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05-01-2012, 03:55 PM
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Wifi Internet filtering in church sanctuary
I have a church that wants to fire some wifi into their sanctuary and filter it as to not allow objectionable content.
Getting the wifi into the sanctuary in itself will be a challenge (considering the budget I'm working with as well as the building is wall after wall of cinder blocks... no drywall in this one.) I think I have a long range wifi solution using Ayrmesh but I'm open to suggestions. My main question is what would you recommend for content filtering? It can't be client side filtering since anyone in the church sanctuary can access the Internet with whatever devices they may have. All comments, recommendations, thoughts are appreciated. Last edited by Tech in SC; 05-01-2012 at 03:56 PM. Reason: mispelling 
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05-01-2012, 03:57 PM
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Most content filtering sucks, but a great open source alternative is dansgaurdian. You can set up a cheap low budget server that does nothing more than filter the internet using dansguardian. There are a few other options out there, but I have not messed with this particular stuff in a while.
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05-01-2012, 04:45 PM
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It may not work with a limited budget, but you may want to look into untangle. You can either use a untangle HW device or install your own HW. Here is a link to a calculator you can use to calculate costs. Make sure to select the non-profit option, as that can lower the cost.
http://www.untangle.com/store/configurator/ They also have a lite version that is free, but It probably won't do what they are looking for. http://www.untangle.com/store/web-filter.html
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05-01-2012, 05:29 PM
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Another vote for Untangle.
Or...if the church needs a bit more of a server/e-mail system..check out "ClearOS". I'll be doing one of those setups for my old church I grew up going to soon..volunteer / free project.
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05-01-2012, 05:36 PM
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Are you using the free version of ClearOS? I have a ministry in mind that may be able to use something like that.
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05-01-2012, 05:42 PM
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I'll give the free edition a shot at first.....and see if the basic content filter in the free one will be adequate. Combined with OpenDNS..should suffice quite well "for free".
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05-01-2012, 06:23 PM
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@YeOldeStonecat... The free version of OpenDNS?
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05-01-2012, 06:46 PM
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re the connectivity point (since the others have already covered what I was going to say re content filtering), would powerline adapters be feasible here? save on the problem of many thick walls and they've come down a LOT in price.
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05-01-2012, 07:08 PM
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Untangle also has a free (Lite) version....Untangle is a UTM appliance (Unified Threat Management)...think of it as a super firewall/router/edge appliance...it takes the place of the typical little linksys/netgear router...but adds so many cool features.
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05-01-2012, 07:18 PM
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I thought I would check out ClearOS, but the download links from this page : http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/downloads.html aren't working....
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