To me when I look at the GUI and want to do certain things I've no idea. I still need to look at the manual but doubt it has any step by step for me.
My needs and wants are probably too crazy for any of you since everyone here is more advanced and more business like then me. So from all this I'm lost.
I need something easy like a home user router is, but has security like in Astaro. I've never heard of anything and to do things I want to do either can't be done in Astaro/whatever or I just don't understand. And honestly, I don't want to be a burden to any of you even if any help you offer is by choice which of course it is.
I'm sad and confused and also anxious to find something because I just don't know what to do.
Lastly this is all I'd like to do and I'll from now on keep everything in this thread so I don't waste space and cause confusion with too many threads and stuff.
i need a utm, so would you guys please help me even if this won't be astaro etc? i have wireless and wired. gaming is a must as i play xbox 360 and wii and ps3 all the time. wireless n is a must as that is what my macbook pro is. i want av protection, content filtering to block categories like etc, know how much we download and upload on a week/month type of basis and ips etc. i don't want any security for my gaming systems except to know how much download and upload they do on the wan.
wii is wireless g. macbook pro is wireless n and wired when i need fast transfers. xbox 360 will be wired most of the time and wireless g only sometimes. ps3 will be wired mostly and sometimes wireless g.
apple ipod touch will be wireless g as well.
currently all we have is a switch and linksys wrt160nl but that offers no security and no bandwidth up and down amount for wan. I need something asap as we haven't had what we need for such a long time, Sad
Thanks for your time.
i don't know what to do.
So this in this forum is a last ditch effort for me I suppose. [:(]
To me when I look at the GUI and want to do certain things I've no idea. I still need to look at the manual but doubt it has any step by step for me.
Start by looking the sections one by one and configuring it by using the manual. I myself am a home user and I have to admin that both the manuals and the guys here helped me a lot.
My needs and wants are probably too crazy for any of you since everyone here is more advanced and more business like then me. So from all this I'm lost.
You are wrong since there are so many home users on the forum I am more than sure all your questions will be answered provided:
1)You' have done your research (manual etc)
2)ask the correct questions providing as much relevant data as possible
I need something easy like a home user router is, but has security like in Astaro. I've never heard of anything and to do things I want to do either can't be done in Astaro/whatever or I just don't understand. And honestly, I don't want to be a burden to any of you even if any help you offer is by choice which of course it is.
Setting up astaro with the basic features (proxy content etc etc ) is really easy(manual is a step by step process).To further tune it though means to start creating effective and correct packet filter rules. That bit needs work. However, it's still easy if you do the steps correctly. Set up an allow rule on the top with log...Every time you want to allow a specific connection check the log in real time and create the rule(on the log you should be able to chec kthe source /destination ip and ports). By doing that, after a while you will reach a point where you will be able to remove the allow any any connection [:)]
I'm sad and confused and also anxious to find something because I just don't know what to do.
Lastly this is all I'd like to do and I'll from now on keep everything in this thread so I don't waste space and cause confusion with too many threads and stuff.
i need a utm, so would you guys please help me even if this won't be astaro etc?
Don't be sad/confused. All of the guys in the forum are more than welcome to help.That doesn't mean though that they are going to dothe work for you. There are manual ,pdf and examples on google on how to configure most of the things astaro uses (packet filter are the same on every firewall)
Unfortunately,This forum is dedicated to Astaro and thus I am not quite sure if any of the guys can provide help outside astaro
i have wireless and wired. gaming is a must as i play xbox 360 and wii and ps3 all the time. wireless n is a must as that is what my macbook pro is.
i want av protection, content filtering to block categories like etc, know how much we download and upload on a week/month type of basis and ips etc. i don't want any security for my gaming systems except to know how much download and upload they do on the wan.
Start by simple steps..Connect the appliance and set no rules and start "playing" with each feature.Av protection is easy to enable so is blocking content. Again I really need to stretch that all the info you require are on the manual and relevant threads on the forum.Don't try to deploy all the feature at once as this will probably fail.small steps each time and you will get there[;)]
wii is wireless g. macbook pro is wireless n and wired when i need fast transfers. xbox 360 will be wired most of the time and wireless g only sometimes. ps3 will be wired mostly and sometimes wireless g.
apple ipod touch will be wireless g as well.
currently all we have is a switch and linksys wrt160nl but that offers no security and no bandwidth up and down amount for wan.
I need something asap as we haven't had what we need for such a long time, Sad
Thanks for your time.
i don't know what to do.
So this in this forum is a last ditch effort for me I suppose. [:(][/QUOTE]
Thanks. Umm, I know the basics, but then to do anything advanced like messing with pf rules and allowing stuff and setting up my linksys as a wap, that's so far where I'm lost.
I read the help page in the interface page where you get info on adding interfaces etc, but it doesn't give me any helpful info. I still need to look into the manual for that and hope it does better.
