > success with the above. Also keep in mind that the Athlon II is 64bit > with SVM built in for virtualization. With additional memory you could > run the whole thing virtualized using KVM or VMware. > > Good Luck! > > > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Mark Phillips > > wrote: > > I am looking for a router with the following characteristics: > * No wifi > * 4 gigabit LAN ports > * 1 WAN port to connect to my Cox Cable Modem > * 400 MHZ+ processor so I can run OpenVPN SSL for a max of 4 remote > users to access the LAN at the same time. > > The last point comes from reading various forums about running > openvpn on the router, and they all say get the fastest possible > cpu. I probably have to run dd-wrt on the router to get openvpn > running on the router, but I am open to other options (most of the > open source router packages support openvpn, so anyone will do). > > Thanks! > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > James > > > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss