m0n0wall - Features

Last update:
01/15/2014
Current version:
1.8.1
Latest beta snapshot:
1.8.2b576

At this time, m0n0wall can be used as-is with embedded computers from PC Engines (www.pcengines.ch) and Soekris Engineering (www.soekris.com), or most standard PCs.

m0n0wall provides many of the features of expensive commercial firewalls, including:

• web interface (supports SSL)
• serial console interface for recovery
  • set LAN IP address
  • reset password
  • restore factory defaults
  • reboot system
• wireless support (including access point mode)
• captive portal
• 802.1Q VLAN support
• IPv6 support
• stateful packet filtering
  • block/pass rules
  • logging
• NAT/PAT (including 1:1)
• DHCP client, PPPoE and PPTP support on the WAN interface
• IPsec VPN tunnels (IKE; with support for hardware crypto cards, mobile clients and certificates)
• PPTP VPN (with RADIUS server support)
• static routes
• DHCP server and relay
• caching DNS forwarder
• DynDNS client and RFC 2136 DNS updater
• SNMP agent
• traffic shaper
• SVG-based traffic grapher
• firmware upgrade through the web browser
• Wake on LAN client
• configuration backup/restore
• host/network aliases