Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.11.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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A firewall that delivers
What do you like best about the product?
The opensource nature of the software solution
What do you dislike about the product?
The time it will take for a new person to learn it. But that is true for all software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense solves a firewall issue with Comcast Business (CB), where their firewall solution is inferior. The pfSense firewall is very mature and offers better TCP/IP traffic control than CB.
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It's been fantastic
What do you like best about the product?
Easy upgrades great, community support.
Quick and easy to setup, and manage.
Quick and easy to setup, and manage.
What do you dislike about the product?
UI could maybe use an update. Mobile friendly specificly.
No official Mobile app.
No official Mobile app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Find uses for old hardware and easy to replace if hardware breaks.
More customizable than ISP router.
More customizable than ISP router.
Best open source firewall
What do you like best about the product?
The best about pfsense is that it is a mature application , which runs under FreeBSD , what causes it to have better networking stack than Linux . It allows packet defragmenting , and can integrate wich other useful packages such as OpenVPN, Suricata , Snort, DNS , DHCP , etc. I like I can connect two ISPs and use both at the same time , expanding my bandwidth and/or use as a backup ISP. Don't loose internet connectivity again !
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to criticize . Some argue that being FreeBSD is different than Linux , that may some feel intimidated by this . But I don't think is something to dislike .
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Firewall , multi wan and vpn and dns and dhcp and security scan using suricata. I use in a solid state appliance mini itx which is always on 24x7 with DC UPS which is always on
Run 8 casinos and hotels exclusively on pfSense
What do you like best about the product?
pdSense saves our company tens of thousands of dollars each year. It runs flawlessly on our VMware clusters and I've never had an outage in the 7 years I've ran it.
What do you dislike about the product?
The main downside is that almost everyone gives you a weird look when you tell them you're not spending $20K a year on Fortigate or PA licenses. A lot of people think pfSense is for home or small businesses that don't take security seriously. I kindly remind them that the NSA was caught once hiding a back door in Juniper's devices.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reliable and fast firewalls for our corporate and public WiFi networks.
We use OpenVPN+Radius+Duo for free and secure VPN services for our employees. We use IPSec for Site to Site VPN tunnels to connect our multi-state properties together.
We use OpenVPN+Radius+Duo for free and secure VPN services for our employees. We use IPSec for Site to Site VPN tunnels to connect our multi-state properties together.
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
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.
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.
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