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  1. R

    Fixed Wireless LTE pfSense router

    I will be moving within the next month and a fixed LTE provider will be my best internet option. I will be using at&t since the have numerous towers in my area with multiple band options allowing me the ability to aggregate them. My question pertains to compatibility between three products for...
  2. Julio Urquidi

    QNAP Updates Entry-Level Rackmount NASes, Adds pfSense VM

    QNAP updated its TS-x32XU line of SMB-level rack-mounted NASes. Available in 4-bay, 8-bay or 12-bay models, with single or redundant power supplies, these refreshed NASes are powered by a new 64-bit Alpine AL-324 ARMv8 Cortex-A57 quad-core 1.7 GHz processor by Annapurna Labs, and DDR4 memory...
  3. C

    VLAN traffic coming in on the wrong interface

    I know vlan tagging is not really officially supported, but figured I'd ask here if anyone has had the same issue as me... I have a 2 NIC pfsense box, with the lan interface having 2 extra vlans, 4 (10.0.0.1/24) and 5. I have an Asus RT-ac3100 in AP mode with asuswrt-merlin running on it and am...
  4. OGroteKoning

    DIY Router with pfsense and fibrex

    So, because I was advised by Merlin and others on here to get a more powerful router … I got myself one of those HP 8200 SFF elite PCs and thought - build a router! It is way overkill but, for a reason. What I want to do is have a router that can manage multiple VPN connections without losing...
  5. B

    Running out of PCIe Slots

    Hi guys, So I'm finally getting parts for my PFSense box but I have encounter a bump on the way which I can't figure out what to do about it. So my motherboard has the following PCI Slots: 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 1 x PCI I need 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 for Wi-Fi NIC Cards as one will be for...
  6. B

    Building a decent PC for VPN - Is this any good ?

    Hi All, I have issues with VPN speeds as many people on the forum do and yes I have tried switching to different countries but it doesn't work very well unfortunately as well as buying another router and all those “VPN” advertised routers are crap because they have crappy processors and even if...
    • BarQ
    • Thread
    • pfsense vpn
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: VPN
  7. K

    Home Firewall for 1Gb fiber feed

    I would greatly appreciate any suggestions for a home firewall that can handle 1 Gbs fiber to the house. My current setup is a Zyxel USG 20 to a Cisco Sg500 switch. I have two ports free on the SG500 for uplinks (I use only one, but I can run LAG if needed - though this seems extreme a 1...
    • KeithM
    • Thread
    • cisco rv-430 opnsense pfsense ubiquiti er-4 untangle
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Routers
  8. XabiX

    Your recommendations on my Home network architecture

    Hello SNB friends, I have been reading a lot around but most of the time, I don't find a similar network to get the best ideas on how to setup my home network. Usually companies will have a network architect and security guru that would be able to help :) Here is what I had in mind: The...
  9. sfx2000

    pfSense 2.4 upgrade...

    Now that 2.4 is out... Seems good, no issues with the upgrade, but this is netgate hardware... Rolling change from 2.3.3 to 2.4... https://pastebin.com/i2RCThSe
  10. JustinDevelops

    rt-ac68u Guest Wireless in AP not restricting access to LAN

    I have been using ASUS-Merlin on my rt-ac68u for a few years with almost no issues. The past year I have been using Guest Wireless with 'intranet' access disabled. That has also been working great. Yesterday I implemented an PFSense firewall/router device in front of my ac68u (ac68u has dhcp/wan...
  11. Pablo

    VLANs, DHCP, pfSense - Clients cannot get internet access

    Hi, I've been fighting with this for a couple of days. I have a pfSense router with a VLAN4 defined on the LAN interface tagged with id "4". That port is connected to port 1 on the router. My goal is to have a wlan on vlan4. This is how I have configured it: robocfg vlan 4 ports "1t 8t"...
  12. sfx2000

    [pfSense] - 2.3.4 released 04 May 2017

    Announcement here https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-2-3-4-release-now-available.html Changelist here... https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.3.4_New_Features_and_Changes
  13. sfx2000

    [pfSense] Netgate - something is coming soon...

    Saw this over on Reddit - posted Saturday (4/29/17).... (Netgate/ADI is the OEM for pfSense logo'ed boxes) My best guess at the moment for this box (seen below) - MinnowBoard Turbot Dual-E http://www.adiengineering.com/products/minnowboard-turbot-duale/ Dual Ethernet MinnowBoard for...
    • sfx2000
    • Thread
    • intel netgate pfsense
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Routers
  14. sfx2000

    pfSense - Intel C20xx Errata, Netgate/pfSense summary

    (disclaimer - I'm just a customer - I have no direct interests with Intel, Netgate, ADI Engineering, or pfSense - sharing this info to clear things - as the whole C20xx mess isn't very clear) As many now know - there is a possible issue with some Intel C20xx series Chips and the LPC controller...
    • sfx2000
    • Thread
    • adi engineering atom avoton c20xx lpc issue intel netgate pfsense rangeley
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Routers
  15. sfx2000

    [Release] - pfSense 2.3.3

    Out today... this is a maintenance release for the 2.3 branch - several security updates and a bunch of bug fixes... Announcement here - https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=2325 Release notes here - https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.3.3_New_Features_and_Changes
  16. D

    Advice request for wireless design on complex house

    The house is long, skinny, and very tall. 4000 sq ft including sub-basement. It is built on massive slope, so the build is fairly tall at 4 floors. Interfering with connections are: Central elevator (convenient for wiring but might as well be a giant antenna) An engineered support wall...
  17. B

    pfSense/Sophos vs ASUSWRT/RMerlin - Is there any reason to change?

    So I have this "thing" for network security.... Trying to avoid to get hacked to easily... So from a security perspective, running pfSense on a dedicated box - is that a better (?) solution than the built in into ASUSWRT/RMerlin firmware? Let's have a peak at how I use my Asus: No web server...
  18. Cake

    OpenVPN + XOR Scramble + OpnSense/FreeBSD HowTo

    If anybody is interested in this quick instructions. There is only a tiny bit of info I can find on how to do this according to google, so now snb forums gets a one stop how too. My current versions: OPNsense 16.7.3-amd64 FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p7 OpenSSL 1.0.2h 3 May 2016 OpenVPN 2.3.12 (soon to...
    • Cake
    • Thread
    • freebsd openvpn opnsense pfsense scramble patch xor
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: VPN
  19. Cake

    unbranded QOTOM-Q190G4 S02 -some opinions

    Just got this as a replacement for my broken AC68U. Of course most people probably buy the consumer AC Asus routers is for the wireless AC and RMerlins features. I think the Asus (pre FCC rules!) routers are a very good deal for the money. I spent about 200 USD on this (32GB SSD, 2GB ram) and...
    • Cake
    • Thread
    • j1900 opnsense pfsense
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Routers
  20. sfx2000

    pfSense 2.3.2 - vnstat package - traffic totals...

    If you're running pfSense 2.3.2 - take note of the traffic totals package... This is a "lost" function from the 2.2/2,1 builds with RRD - so nice to have it back... Add this in... and after a few hours/days... Do note that vnstat keeps data in /var So if you want things to be...
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