Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Excellent FW and Excellent Support 24x7
What do you like best about the product?
Its rock solid! Based on the latest FreeBSD and updated PHP version. Never had a problem, and to top it all, it now features ZFS for multiple boot enviroments!
What do you dislike about the product?
We need more Tutorials on YouTube to get more people up-to-speed and therefore adopt pfSense a lot quicker!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As a system administrator, there are many tasks and always less money to accomplish projects. By having pSense, I get peace of mind.
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Set it and forget it
What do you like best about the product?
I bought a Netgate device because of the pfSense support and small footprint. And I wanted to run pfSense because I needed more options than a regular router provides plus, I wanted something that would run uninterrupted for months and years without needing to be restarted. Netgate + pfSense provided all for a very competitive price.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't think of any downsides off the top of my head. Maybe the price of the appliances compared to off-the-shell routers? But then again, you are getting better quality hardware IMO.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I don't need to run my VPN on a separate device anymore, which is great, and I can fine-tune my DNS and HDCP settings for each device with absolute control. I can also segregate devices into a guest network which increases my security.
Better protection and good netgate support
What do you like best about the product?
Open source and inbuilt IPS/IDS system. Also Firewall rule are easy to manage
What do you dislike about the product?
Max bandwidth is around 5GB. Should support a complete 10G network.
Also, Alias should support wildcard domains like *.google.com for whitelisting.
Also, Alias should support wildcard domains like *.google.com for whitelisting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cost-effective solution and ease of use.
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
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
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