Comments for www.LinuxGeek.net http://www.linuxgeek.net Open Source and Linux Opinions and Reviews Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Untangle tangled me up by Madelena http://www.linuxgeek.net/2009/03/06/untangle-tangled-me-up/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Madelena Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:54:38 +0000 http://www.linuxgeek.net/?p=13#comment-21 Nice work! I’ll have to do a cross post on this one ;)

]]> Comment on Linux as a vmware server by John Smith http://www.linuxgeek.net/2009/03/25/linux-as-a-vmware-server/comment-page-1/#comment-8 John Smith Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:19:20 +0000 http://www.linuxgeek.net/?p=142#comment-8 Nice article. I’ve also found this blog interesting: “Geek Slot”

]]> Comment on Multi wan router by L Miles http://www.linuxgeek.net/2009/03/04/multi-wan-router/comment-page-1/#comment-6 L Miles Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:32:57 +0000 http://www.linuxgeek.net/?p=11#comment-6 I have, and do use the Peplink 300 3 port LB. Currently running 200 users through it for everything a person could use a pc for. It is connected to 3 X 4 meg dsl lines. While pulling a steady 5.3 megs I can still do a speed test and get 5 megs. I find the GIU is slow to move from page to page. Adding changes and then submitting changes takes some time. SSL has no issues, Port forwarding online gaming for PS3 for example is easy, simply static IP the host, add the host to the servers list and allow ports on a specific wan port to match to the lan ip. I have found a site, used for making family albums that appears to not only want a SSL connection but also trys to make a vpn connection. I have had to static route connection to that site through a Netgear 318 VPN router set in vpn pass throught mode to get the site to load. Overall for 24/7 connections it has worked well, an average month is about 1.5 TB of traffic. Note that Peplink suggests 50 connections and currently mone runs 200 to 240.
Another down side is there are no netbios names in dhcp, also I find that often there are dhcp clients sending traffic but they do not show in the dhcp lease.
Also I find the current data use to be no good. I like to see a running live throughout graph or meter. To enable this I have used a MikroTik Routeros installed on a piii 1.8 ghz with 512 ram running in bridge mode. Bridge mode is invisible to the end user but allows me to see in real time what the throughput is. Also I am able to see active P2P, gaming, streaming etc. I can drill down to a specific ip and see all the connections from the ip. This assists also in finding the source of a broadcast storm, infection and more.

I have ordered a syswan 88 and already have two additional 4 meg dsl ready to go. It will be running 5 x 4 meg dsl and time will tell how it performs and how it handles the traffic. I am interested in the any ip function. The routeros will remain in bridge mode just because of the extra abilities it provides and for the 40 bucks and an old box its well worth it. I can run almost full line speed through it and by that I mean it will toss traffic at 98 meg on a 100 meg connection. It also is running a lot of rules, watching for possible spambots, possible bots opening over 100 connections in a short period of time and much much more. CPU never peaks over 6%

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