IPFire Optimization

On these pages you will find some suggestions and assistance to optimize IPFire. By optimization we mean customization to some special application. There will be no drawback by using the addons without these customizations.

• VIA Padlock (Crypto-engine)

• Ping-Messages off (ping still works but there will be no feedback)

• Alias on Red several IP´s on WAN-side

• SIP and SIP ALG (Application Level Gateway) optimize on internal network

• PPTP Passthrough, forwarding to a RAS server for VPN's

• IPSec VPN with Alias IP's on RED, definition of IP red0 as tunnel endpoint

• Add IPv6, Add IPv6 bridge

• energy savings with IPFire (activate energy savings)

• Customization of shm (virtueller memory)

• Creation of a RamDisk to use with SSD-cards or USB-Sticks.

• Hardware-clock with options for virtual systems
• Console-Hotkeys in the Shell
• PPTP-VPNs/GRE
• Youtube Performance improvement, when squidclamav and Proxy is used