All,
some history first...
I have been using Gargoyle as my router firmware for several years now until I wanted to use 802.11r/v/w/k and it does not really support that yet. So, I decided to move to OpenWRT (which I did) and was happy with the move except that I also decided to move most of my non WiFi network services onto a separate router (PXE booting, DHCP, DDNS, DNS, etc...), pfSense was the software I picked for that and I got an HP T620 to use as my platform for the pfSense install. So far, all is good.
The more I have read the more I feel a bit put off by Netgate and their attitude towards open source and their community edition users as well independent consultants that support deployment of pfSense. Indeed, I do think the OPNsense community is far more oriented towards the goals of an open source project than pfSense is.
So here is where I stand. For the moment I have almost 90% completed the standing up of my pfSense box on my refurbished HP T620 thin client. I need to do a few more things to it, then I can turn off all the services I use on OpenWRT and leave my APs to be just APs and leave network services (and routing) to be handled by pfSense . I want my APs to be just commodity hardware I can replace with little configuration or disruption to my network should I choose to do so in the future (granted, I'll select future routers that are just as easily able to run OpenWRT as my current Linksys routers, maybe even again Linksys routers too). At some point my N and AC routers will get upgraded to AX routers.
Once my pfSense box is fully stable I will download the latest OPNsense and install it into a VM on my ProxMox server and take a closer look at its capabilities. I do like the idea of more frequent updates and I need to see if it can provide me with the same basic functions I am now using within pfSense. I am open minded about OPNsense and if it can be a good choice for me, I will use it. One question that I am curious about is, how difficult is it to perform a transfer of configuration parameters from pfSense to OPNsense?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart