Subj : Rabbit Hole Ahoy!
To   : Accession
From : Vorlon
Date : Sun Aug 04 2024 16:08:34


Hello Accession!

01 Aug 24 17:32, you wrote to DaiTengu:

 D>> I run pfSense for my router here at home, which is based on
 D>> FreeBSD. It's pretty easy to manage, but I don't think it has the
 D>> actual ports system, as they don't like non-pfsense packages being
 D>> installed.

 Ac> What kind of hardware do you run it on? I'm using an Asus RT-AX88U Pro
 Ac> currently, which is working fine with Merlin firmware. However, in the
 Ac> future, I may not want to spend upwards of $300 or more on a new
 Ac> router if I already have some decent hardware laying around I could
 Ac> use.

If you don't want to get hardware for it, or can handle the router being on your VM host.
There is this:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/virtualize-esxi.html#virtualizing-pfsense-with-vmware-vsphere-esxi


The only limitation is requiring two nic's on the server, and the server it's self having to be up for the internet to work.




Vorlon


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