Ok,
I've recently discovered m0n0wall and Freenas, both great applications!
I was wondering though, does anyone know a way of having both installed on one system?
I figured since both of them were based on FreeBSD, it should in theory be possible.
Alternatively, is there a way of getting vmware to load a specific virtual machine on startup?
OR is there a way of getting an *EASY* VPN solution in Freenas?
Thanks!
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It is possible with Full OS install, than adding web UIs, since neither mini-distribution uses anything unique to serve its purpose besides basic OS down under.
You could mount either mini-distribution image and transfer missing tools from another mini-distribution to make your dreams happen.
Commercial Linux distributions like SuSE lets you strip system to serve only e.g Firewall and iSCSI, though none fits in 64MB flash.
You cannot run both FreeNas and Monowall on the same OS instance.
You will need to have 2 seperate vmware session (can be on the same physical box).
And only Vmware server or ESX can auto start sessions.
Vmware server and (recently) Vmware ESX 3.5i are both free to use.
I would say ESX has around double the performance then that of workstation or server.
have fun.
Cheers
Gheist,
Well I think what you said there has very little meaning... Yes you can run fileserver and firewall services together on any OS, but Vmware ESX and FreeBSD are hardly comparable...
And building a firewall and installing Samba etc. is not the 'Easy' way as the guy was asking, in fact it would be incredibly difficult and time consuming.
the 'Easy' solution (especially if you are running Vmware) is to install both FreeNas and Monowall as separate instances.
Peace out.
Cheers
Well, thanks to all for your input!
However I found an out of the box solution which does exactly what I wanted it to!
Samba, FTP, PPTP server, firewall, print server and web server all controled through an easy web interface!
Its called ClarkConnect
http://www.cla
I like it.
Its based on red hat, so I can also install standard packages... (once I figure out how to use apt-get properly! :P)
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by: Rance_HallPosted on 2008-12-03 at 10:44:53ID: 23088786
Strictly speaking, NO, you cant have monowall and freenas on the same box.
you could try vmware and it can autostart a vm at system start with the right script.
I wouldnt want the firewall to be on a vm
Now, what about a box with freebsd to which you add a firewall and samba
afterall thats all monowall is, a set ot network tools (including firewall) and all freenas is is samba.
NOW, the configuration tools that are unique to monowall and freenas probably wont carry over. but you can take any freebsd box and install configure all the apps used by monowall and freenas on the same box.