Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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I think it’s solid open source code
What do you like best about the product?
I trust PF sense open source security and appreciate how the software lets you customize your settings.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a hard learning curve, but I really don't dislike anything about this.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
PfSense is helping me manage my network and giving me peace of mind with network security
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Great VPN router, dual WAN, and FireWall, all in one machine.
What do you like best about the product?
VPN router, dual WAN, and free FireWall.
What do you dislike about the product?
Price in USD. We are in Canada and would like to have a fixed price.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nothing but benefits. Getting rid of the basic ISP router, using an open-source FireWall...
pfSense is the foundation
What do you like best about the product?
I find pfSense to be well-supported and easy to work with after a short and pleasant learning period. I like not having to keep track of feature licenses.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like even more add-ins. I'd like a per-incident paid support option.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense provides a secure and extensible firewall for serious home and small business networks. pfSense delivers a foundation for building secure and manageable networks.
Very good product and support
What do you like best about the product?
Very simple firewall when you need something to do basic security between subnets, but can also offer more complex features when needed through addins. Open source means frequent updates and bug fixes and this is probably one of the best supported open source products available.
What do you dislike about the product?
Very little that I dislike. Some addins can be a bit complex with little documentation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense allows me to separate my production and test network as much as possible while still allowing very particular traffic through between them.
Great firewall software
What do you like best about the product?
PFsense is very easy to setup and maintain, there are very helpful descriptions for most settings and there is a large community supporting it as well. I have found it much easier to use and navigate than competitors like Watch Guard.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unfortunatly software updates will occasionally brick the firewall and require a reinstall. If you are using netgate hardware such as a sg-3100 then there might not be a removable drive and if there becomes a hardware issue then you are probably sunk unless you can get to a shell to copy the file off of it. It would be nice if the updates were more reliable and if there was at least an mSATA or SATA DOM installed or even a small M.2 so you could get the config file off if the something happened to the hardware.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
At home I needed something capable of VLANS, multiple interfaces and a open source firewall I could learn and trust to protect my home network from my homelab. At work we are able to use it to connect clients to their servers in our datacenter with ease. The OpenVPN is fairly reliable and easy to troubleshoot when it doesn't work. Everything is easy to setup so we don't have to have only one person manageing/setting up and doing all things pfsense whichs saves time for our techincal director.
Best network appliance you will ever need
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and big community of users to help you do anything you can think of
What do you dislike about the product?
You need to understand that it's not as any other router you know and there is a Linux operating system below that gui. It helps if you know a bit of Linux
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
No problems now but the wireguard vpn issue before. I hope that it's fixed by now.
A Great High-Performance Full-Feature Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Great VPN support for connecting in a mixed vendor environment. High-performance throughput for a reasonable price. No subscription fees.
What do you dislike about the product?
The web interface looks dated, but it works. I was surprised when I discovered it was responsive and worked well from a phone.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We struggled with supporting VPN connectivity to multiple vendors' products. pfSense has options for connecting with all the different protocols without being buried with subscription or licensing fees.
feature complete and super reliable
What do you like best about the product?
It is rock solid and super reliable. That isn't enough though, you still need enough features to complete the task. pfSense is loaded with every feature I can wish for from a router.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I dislike most is that they refuse to post download links for firmware. You literally have to open a support ticket and wait for them to send you a link, it is ridiculous.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many commercial routers are ridiculously overpriced, but pfSense is free. Even if you decide to spend on a big commercial router, then you still have to pay annualy for updates. pfSense security updates are free.
Top tier enterprise hardware and support
What do you like best about the product?
Pfsense allows us to use standard deployment and automation tools to quickly configure firewalls. We also love that it's based on FreeBSD so we can leverage the vast package repositories available there for monitoring and security enhancements.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the corporate nonsense where they aired their dirty laundry publicly wasn't very becoming of an enterprise hardware and software vendor.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We deploy hundreds of routers to offices and branch-offices and want to track traffic statistics as well as IDS/IPS statistics. The Pfsense doesn't limit us to whatever single tool they decide to provide... we leverage FreeBSD packages for custom solutions.
Network security
What do you like best about the product?
Netgate router with small footprint but fully customizable firewall solution available for home security.
What do you dislike about the product?
Pfsense is advanced firewall and requires network knowledge. There should be additional utility provided for default configuration.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network security, deployment of virtual lans.
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