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Update – September 2014

September 17, 2014

If you’ve ever wanted to add your own touch to the pfSense® software, then you might be very interested in our new tutorial on rebranding the pfSense® software.

Also in this month’s update:
– How to switch between Rident and pfSense®
– Shortage of ALIX 2-3 boards
– Rident 2.1.5 images now available
– First donation made to Voyage Linux
– Thank you for planting thousands of trees
– We have moved
– Changes to same-day shipping and hard copy invoices
– Tips & resources: Intel boot-up vulnerability, Use Sandstorm.io to run your own hosting, Hack planes via inflight WiFi

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How to switch from pfSense® to Rident

September 11, 2014

So you like the sound of our brand new, shiny Rident images, but you’re currently using the standard pfSense® image?

We can help.

Here’s what you need to do to change your system over to Rident without any hiccups.

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Rident 2.1.5 now available

September 9, 2014

We are pleased to announce the newest release of our rebranded and optimised version of pfSense®, Rident 2.1.5.

Rident 2.1.5 is now the default version of Rident available on all of our servers.

pfSense 2.1.5 is primarily a security release. For full details of the changes in v2.1.5, please read the pfSense® documentation.

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How to switch from Rident to pfSense®

August 26, 2014

So you’ve got our shiny, new Rident image installed on your box, but you’ve decided you want to switch back to the standard pfSense® image?

No problems. The last thing we want is for you to feel “locked in” to using our Rident firewall and router software.

So here are two ways that you can make the transition back as smoothly as possible.

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Update – August 2014

August 13, 2014

Rident firewall and router software is our rebranded, customised version of the pfsense® software, optimised for our hardware.

Plus:
– How to install the pfSense® software on a net6501
– How to attach the heatsink to an APU board
– New Compex miniPCI express wireless card
– New 4GB Kingston CF card
– m0n0wall v1.8.1 released

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Rident = our pfSense® software images with a new name

August 13, 2014

Our new Rident open-source firewall and router software, based on the pfSense® software, is now available.

It’s basically the same software that we’ve always offered, just with a new name and a new-ish look.

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The pfSense® software usage terms have changed

July 6, 2014

The pfSense® project was acquired last year by a US company called Electric Sheep Fencing LLC, and as a result the usage terms for the pfSense® software have changed.

We will be working over the next several weeks to ensure that our website is updated to comply with the new requirements.

We are pleased to begin offering our new range of Rident™ firewall and router software images for download, which are based on the pfSense® software and optimised for our hardware.

We apologise for any inconvenience or confusion caused.

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Update – June 2014

June 30, 2014

Follow along as we show you how to install the pfSense® software onto an APU board, using either the standard image from the pfSense® website or our Rident™ ready-made done-for-you images based on the pfSense® software.

Or download our ready-made Rident™ software images, based on the pfsense® software and optimised for the APU and net6501.

You can also sign up for email updates and support Voyage Linux.

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Download a ready-made “Rident” image for the APU and net6501

June 6, 2014

If you’re looking to install the pfSense® software on an APU 1 board, then you’ll probably be very interested in our new ready-made Rident™ O/S images.

Our images are based on the embedded image from the pfSense® website, but have three important differences to make your life even easier:
1. The ethernet ports are pre-assigned
2. It doesn’t hang during boot
3. It resets to our factory defaults

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