Feature Requests

I have a request for a special feature for allowing the user to specify multiple internet inputs, for instance router A, and router B, and either use them in either; parralell, redundancy, or dedicate a line to uploading while the other downloads.

My main goal for this use is to pair up 2 or more internet connections and use my machine running monowall to pipe this into my network.

The only tool ive used for this is Midpoint 5.0 running on windows, but id like to have this feature built into a live cd and be able to have firewall facilities also.

It would be cool if somone out there could make this already awsome firewall into something even more legendary.

Have a look at one of the m0n0wall forks, pfsense. It supports multi-WAN, but I don't think to the degree you seek.

Have a look at one of the m0n0wall forks, pfsense. It supports multi-WAN, but I don't think to the degree you seek.

Thanks for the reply fredg, I took a look at the package, and it seems it does do the failover part fine, Im not sure if it can combine or split the data over the two lines, to give me a greater data rate... I will have to try it out somtime, looking breifly at the blurb, It may work with the load ballancing feature, but im not sure if it split my job, over two 2MB/sec lines?

My next question is probaly quite specialist in nature, will pfsence allow me to use a wifi adapter as a WAN connection? If i wanted to connect to router A and B using two seperate cards, provided they are supported by pfsence, would they be detected as choices for WAN1 and WAN2 inputs? I would be very apreciatvie of any info on this as it would be ideal for what im trying to do.

I think the better place for pfsense questions is their forum or mail list. There are some folks here that are involved with it, but over there will get you a lot more exposure.

I think the better place for pfsense questions is their forum or mail list. There are some folks here that are involved with it, but over there will get you a lot more exposure.

Quite right, Il register there and see if i can get some amswers. it seemed you had some knowledge on that particular distro so please forgive me if i posted in the wrong location.

But making a big assumption that it doesnt and im greatly dissapointed.... (hopfuly not, looking at the package) Then would this feature be considered for perhaps a future version of Monowall? It would be pleasing if it would, and im sure this will provide a solution for many who like myself, are finding it almost impossible to combine network connections.

I don't speak for the developers of m0n0wall or anything else. But nothing can be everything to everybody, and the scope for m0n0wall is such that it is aimed at a niche in the overall market. Keeping the image size tiny to small seems to be a priority.

Having said that, I would expect something like what you are looking for would appear in pfsense a lot earlier since it is more easily extensible.

Ok no problem, its understandable from that perspective, why would it need such bloating code to do that task when it is meant to be small.

This can be closed, and I thank you for introducing me to the PFsense.

Regards

Adam