▲ 45 ▼ Any recommendation for a cheap, small #firewall for my #homelab ? I realized I can’t control easily what goes out of my network only via DNS block lists (social.graves.cl) submitted 2 years ago by alvaro@social.graves.cl to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments Any recommendation for a cheap, small #firewall for my #homelab ? I realized I can’t control easily what goes out of my network only via DNS block lists Cc @selfhosted@lemmy.world @selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pfsense. I'm a purist. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) In that case OPNsense does the exact same thing but with a more intuative GUI. It originally was a fork of pfSense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Which is why I said that I'm a purist. But whatever works, they're both worth exploring. I got dug-in on my solution a decade ago and haven't really had a reason to change once I learned it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Cus there isnt a reason to change if you are already super familiar with pfSense. They basically do the same stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago One has ego issues and shitty code issues. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zhill29@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I'd agree the OPNsense UI is probably more intuitive if you've never touched PFSense but I found the OPNsense UI difficult coming from many years of PF. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) In that case OPNsense does the exact same thing but with a more intuative GUI. It originally was a fork of pfSense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Which is why I said that I'm a purist. But whatever works, they're both worth exploring. I got dug-in on my solution a decade ago and haven't really had a reason to change once I learned it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Cus there isnt a reason to change if you are already super familiar with pfSense. They basically do the same stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago One has ego issues and shitty code issues. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zhill29@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I'd agree the OPNsense UI is probably more intuitive if you've never touched PFSense but I found the OPNsense UI difficult coming from many years of PF. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Which is why I said that I'm a purist. But whatever works, they're both worth exploring. I got dug-in on my solution a decade ago and haven't really had a reason to change once I learned it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Cus there isnt a reason to change if you are already super familiar with pfSense. They basically do the same stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago One has ego issues and shitty code issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Cus there isnt a reason to change if you are already super familiar with pfSense. They basically do the same stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago One has ego issues and shitty code issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago One has ego issues and shitty code issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zhill29@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I'd agree the OPNsense UI is probably more intuitive if you've never touched PFSense but I found the OPNsense UI difficult coming from many years of PF. permalink fedilink source parent