Some sort of active directory connection (I intend to set up an active directory here, so would like the internet management software to interface with Windows Server's AD so I don't need to manage two separate user lists)Īnyway, if there are any free/less expensive alternatives, please let me know! Web Caching (not a requirement, but would be really nice) (I understand this doesn't help with most websites, however I've read that Untangle's Web Caching will cache Windows Updates, which would be REALLY nice)Ĥ.
Policy manager, so that students will have different website restrictions than teachersģ. Bandwidth management (we only have a 32KB/s connection, so don't want students downloading a bunch of crap whenever they have internet)Ģ. So, let me list some of the requirements:ġ. However, the school here isn't rolling in money, so I am looking around to see if there are any free, or cheaper, alternatives that have what we need. Yes, it's about $200 extra for Premium, which compared to buying the extra add-ons individually is a steal, but hitting that $1k/year mark will probably be a rather difficult mental barrier for getting funding). So far everything that I can think of that would be needed is included in the standard education package (except for the Bandwidth Control and Web Cache, unfortunately. I had never had any contact with Untangle before arriving here a couple of weeks ago, but it looks like a very promising and capable management system. They do, however, have an Untangle server setup here that they have been using for site blocking. I really do not like this, and am planning on overhauling the network in the next month or two.
So, whenever students log in on a computer, they are using a shared account. 130-140 students at the school, and their is no active directory. The network isn't in that great of a condition. I am spending a year teaching computers and managing the network at a school (outside the U.S.).
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