Advice needed for choosing OPNsense

[marcwolf]

Hi all.  First post so please be gentle.

I am looking to set up a firewall/monitoring on a older DELL Optiplex 980.
I don't want to have a monitor etc connected - but to chat with it using either Xterm or SSH.
I am also hoping to create a DMZ where I can run an Apache Web server that is isolated from the main network.

Can this be done with OPNsense.. and if so what version should I download.

Many many thanks for any advice.
Marc

[Seimus]

Yes and as always the latest version.

Regards,
S.

[dseven]

Not sure what you mean by "Xterm or SSH"? xterm is a rather archaic terminal emulator. SSH is a remote login protocol. You'd typically use an SSH client *in* a terminal emulator, so it's not an "or". Anyway, OPNsense management is browser-based. There is an SSH interface too, with a menu to perform some low-level functions, including running a shell, but you'd typically only use SSH when something has gone wrong.