pfSense

[mushtafa]

https://www.pfsense.org/

Many people run this? Is it worth the hassle of setup?

Worth the cost of a small emachines PC running 24/7? https://www.cnet.com/products/emach...tor-celeron-450-2-2-ghz-3-gb-320-gb-lcd-18-5/

I have a pi 2 model B with PiHole.

1. I assume pfsense wont run on the pi2?
2. pfsense and pfBlocker is better/more powerful than PiHole?
I want to block ads network wide and start to filter the network so it's child friendly. The tutorial video I watched for the pfBlocker looked very good. Just by adding the IP of my PC to the firewall rule would allow be full access still.

Thoughts?

 

[mushtafa]

Two different functions

I best continue with my reading. Obviously didn't understand it properly. I didn't realise it done so much.

 

[mushtafa]

Thanks all for the feedback. It looks as so a Microserver can run both pfSense and FreeNAS at the same time. This sounds very appealing.
Perhaps I'll go on the search for the Microserver first - wanted one for a while anyway

 

[mushtafa]

Yeah, have noticed that. It appears the Gen8 servers have doubled in price since I last looked at them!