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General Discussion / Re: opnsense vs pfsense

« on: May 24, 2018, 04:09:58 am »

Don't waist you time on pfsense!  Just go straight to the OPNsense download link!

You'll be glad you did 

Roy...

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General Discussion / Re: Need Help setting up mobile IPsec via Shrew Soft

« on: May 19, 2018, 06:18:58 am »

If the implementation is the same as pfSense and you are using Windows 10 I would use the native ipsec IKEv2 vpn client for windows.  I have this deployed on 80+ clients and it works flawlessly!

Thanks! I'm getting by with PPTP for right now but I want to turn that off as soon as possible!  I didn't realize windows 10 had native support for mobile IPsec so I will definitely check that out as soon as I get some free time and as Franco suggest, I'll post my logs if I still cant get it going.  I did manage to get the IPsec site to site working so I'm feeling a little better about being able to get the mobile stuff working now.

Thank you both for the help!

P.S. I'm and old time m0n0wall/t1n1wall user and I really love both of them but for some of my customers, I need something a little stronger and I really like OPNsense so far and refuse to use pfsense!

Regards, Roy...

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General Discussion / Re: Need Help setting up mobile IPsec via Shrew Soft

« on: May 15, 2018, 04:53:55 am »

Gave up on it for now. I did manage to get PPTP working after several hours of trial and mostly error.

Roy...

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General Discussion / Need Help setting up mobile IPsec via Shrew Soft

« on: May 14, 2018, 01:39:33 am »

I tried everything I can think of to get a basic mobile IPsec tunnel working on OPNsense 18.1.7_1-amd64 via Shrew Soft 2.2.2 client. I've been at this solid for two days now and so far no luck.

So if anyone is willing to help me get this going, please PM me as soon as possible.

Also, I willing to pay you for your time!

Regards,

Roy Smith...

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Hardware and Performance / Re: New Mini PC Hardware

« on: July 20, 2016, 12:39:00 am »

I believe I read a thread somewhere where that question was asked and the reply was it's a proprietary motherboard.

It has been running flawlessly now for several weeks.  Long term, only time will tell.

RPSmith... 

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Hardware and Performance / Re: Wifi card or accesspoint (AP) and configuration.

« on: July 18, 2016, 05:00:24 pm »

Having your AP on it's own port/network can make your LAN more secure if you add the correct block/pass rules to limit Wi-Fi traffic.  It also makes it easier to traffic shape Wi-Fi traffic.  One possible downside is your firewall will block broadcasts between your LAN and your Wi-Fi network.

RPSmith...

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Hardware and Performance / Re: wireless hardware - external AP or mini-PCIe?

« on: July 04, 2016, 10:38:28 pm »

I've had really good luck using the EnGenius ENH202 & ECB350 AP.  They both do POE but the ENH202 is  proprietary.  Also, I'm not a big fan of installing WiFi cards in a firewall.

RPSmith...

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General Discussion / Re: Please Make a Donation to OPNsense

« on: June 28, 2016, 09:27:24 pm »

Thank you!

Donation on the way!

RPSmith...

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General Discussion / Re: Please Make a Donation to OPNsense

« on: June 28, 2016, 08:19:27 am »

Donate page only shows Euro.  How do I switch it to US $ ?

RPSmith...

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Hardware and Performance / New Mini PC Hardware

« on: June 27, 2016, 12:03:56 am »

Ordered the following from Amazon:

2016 new products barebone Mini PC J1900 Quad core CPU, 4 LAN (Intel), VGA
One year warranty
http://www.qotom.net/goods-129-QOTOM-Q190G4+4+LAN+Mini+PC.html
seller: Qotom  $159 (+ $30 DHL shipping from China)

120GB Kingston mSATA SSD  $49.50

8GB Crucial RAM (single) Notebook Memory  $25.99

So for around $265 you get a killer 4 port OPNsense firewall!

Had zero problems installing OPNsense.  Hardware looks very solid.

My new goto hardware for new customers!

RPSmith...