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I'm looking for an open-source alternative to Kerio WinRoute. Specifically, I want the PC running it to act as a firewall, router & bandwidth manager. Of the features I'm looking to use are:

  • block/allow based on the usual set of tests (protocol, source/destination ip/port, etc)
  • NAT & port redirection
  • DHCP
  • allocate a a certain minimum amount of guaranteed bandwidth to every PC on the network
  • optionally, traffic stats

osalt.com doesn't have anything on either "kerio" or "winroute". Any ideas?

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I personally love and recommend Monowall.

*  web interface (supports SSL)
* serial console interface for recovery
      o set LAN IP address
      o reset password
      o restore factory defaults
      o reboot system
* wireless support (access point with PRISM-II/2.5/3 cards, BSS/IBSS with other cards including Cisco)
* captive portal
* 802.1Q VLAN support
* stateful packet filtering
      o block/pass rules
      o logging
* NAT/PAT (including 1:1)
* DHCP client, PPPoE, PPTP and Telstra BigPond Cable support on the WAN interface
* IPsec VPN tunnels (IKE; with support for hardware crypto cards, mobile clients and certificates)
* PPTP VPN (with RADIUS server support)
* static routes
* DHCP server and relay
* caching DNS forwarder
* DynDNS client and RFC 2136 DNS updater
* SNMP agent
* traffic shaper
* SVG-based traffic grapher
* firmware upgrade through the web browser
* Wake on LAN client
* configuration backup/restore
* host/network aliases
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  • That looks great, will take a closer look.
    – RomanSt
    Dec 19, 2009 at 17:14
  • The absence of what they call "bounce" is a bit of a problem. I host a bunch of servers and I like to access them both internally and externally on the same URL. They suggest some tricks with DNS, but I wasn't planning to host any DNS services...
    – RomanSt
    Dec 20, 2009 at 10:46
  • What you are looking for is NAT Loopback and I thought that it does support that :S
    – William Hilsum
    Dec 20, 2009 at 12:01
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i'm running a Smoothwall box, probably the most powerful open source firewall available, right on par with BIG $$$ commercial products, and yet it is quite easy to manage.

another excellent alternative is Vyatta Community Edition ("a powerful network appliance that can run circles around proprietary systems"), it features routing, firewalling, VPN, intrusion prevention, and WAN load balancing services.

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I recommend IPCop available from http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ipcop/wiki

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Try untangle at http://home.untangle.com/G01 . It can be installed on windows so you won't require a dedicated box like solutions above would require.

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  • Doesn't look like the right kind of tool for me - it doesn't say anything about routing for example. I am actually looking for something to run on a dedicated box and do NAT and DHCP and stuff, to replace the router rather than work alongside it.
    – RomanSt
    Dec 20, 2009 at 10:48
  • www.clarkconnect.com/ may be what you want.
    – Oracle2b
    Dec 21, 2009 at 18:54
  • Untangle also requires two network cards.
    – Alan B
    Mar 4, 2013 at 12:31
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Besides other great products like IPCop and monowall, there's Endian FW, available as community edition.

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