<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:28, Montana Quiring <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:montanaq@gmail.com">montanaq@gmail.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;">
Can anyone recommend an appliance that runs Linux and does:<br>-packet shaping to throttle p2p traffic<br clear="all">-authentication (ldap or other way of needing people to log in with ID and pass in order to gain Internet access) with ability to <br>
-MAC filtering to let people through (bypass authentication) or block people<br>-firewall<br>-web admin interface<font color="#888888"><br></font></blockquote></div><br>Astaro (<a href="http://www.astaro.com">http://www.astaro.com</a>, <a href="http://www.astaro.ca">http://www.astaro.ca</a> is a reseller) provides their software in an appliance form-factor now. I'd evaluated their product quite a few versions ago, and it looked solid. AFAIK it has everything you need.<br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-Adam Thompson<br> <<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net">athompso@athompso.net</a>><br><br>