Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Painless networking appliance
What do you like best about the product?
Pfsense is the most stable firewall appliance I have used. The UI makes it super easy to manage your networks and enables building advanced configuration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Realtek networking drivers could be better, although that's a freebsd issue more than pfsense
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Site to site vpn, vlan management
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Fast and reliable firewall appliance
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to configure
Reliable
Features
small footprint as a virtual appliance
Reliable
Features
small footprint as a virtual appliance
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing so far
easy to do administrattion.
easy to do administrattion.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
vpn access.
security of network
security of network
Best Open source Firewall Software
What do you like best about the product?
Installation is easy, setting up various interfaces is easy, especially on the GUI, and rules are quite direct. Basically, its an all-around firewall that even newbies in the network security field can work with. The learning curve is easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
am yet to know why DNS services have been failing to restart during reboot after an unplanned shutdown or after a power failure, which has been rampant in this small enterprise. But in all general, performance outweighs its cons
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's my basic routing software. My entire network security is built on it, packet segregation /traffic shaping is done there, setting VLANS, a captive portal for students' access
Mi experiencia es altamente grata. El software es muy estable, escalable.
What do you like best about the product?
La estabilidad y la cantidad de opciones que no requieren ningún tipo de pago por licenciamiento aportan muchísimo a las instituciones de educación y de investigación.
What do you dislike about the product?
Solamente en una ocasión tuvimos un inconveniente con un upgrade, pero aparte de eso no hay mucho que objetar, el software opera realmente bien en todos los ámbitos en que yo lo he usado.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Firewall, NAT, VLAN, DHCP, DNS, OpenVPN, IPSEC, CARP. La gestión es muy fácil, los backups se pueden modificar y adaptar a otros esquemas de configuración cuando es necesario migrar. Opera casi sobre cualquier hardware y es el tuneo es fácil de hacer y hay mucha documentación.
Excellent firewall based on BDS, exceeds all my expectations
What do you like best about the product?
Traffic shaper is very easy and useful, create vpn, nat is very simple for small offices or businesses.
What do you dislike about the product?
Official hardware is complicated to acquire outside the USA, I recommend pfsense in México and the carebean for simplicity,
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In America Latina is a cheaper option whit all professional capabilities to try keep a secure network in educational and government environments because other solutions like CISCO or Fortinet are more expensive and require licenses. Psense is an excelent solution for installations in remote areas, is very easy to training personal to keep working the network.
An exceptional option for home use/small business
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is highly customizable and can be configured to meet a diverse set of needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the documentation or tool tips in different parts of the GUI is not the clearest.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense having built-in support for dynamic DNS with a variety of providers and support for Let's Encrypt has simplified a lot of my management for my home network.
Rock-solid, Practically Perfect Performance; No other software is that good
What do you like best about the product?
Its reliability. I *never* worry about upgrades.
What do you dislike about the product?
Resistance from third parties who insist on a totally commercial product like Sonicwall for something like an IPsec VPN. Maybe provide tested configs for users?
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has helped me provide a couple of additional gateways in a thrice when needed. And without killing my already paltry budget.
Excellent all-in-one network firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Mainly since my job nature I have to provide my customers with value-for-money solutions, pfsense helps me on that. pfsense is a complete all-in-one network security solution that offers great features at a lower cost compared to other solutions from Fortinet or Juniper.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would recommend pfSense do a solution or SW release for cluster management for the customers that need to manage multiple networks from a single location.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For many things, the setup is easy and allows flexible architecture. the smooth operation due to the reliability of the software. and the high-security measurements of pfSense software.
pfSense review
What do you like best about the product?
Give me all the functions what i need for free.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no such thing what i not like, all are good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Good firewall, manage inside networks and secure vpn from outside
Been using pfSense for 10 years and still love it!
What do you like best about the product?
Simple and yet powerful user interface where you can configure very granular things but still the user interface is as simple as a commercial of the shelf router
What do you dislike about the product?
Some features are a bit hard to configure. I don't blame pfSense for it but rather my lack of knowledge.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves all my routing needs, even with a high-speed internet connection. I can setup VLANs, VPNs etc without having to pay for expensive licenses.
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