Windows 10: pfsense

I need to setup pfsense in the VMware workstation pro. But I cant able to do it. How can I do that?

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Pfsense Box or to not.

So you are changing to a dedicated firewall box because you are changing service providers?

I am not following your reason for switching.

pfSense has a full featured web GUI, once you get the box loaded and running you will want to do ALL of the maitenence from the GUI...


I have been using pfsense for years both at home and business, and its amazing.

I played with openWRT/tomato and found they lacked the robustness that pfsense offers, as well as the functionality/quality that a dedicated box offers as well.

You do not need gigabit cards in the pfsense box since your internet connection will not be coming close to 100MB/s *Wink


TBH though pfsense is overkill for running in any home location unless you hapen to be hosting/storing something someone might be interested in.... and odds are you are not.

You could save power/time/money and just use a regular router and still be fine.

Though if you still feel the need for a dedicated box pfsense is about the best you are going to get.

 

Pfsense Box or to not.

One of my co-workers suggested that I try out Pfsense on an old box of mine and throw out my old router. And so I have just ordered 2 PCI Cat6 ports for the AMD64 3700+ box. Which I am told is complete overkill, but ah well.

I was wondering if anyone out there knows of other solutions like Pfsense, or the smoothwall type variant and can make a recommendation for ease of setup and performance? I am planning on using a generic gigabit switch to backup to the box for setting connections for several devices, as well as potentially adding a subnet wireless router for a wifi connection. I am very fortunate in that most of my solutions are wired or have a 3G connection at the moment.

Whats causing this switch is reviews Docsis 3.0 has been getting, and the fact that my otherwise trust ATT service's pings have gone from amazing(sub 60ms) to terrible(250+) when playing most games. As my iphone would suggest when looking for a wireless connection, it's because almost all of my neighbors have switched to ATT. So I am switching back to comcast and going to pickup my own Docsis 3.0 modem.

 

Question about PfSense

I recommend having a decent system that has proper VT extensions (P4 is NOT going to work) and running a tier 1 hypervisor like esxi/hyper-v-server and having the VMs not rely on a bottlenecking full host OS like running them on virtualbox. be sure to, if you are going to offer wireless services through a WLAN adapter, that you should use a USB WLAN or an intel card. Onboard based (nvidia/atheros/realtek built in) will not work with some hypervisors and linux distros and may have issues with hypervisors. I recommend Intel for a wired card and consulting the PFsense recommended hardware list for the WLAN card. Recommended Wireless Hardware | pfSense Documentation PFsense seems to be good for some onboards like atheros, however the hypervisor might not allow it to work.