<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">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.<div>
<br></div><div>Thanks</div></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM, John Novack <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jnovack@stromberg-carlson.org">jnovack@stromberg-carlson.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Bruce B wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Thanks. I think I would still need a firewall. Maybe a 1u
rack double enclosure for two Alix boards - one as firewall - and one
as PBX would do better.
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<div>Anyhow, I don't want to open the box if I don't have to. Is
there any way I can push the .gz file over console cable rather than
putting the CF in a reader?</div>
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DO you mean once you have built the system?<br>
AstLinux has an upgrade facility built into the system, with the
ability to revert to the previous version, all built into the web
interface.<br>
To initially build the system, it seems to me you would need to put the
first OS on the CF card to get the board alive.<br>
<br>
And if you have an Alix with 2 Ethernet ports, why a second one as a
firewall? AstLinux has a built in firewall<br>
You did say a SMALL office, didn't you?<br><font color="#888888">
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John Novack</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>Thanks</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Darrick
Hartman (lists) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dhartman@djhsolutions.com" target="_blank">dhartman@djhsolutions.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">Bruce,<br>
<br>
AstLinux supports dhcp and dns as well as several vpn options including<br>
openvpn.<br>
<br>
You can download a live ISO image to test. <a href="http://www.astlinux.org" target="_blank">http://www.astlinux.org</a><br>
<br>
Darrick<br>
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On 11/08/2010 08:34 AM, Bruce B wrote:<br>
> Thanks for the input. I am looking to use it as a DHCP server as
well.<br>
> And I also I want it as a VPN server so that I can securely log in
to it<br>
> from time to time to monitor it's state.<br>
><br>
> The Alix board with pfSense can nicely do VPN and DHCP (no
Asterisk).<br>
> Wondering if those two service would play nice along with Asterisk.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <<a href="mailto:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com" target="_blank">tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com</a><br>
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<div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com" target="_blank">tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com</a>>>
wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 01:10:01PM -0500, Paul Belanger wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Most desktop<br>
> > distros are just too bloated for an embedded solution.<br>
><br>
> I use Debian on an Alix system as my home router. It runs
Asterisk as<br>
> well.<br>
><br>
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