Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Long time user, steep learning curve but probably the best router/firewall distro out there.
What do you like best about the product?
Complex but caters faor a lot of use cases, definitely worth your time if you are concerned about the security of your network. I've been using it since it was monowall :)
What do you dislike about the product?
It really could be more user friendly, not everyone has the time (unless you're a professional) to learn it which is a pity since it really is heads and shoulders above what your typical home/SOHO router can do.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Site to site VPN is my main use, I wish the setup was more user friendly but as it is it works pretty well.
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Got tech support like you were a fortune 500 !
What do you like best about the product?
Their products are affordable for remote workers/SME who want to cover their network security needs. If you have a problem with an update, you open a ticket and their support team will quickly contact you the same day to help you solve the problem. They are knowledgeable and friendly people you can trust.
What do you dislike about the product?
Technical support is in English only. For some people this can be overwhelming.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is an easy-to-deploy firewall that reduces attacks on your network and the resulting loss of productivity.
Easy to use and works perfect!
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and has many excellent features and addons.
What do you dislike about the product?
VPN has stopped working for a short while but has been fixed in a recent update.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VPN from site to site and having it be a secure connection, website blocking and also cache most used sites and downloads saving bandwidth and internet speed.
pfSense is the center of my home network!
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense has apllowed me to take full control of my home network. I consider myself an advanced user and the software offers all the tools required for me to configure, monotor and secure my home network. Snort, pfBlockNG, Ubound and even NTOP. All great tools to take control.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish the hardware of some of lower end firewalls was more reliable. Ive had a number of failures due to disk corruption and probably trying to get more out of the product than the hardware was designed to handle.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security monitoring, VPN for all my devices, networking
Full option Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
the GUI is user friendly and contain descriptions to help pfsense administrator
What do you dislike about the product?
I have a Netgate 6100 but I feel like the system work a bit slowly
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it improved the security in my network, I can manage very easyly user authorisation and authentication now and remote VPN connection.
Great product with prompt support
What do you like best about the product?
Stable product, running without issues for more thant 10 years.
The documentation is very good.
We recently migrated to an appliance with pfSense+ and needed to contact the product support. They solved the problem in few minutes.
The documentation is very good.
We recently migrated to an appliance with pfSense+ and needed to contact the product support. They solved the problem in few minutes.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only issue we had was the difficulty updating pfSense+ due to a recently installed interface, and that cost us a lot of time trying to find the problem ourselves. This would be unnecessary if there was any warning that this happened when changing hardware. The positive part is that after contacting product support the issue was resolved within minutes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connecting several VLANs to the Internet with separate NAT rules for each, Firewall, DHCP server, Virtual IP addresses, DNS resolver, NTP server.
Additionally, we're preparing the deployment of a new pfSense in a High Availability configuration.
Additionally, we're preparing the deployment of a new pfSense in a High Availability configuration.
Fast, reliable, confident
What do you like best about the product?
Really easy to use, good documentation, great support!
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing! All is working well. VPN are really easy to configure and use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure connection PTP to branches and personal to our dislocated personnel.
Fast response!
What do you like best about the product?
Support responded within 10mins to my email
What do you dislike about the product?
Incremental updates do not always work properly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure firewall
Bricked device 1100
What do you like best about the product?
Raised a ticket in the early hours after a software fault. pfSense support responded with a solution within 30mins! didn't expect support out of hours, really impressed
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing so far. The software and support has been great
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing open-source cost-effective solution that scale and provides flexibility for my needs as a home user. It also makes sense environmentally that their software can be updated unlike vendor routers that are thrown away after a time
Beste firewall/router ever
What do you like best about the product?
The best about PFSense is the capabilities it has en how it has implented them. It's all quite straightforward, even if you have little knowledge about firewalls.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interface can be slow as soon as you haven't setup DNS properly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm using PFSense for it's amazing routing and firewall capabilities. Setting up 4 internet connections on 1 device, using loadbalancing, is easy to achieve!
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