Business Grade Router?

[aigomorla]

OP i can say this with a fact and full confidence..
I have never had to replace a Pfsense box unless it was because i wanted to downsize the power req, and upgrade for AES for future updates.

Meaning all the Pfsense boxes i have upgraded / replaced, i did while they still worked, and never because it broke.
Long time ago, i used to buy consumer routers, and they would constantly freeze, and lag, especially when i used to hammer them with torrents.
Those days are long gone after i started getting into Pfsense.
Pick the right hardware, put the right amount of ram you need and then overkill it some since its cheap, add a small SSD (32-64GB) and set up cacheing so your not downloading the same youtube video everytime, and well, you will got a firewall router which is more stable then the great wall of china.

 

[SamirD]

Really great info on pfsense. I knew they were stable, but that's an enterprise grade level of stable.

 

[sdifox]

While pfsense is great, it isn't exactly the easiest thing to set up. I still haven't played with it yet because of that.

Whut? If I can get it to work, everyone else on here should be able to xd

Best part for me is being able to turn on a few rules, flush state table and presto, no internet access for my kid, on ALL his devices.

 

[sdifox]

OP i can say this with a fact and full confidence..
I have never had to replace a Pfsense box unless it was because i wanted to downsize the power req, and upgrade for AES for future updates.

Meaning all the Pfsense boxes i have upgraded / replaced, i did while they still worked, and never because it broke.
Long time ago, i used to buy consumer routers, and they would constantly freeze, and lag, especially when i used to hammer them with torrents.
Those days are long gone after i started getting into Pfsense.
Pick the right hardware, put the right amount of ram you need and then overkill it some since its cheap, add a small SSD (32-64GB) and set up cacheing so your not downloading the same youtube video everytime, and well, you will got a firewall router which is more stable then the great wall of china.

eh? cacheing is not needed when you have unlimited data.

 

[sdifox]

"smb space"?

Small to Medium Business

 

[SamirD]

Whut? If I can get it to work, everyone else on here should be able to xd

Best part for me is being able to turn on a few rules, flush state table and presto, no internet access for my kid, on ALL his devices.

Oh, you haven't seen the type of 'everyone' out there, haha.

 

[SamirD]

eh? cacheing is not needed when you have unlimited data.

But it can be useful for regularly downloaded content. Internet latency is much worse than a lan.

 

[sdifox]

But it can be useful for regularly downloaded content. Internet latency is much worse than a lan.

Lol youtube, serious business.

 

[SamirD]

Lol youtube, serious business.

It can be with kids wanting to watch the same show while eating. They eat a lot, lol.

 

[sdifox]

It can be with kids wanting to watch the same show while eating. They eat a lot, lol.

I have two five year olds. I know.

 

[SamirD]

I have two five year olds. I know.

I don't have any and I still know! LOL!