Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.11.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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PFsense, Is one of the firewalls that has best adapted to my entire work
What do you like best about the product?
I like the adaptability and ease of use, as well as the great community that supports it
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have any bad reviews. On the contrary, it is a robust tool.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves my network security problems. In addition to facilitating the efficient administration of the resources of my work environment
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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.
Powerful and user friendly
What do you like best about the product?
I value being able to run sophisticated software in an easy to use interface. It's constantly being developed and the support is top notch in the rare event that I need to use it.
What do you dislike about the product?
Debugging the firewall policies can be difficult as there is no great real time tool to do so. Finding the offending rule is a especially a challenge with the dynamic block lists.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Securing our office's internet access. We block users from being able to go to questionable destinations, which mitigate the risk of downloading malware and participating in bot nets
LAN/WAN Manager
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use, price, availability, and features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing I dislike, but if you need something...maybe a more modern GUI
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem is hardware availability and with pfSense they have equipment in stock
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
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