pfsense/opnsense

The1nonly1 · 13 Jan 2024 at 19:44

Making the switch to one of these but still undecided yet. Most reviews between them just seem to come back to the opsnese.com domain fiasco from 2017 which isn't a major influence on my decision. Other things I read about are that Netgate as a whole is just a toxic company and their support forums can be the same.

What choice did you go with?

EDIT: I removed my comment about bare metal v Proxmox after more reading.

The1nonly1 · 13 Jan 2024 at 21:01

Thanks. I removed my comment about bare metal v Proxmox after more reading. I'm not going to run anything else on this other than the router so likely go bare metal. I'm leaning more towards Opnsense.

The1nonly1 · 13 Jan 2024 at 22:17

FreeStream said:
Used to be pfsense but the shenanigans put me off them.

I'm reading a lot about these and the company as a whole.

The1nonly1 · 14 Jan 2024 at 13:51

I've deciced on opnsense as I prefer the look of the gui. Still undecided on bare metal or proxmox route but may use it. I have a dell opitplex 5050, i5 6500, 8Gb ram and 120Gb m.2. Got a 4 port Intel gigabit NIC on the way also (and have a switch). Proxmox would allow me to move pi-hole onto that machine and free up my Pi 3 for something else.