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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what's the state of the art for linux (openwrt?) based wireless routers?

I run pfSense but not as a VM I do not like the idea of running a router on a virtual machine. it a security risk better to get a cheap system.   

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On 2013-08-05, at 3:01 PM, Brett Delmage <brett [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Mike Hopper wrote:
> 
>> And ya...I felt kind of dirty suggesting a BSD based solution on here!
> 
> Heh. I think Linux users are among the smartest to understand that using the best tool for a job makes sense. Linux is... in many cases, but not all.
> 
> I've been investigating virtualizing BSD/pfSense as a network front end for my Linux server. Because, it reportedly does an excellent job running MLPPP (which I need to use because I can't get a fast netpipe to my house) and which Linux still handles very poorly.
> 
> Anyone else on this list running pfSense under KVM on Linux?
> 
> Brett
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