Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Trouble free over the last 10+ years of using pfSense
What do you like best about the product?
Wide community support, easy to use interface and a variety of supported hardware.
If ever i get stuck theres a massive support base due to its popularity out world wide
If ever i get stuck theres a massive support base due to its popularity out world wide
What do you dislike about the product?
Very little. I guess the price of the hardware is a little bit much but ither than that im super happy with pfSense overall.
Maybe more package support perhaps ?
Currently zabbix 6.2 isn't supported.
Lack of sync options across multiple firewalls. For wxample would be nice if i could sync a firewall alias across mutilple internal pfsense machines, but again this is super edge case stuff
Maybe more package support perhaps ?
Currently zabbix 6.2 isn't supported.
Lack of sync options across multiple firewalls. For wxample would be nice if i could sync a firewall alias across mutilple internal pfsense machines, but again this is super edge case stuff
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its been the backbone of all my networks for 10 or more years. I use it both at home and on the corporate network that i administer. It aolves a lot of our issues internally by adding a layer of seperation between our separtments and its super easy to configure
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Greatest, Most Reliable, Open Source Network Tool
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense, and its packages are incredibly reliable. It's quick backup/restore of the config file (for package data also) is incredibly useful and helpful. The BSD base also allows for great integration and customization. I work in the IT industry and have never come across a better piece of software.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's honestly nothing bad about this software, maybe the occasional bug, but all software have them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It offers feature-rich enterprise-level solutions for home and lab setups. It allows me to utilize, and tinker, with features I wouldn't normally have access to in a straightforward and simple-enough manner that doesn't require hours of config time.
PfSense es mi primera opción de solución a implementar
What do you like best about the product?
Es una solucion facil de implementar y que casi nunuca presenta problemas, casi nunca, y eso es muy bueno, como solucion accesible que es practicamente gratis.
What do you dislike about the product?
Tiene una dificultad con la configuracion basica del NAT para publicar paginas web, aunque es sencillo, requiere necesariamente una IP publica exclusiva por cada subdominio cuando es un sistema separado al prinicipal domino, aunque una alternativa es con puertos... y no cuenta con un medidor de ancho de banda como el speedtest
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Soluciona problemas de repartir el servicio de internet entre los usuarios (invitados, empleados, jefes y administradores de sistemas) con un muy buen control de ancho de banda, rangos de IP y DHCP; la publicación mediante NAT para paginas web de manera simple; y se puede monitorear en tiempo real el uso de ancho de banda
Super reliable, super simple, super capable. Really just super.
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to configure. Updates do not break features or reliability. Easy to create limited-access users. Certificate management is very easy. Tons of functionality.
What do you dislike about the product?
No API. High availability setup after a unit is already set up and running for a while is not smooth. Certificate management could use a bulk action interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The rich feature set and easy setup makes it ideal for QA labs. The reliability and speed make it great for production. Having one affordable product that can do both means much easier management.
Simply amazing, is the best open source and community driven firewall
What do you like best about the product?
To be able to use OpenVPN with other VPN providers without restrictions or constraints.
What do you dislike about the product?
If I had to point a thing, I would say that it needs more Packages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It replaced completely a fortinet appliance! And has the benefits of cost reduction for my company!
Amazing routing and security even for noobs
What do you like best about the product?
I am not an IT professional and my needs were mostly about making my home network secure, but also ensuring that my business access was not impacted as a work from home professional.
What do you dislike about the product?
It took a bit of time to get up to speed as this is significantly more technical than a router setup. However, that said, documentation, wiki and forum support were amazing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
-isolating my guest network
-vlans for my kids controlling web access and time of use
-blocking ads and explicit sites
-more administrator control
-network logging
-vlans for my kids controlling web access and time of use
-blocking ads and explicit sites
-more administrator control
-network logging
Excellent Firewall Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Open source and secure. It is also very easy to use and maintain. Added packages make it that much more robust as far as services it can provide.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really can't think of any downsides to this product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I was looking for a stable firewall that could provide ISP failover as well as remote vpn. Rule base was very easy to create as well
pfSense is safety and productivity
What do you like best about the product?
Using pfSense we took control of what come in and go out to/from our net, controlling the access and monitoring malicious connection trial and attacks.
Firewalling, multiples WAN combined, Captive Portal are great resources, as is OpenVPN too. The Negate user forum is very helpful.
Firewalling, multiples WAN combined, Captive Portal are great resources, as is OpenVPN too. The Negate user forum is very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is not exactly about what I dislike, is about a frustration: pfSense requires a high knowledge to setup it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Considering the high increase of home office work, we were able to easily connect our workers and, in a safe manner, share information among us, using OpenVPN. Also, for security, we adopt multiples WAN connections, and pfSense makes possible to share and balance them. Firewall rules, using aliases, turn easy to control what comes and goes from/to the Internet.
pfSense - Reliable, fast, KISS, swiss army knife firewall
What do you like best about the product?
One of the issues I like about pfSense is that Netgate keeps supporting all the hardware regardless of age. We live in a regulated environment where, if the hardware or software goes into End-of-Life, we are forced to upgrade to newer hardware/software. With pfSense, we can rest assured that as long as the solution meets our needs, we can keep using the same platform for years to come.
What do you dislike about the product?
non-Netgate hardware is not updated as frequently as pfSense running on Netgate hardware.
pfSense is NOT available on the Google Cloud Platform, as it is on Azure and AWS.
pfSense is NOT available on the Google Cloud Platform, as it is on Azure and AWS.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many problems.
1. VPN Wireguard and OpenVPN implementation is easy to set up and so reliable.
2. Very flexible DNS options that support every imaginable environment.
3. Geo-blocking
4. Super easy upgrade process
5. Just restore the configuration backup and voila everything is reconfigured as before, including all the software packages.
6. Simple easy-to-use interfaces for Suricata and Snort.
7. Handles high-capacity bandwidth with ease.
8. Hardware requirements are minimal.
9. Zabbix monitoring support.
10. Support for Lets Encrypt
11. Available at AWS and Azure.
1. VPN Wireguard and OpenVPN implementation is easy to set up and so reliable.
2. Very flexible DNS options that support every imaginable environment.
3. Geo-blocking
4. Super easy upgrade process
5. Just restore the configuration backup and voila everything is reconfigured as before, including all the software packages.
6. Simple easy-to-use interfaces for Suricata and Snort.
7. Handles high-capacity bandwidth with ease.
8. Hardware requirements are minimal.
9. Zabbix monitoring support.
10. Support for Lets Encrypt
11. Available at AWS and Azure.
pfSense is THE solution for SMB and Small SaaS Providers
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is a free solution by the packet masters at Netgate. It has more features than any single system is likely to use and has professional Netgate support available. It is regularly updated and (after RTFM :) easy to us, assuming you have some understanding of network layers.
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation does not always keep up with upgrades.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense allows us unlimited VPC (Virtual Private Clouds) environments in our data center. This allows us to offer complete infrastructure and disaster recovery to our clients.
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