i wonder what else there is for me out there since astaro is too complex for me. [:(]
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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 am looking at setting this up for our home users who require a firewall etc and can understand where you are coming from [[:)]]
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? The astaro utm should be fine for you - or just use a old pc and teh home version - as you dont have many connections this may be best and cheapest
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.For wireless you are better puting the astaro between your line and the wireless router
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.these are easily setup and can be set to your individual machine ip's etc and the reporting will give you the information you will want
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.As long as you are the otherside of the wireless router the only slowdown should be the lineas long as you spec teh syestem correctly (ie more equipment better processor , more ram etc as each service will affect teh requirements)
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.
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 am looking at setting this up for our home users who require a firewall etc and can understand where you are coming from [[:)]]
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? The astaro utm should be fine for you - or just use a old pc and teh home version - as you dont have many connections this may be best and cheapest
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.For wireless you are better puting the astaro between your line and the wireless router
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.these are easily setup and can be set to your individual machine ip's etc and the reporting will give you the information you will want
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.As long as you are the otherside of the wireless router the only slowdown should be the lineas long as you spec teh syestem correctly (ie more equipment better processor , more ram etc as each service will affect teh requirements)
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. [:(]
Hi buggs1a,
you think this is complex try a cisco router.
Like you I started out the hard way. I even tried to install it as an application on a linux box. The Astaro folk soon put me on the straight and narrow.
If the weekend turns out as bad as the weather bureau is promising I will write you up a simple guide to getting the basic functions of the ASG working. The bits that allow your PCs to websurf, e-mail and game etc.
Ian M[:)]
Ian if you write something like that,it would be great if you post it on kb.Many ppl will be grateful [[;)]]
Oh, and RFCat_vk, please don't start me on Cisco routers. I think they are the basic example of how you make something difficult, which normally should be easy... Try just configuring the ip-address in it.... Oh...My....God....