Re:PfSense vs OPNsense: technical comparison
by dev_dull on Saturday June 30, 2018 @01:37PM
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I’m in a similar boat (ATT fiber) and really curious as well. I’ve considers pfsense with dual gigabit nic but honestly I’d rather have a dedicated box that can handle the routing and firewall features.
OpenWRT is standard for routers, you can even run it on x86 just fine, and unlike PFSense it won't shit a brick and sit in a broken state at console just because a secondary ethernet interface disappears.
PFSense really is targeted at the prosumer market. If your happy to haul a screen out on every upgrade or minor hardware change, PFSense is fine. Otherwise, going Openwrt is a solid choice as you can actually debug it remotely.
I started using pfSense on old hardware to get rid of Verizon's router, however I plan to replace it with a brand new box that will likely be $250-500.
I have gigabit FiOS coming into the ONT outside, and from there I get an Ethernet port that comes straight to the pfSense box. No Verizon router present at all.
Besides pfSense, what other open source options do I have to run a firewall that can handle gigabit ethernet with VPN? DD-WRT? Tomato?
Sure, I can setup a Debian box with iptables in my sleep, but pfSense is much nicer.