Thanks for input. Great info. Good to know all this about the router. I see you use a 256MB CF card there. Do you use a USB key stick for storage?
Thanks, Bruce On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:09 AM, Gordon Henderson <[email protected]<gordon%[email protected]> > wrote: > On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Bruce B wrote: > > > Yes, it is a small office. I am familiar with pfSense. I am not sure if > > firewall on Astlinux is as versatile and flexible. But also, I am > wondering > > if with all those attacks around now-a-days if the box will be able to > > handle 5 extensions, voicemail, IVR, firewall, DHCP, openvpn all > together. > > I've benchmarked an Alix board with a 500MHz processor to 80 concurrent > calls handling media. > > They're the mainstay of my small office VoIp only PBX range right now > where I limit them to 60 extensions. (the real limitation on number of > calls is their broadband bandwidth). Storing voicemail and call recording > won't be an issue for you - but do get a fast CF card. > > http://unicorn.drogon.net/cutie.jpg > > What you need to do is learn Linux networking and iptables - then you > won't need pfsense, etc. Install a good text-only distribution and you're > done. e.g. Debian Lenny in text-only mode. To get he best from the > hardware then you'll need a custom kernel, but that's no big deal. > > However the thing that will kill it is multiple VPN terminations - unless > you can persuade the system to use the on-board AES crypto engine, but I > regularly use ssh into my systems without any detriment, so you could use > OpenVPN, etc. > > I am considering making my boxes into a router and handle PPPoE too, then > they can do proper traffic shaping, etc. They're more than capable. > > Gordon > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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