pfsense

I have a Supermicro C2758 running PFSense as my main router, on gigabit fiber with an OpenVPN server. It's been freaking amazing since I deployed it and I just assumed I could keep it going forever. I was totally out of the loop on all the discussions of the Atom C2000 AVR54 bug that renders...

Hello, I've always ever had a single wireless router in my environment, but as I get into servers that start to serve larger amounts of data and have insecure Internet of Things devices in my network, I think it's time to get into VLAN capable switches and a pfSense firewall. I don't think I...

I am currently using a unraid server with a pfsense VM to provide internet to my network following spaceinvaderone's pfsense tutorials ive managed to get everything working splendidly except for one last piece to my puzzle. I also have a pfsense bare metal install which have built the box for...

Hey everyone, I have this dual gigabit adapter (3 of them actually) based on a realtek rtl 8111h with a price switch onboard. You can find this at SYBA Multimedia 2-Port Ethernet PCIe x1 Card - Newegg.com In short, I'd like to get this to work on pfsense and nothing I seem to do including...

Hi Guys, I already said it here, but I'm relatively new to networking and I'm learning by doing. I read about VLAN's, trunks, layer 2 & layer 3 switches and I do kind of understand the basics. I want to work on a project and I'm kind of stuck by planning the configuration of the Cisco SG200-26...

Hey all, I am looking for some guidance on my home network rebuild. Here are some details: I have a 400/20 mbit cable connection to the house My house is a ~1600sqft (i think) ranch with drywall and unfinished full basement All rooms are wired with cat5/6 I use a WNDR3700 with openwrt on it...

Hey Everyone, I'm hoping to gather some opinions / experience for or against replacing my Watchguard XTM5 running pfSense with a Juniper SRX345. I'm sure some of you are running a combo of these at home and work. What pain points would I have? Some considerations, - SRX345 has no active...

I recently installed pfSense on a dedicated box with an i7-6700 and an I350-T4. Web browsing from a connected client is surprisingly sluggish/unresponsive. My previous router -- a ubiquiti ER-X -- felt snappier. Can anyone recommend a good benchmark for comparing the performance of these two...

I find this interesting old article : https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-sys-5018a-ltn4-review-low-power-networking-appliance/ Really wonder if its still worthy in 2019 to grab Supermicro SYS-5018A-LTN4 for the last version of Pfsense ?

I am considering using a Dell Poweredge R210 II as an opnsense firewall for my work lab. How much should this be able to handle of plain routing, vpn (ipsec? openvpn), ids etc. It has 16GB ram and a Xeon e3-1220 (4 core 3.1Ghz w/aes-ni) -jannis

so i need to pick the brains of the network gurus out there. I have an ATT fiber at home with 8 static IP block with 5 usable. I have two ESXI hosts that run home services and dev lab. I setup a third esxi host to be used for external services (minecraft/blog, etc). I have the ATT modem setup...

First post, so be gentle :) I am investigating a firewall solution that would enable me to have a large number of interfaces / VLANs behind a firewall. My current go-to solution is pFSense, however due to some limitations of how the pfsense was written the system is mostly unable to deal with...

I'm putting together my home lab, which includes (but isn't limited to) two r610s (Hosts A & B), each with 8 NICs, vSphere 6.7 and one 3750g. I've got both vCenter and pfSense VMs running, but have done only minimal configuration to each. At the moment, there is a cable running from my Pace...

Considering building a pfsense or opnsense box for home use. 500/500 fiber connection. would like decent performance with suricata, vpn ++ Been looking at the mbt-4220 system for $199, but they don’t ship to Norway, and I’m not sure how much vpn performance I’d get. 2Gb ram is also not much, if...

I have a new i5-7200u barebone firewall appliance. This system is barebones which means it does not come with memory. However, I will throw in a 128GB mSATA SSD. It's identical to the Protectli "FW6C – 6 Port Intel® i5" 6x Intel 82583V 1G NICS 2x DDR4 SODIMM Slots (No memory inclulded) 1 x...

I'm working on a new pfSense build to replace a SuperMicro 1U D525 build (which of course, doesn't have AES-NI support and will therefore be incompatible with future pfSense releases). I've decided on the SuperMicro SC505-203B as the case because of the front facing I/O. Comes with a PSU...

Hello there, So I’ve been a tech enthusiast for years and have aquired most of my technical knowledge from having to fix things for friends and family members as the need arises. I’ve recently started looking into ways to build a more secure/convient home network with a lot of salavged...

Finally getting around to selling this. I'm sure everyone is pretty familiar with this system. It was my main home server for near three years and would be an excellent NAS or home router: Supermicro | Products | SuperServers | 1U | 5018A-TN4 Importantly, I had it sent to Supermicro already...

Does anyone have any experience creating a VPN server in Google Compute? And can lend a hand? Note: I'm not referring to the VPN server offer that Google Compute provides, rather rolling my own. It is more cost effective to use an "always free" f1-micro VM instance + pay for network egress...

As an experiment, I set up a pfSense VM in ESXi 6.5 to connect an isolated virtual network to my server's NIC. It worked very well for that purpose, and I eventually started using it as an OpenVPN endpoint. Now I'd like to ditch my Linksys E4200 for a small, dedicated pfSense box that can act as...