On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 12:10, Alex mysqlstudent@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I need a gateway for our new office. I'd like it to run Fedora. What are my options? I'd like to be able to do the following:
- provide VPN back to the main office
- provide basic masquerading of hosts on inside network
- be small enough to fit on a shelf. Preferably fanless
- web-based administration
- ssh access
Have a look at https://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm These offer 2 or 3 ethernet ports, small form factor, and fanless. Fedora is not a good choice for this role unless you are willing to devote time and effort to testing new versions as they appear. In that case you would want a couple systems so each new release could be tested before going into serivice. Pcengines has centos7 images for apu systems.
We're experienced admins, so a simple interface isn't specifically necessary, but desired.
It's only for a few remote office workers, so it doesn't have to be particularly powerful, but should be responsive enough to support regular ssh and VPN activity.
Avoid USB NIC's. Have a look at pfSense https://www.pfsense.org/getting-started/