Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.11.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Always reliable, secure and easy
What do you like best about the product?
Open source, highly configurable yet not too difficult to learn
What do you dislike about the product?
Can't think of anything really, maybe a somewhat sluggish GUI sometimes...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It protects my network and allows powerful configurations for inbound and outbound access rights
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pfsense firewall for home
What do you like best about the product?
The best feature is the integrated pfblockerng add-on package. It handles both IP and DNS filtering with a wide range of easy to use customization. I especially like the ability to select from a large number of different IP and DNS feeds to meet my specific security needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
If you are a non-technical user, adding, setting up and using the more sophisticated network security software add-on packages have a steep learning curve. This is not unique to pfsense in any way.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Besides the basic requirements as a firewall, the ability to provide a fine level of control over ad and tracker blocking features (pfblockerng) makes it a perfect match for my needs.
Pfsense is the corner stone of open source enterprise firewalls
What do you like best about the product?
It is free and easy to anyone willing to apply themselves to and learn. The support is one of the best and the response is prompt.
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI and design could be modernized to compete with other same category of firewalls.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sometimes the firewall just won't respond and only had to be rebooted
Main firewall system, work great !
What do you like best about the product?
It provide a simple and user friendly interface, as well as a great security and fonctionnality panel.
With Pfsense we can provide our customer the best solution for their firewall.
With Pfsense we can provide our customer the best solution for their firewall.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only issue so far has been when upgrading from PfSense 2.4.5p1 to PfSense+ 22.05; we need to flash the appliance and restore from an older version which is not great for stability and reliability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us solve the lack of security and functionality of the internet provider modem/router and allows us to provide our customers access to their servers through VPN.
Secure, effective, and low maintenance firewall solution
What do you like best about the product?
Various plugins of relevant networking technologies.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing problematic using the system; some additional features might be helpful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Required a firwall and VPN solution for a research network segregated from the corporate network.
You Can Never Have Too Much Power Over Your Network
What do you like best about the product?
The amount of power and flexibility pfSense brings to your network is outstanding. The integrated VPN ability means connecting to my network from the outside is easy and doesn't require additional hardware. The complete control over how packets flow to and from the internet, and even across LANs; means I have control that lets me keep my network running efficiently and securely. If you're used to dealing with just the hardware your provider gives you, pfSense is a significant step up.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve can be a bit steep. pfSense doesn't make any assumptions, and you'll often have to tell it that you want traffic moving across LANs. It can all be a little daunting if you're not used to dealing with actual firewall configurations. But once you get over that hump, you'll find a level of control you didn't think was possible.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When my provider decided to add IPv6 to its stack, I found they provided inferior and limited options for routing it. An all or nothing firewall setting with port-forwarding that required you to specify the IP on both sides was a far cry from what it could do for IPv4. Plus they only wanted to route one subnet of the many they offered my connection. No such limitations with pfSense. I also wanted to prevent IoT devices from using external DNS services. pfSense allows me to force all connections to a DNS server to the ones on the local network. It also allows me to specify which IPs from the outside world get routed to which machine; very handy if you have two machines using the same port range and want provider A to hit one machine and provider B to hit another.
Great Firewall, Great support
What do you like best about the product?
The Open way of enhancing the system using packages
What do you dislike about the product?
the firewall has only a gui, there is no config language scripting on the console
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security and remote access to the office and cloud resources
pfSense for VPN
What do you like best about the product?
It's been very reliable and stable from the first day I configured and installed it in my home office network.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing I dislike about the product!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I need to have all my equipment show their network presence in a specific city and country. I have two appliances with pfSense installed, one that is resident and the other a traveller.
It just works
What do you like best about the product?
The freedom of options.
The versatility to host it on my own hardware, whether that's bear metal or even virtualized!
The ability to tweek additional setting that you don't usually find in a conventional router & make it work how I want it to.
The versatility to host it on my own hardware, whether that's bear metal or even virtualized!
The ability to tweek additional setting that you don't usually find in a conventional router & make it work how I want it to.
What do you dislike about the product?
I tried to think of something anoiying about pfSense but Nothing comes to mind.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Stability & options.
The only time pfSense stops working on me is when the electrons stop flowing (power outages). :-D
The choice of options is mine.
If there's a requirement needed, pfSense usually fills it.
VPNs have always been stable.
The only time pfSense stops working on me is when the electrons stop flowing (power outages). :-D
The choice of options is mine.
If there's a requirement needed, pfSense usually fills it.
VPNs have always been stable.
Great product with many easy to use tools
What do you like best about the product?
Extremely reliable and powerful and like the ability to use third party databases to block unwanted traffic.
What do you dislike about the product?
Definitely could better documentation, and yes I bought the book. We need a deeper dive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My wife and I both work from home and are on video calls most of the day and the reliability and throughput are fantastic.
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