pfSense for routing, OpenWRT for WiFi. Best, low cost setup money can buy.
Disagree as I've used both extensively.
pfSense or OpenWrt for Routing, Firewall, SQM, USB 3.0 NAS Samba v4, Adblock, Wireguard, etc. they are both fantastic. Then plug-in a WAP such as the $99 Ubiquiti U6-Lite-US. WAP is needed for best performance because OpenWrt barely supports WiFi 6 and is outdated in general with WiFi features. For up to 500-600Mbits SQM any high end OpenWrt supported router will do such as the WRT32X, WRT3200ACM, R7800, etc. If you need gigabit w/SQM shaping then upgrade to an x86 mini PC running either OS but I'd lean towards pfSense for x86.
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All of the below is feedback from running on an x64 platform. Literally the same hardware.
RE: pfsense vs. openwrt... I ran pfsense at home for ages and it's a great piece of kit. I switched to openwrt because...
FreeBSD vs Linux - pfsense seems to be mostly single threaded where as openwrt makes use of as many threads as you have.
Home use vs professional - I've used pfsense at work and it's fantastic, but I don't really need all the things it does at home. Openwrt does everything I need it to and almost nothing I don't.
Packages - pfsense is great for stability but it's packages are often running behind. Great for business, not really necessary for home. Openwrt on the other hand has more up to date (but less stable probably) packages, like wireguard.
I have nothing bad to say about either. Right tool for the right job. Pick the one you like and fits your needs/use cases.
Why do you say it won't switch Gigabit on the WAN port? The port is gigabit and it's a dual-core 1GHz CPU. I've had no issues running gig with OpenWRT on lower-end routers.
I built out a pfsense box for the firewall, and it’s blazingly fast hitting around 900mbs which is pretty much what I was after, and have openwrt for my wireless on the router in ap mode that’s hitting 400mbs to mobile device, so perfect setup.
I have a 1gbs internet connection and wired I get around 500-600mbs tops my old firewall, a sophos device hit nearly 1gb without issue, so definitely a bottleneck there, plan is to build out on the hardware I had sophos running on.
What's your overall goal for this? Are you planning on running OpenVPN?
A single connection probably won't get you 1gbps over OpenVPN, but 2 probably will on pfsense with the right x86 hardware.
I do use vpn but Mostly for ssh so hitting high speeds isn’t a major issue, but obviously want my download slowed to be close to 1gbs as I can get, also looking at WireGuard over openvpn.
pfSense for routing, OpenWRT for WiFi. Best, low cost setup money can buy.
Disagree as I've used both extensively.
pfSense or OpenWrt for Routing, Firewall, SQM, USB 3.0 NAS Samba v4, Adblock, Wireguard, etc. they are both fantastic. Then plug-in a WAP such as the $99 Ubiquiti U6-Lite-US. WAP is needed for best performance because OpenWrt barely supports WiFi 6 and is outdated in general with WiFi features. For up to 500-600Mbits SQM any high end OpenWrt supported router will do such as the WRT32X, WRT3200ACM, R7800, etc. If you need gigabit w/SQM shaping then upgrade to an x86 mini PC running either OS but I'd lean towards pfSense for x86.
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This. Pfsense on an old or cheap x86 PC and OpenWRT or DD-WRT routers as basically Ethernet to WiFi adapters. (With all routing functions disabled)
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Remember to hit reply to the specific comment otherwise they'll get lost and it out of order.
All of the below is feedback from running on an x64 platform. Literally the same hardware.
RE: pfsense vs. openwrt... I ran pfsense at home for ages and it's a great piece of kit. I switched to openwrt because...
FreeBSD vs Linux - pfsense seems to be mostly single threaded where as openwrt makes use of as many threads as you have.
Home use vs professional - I've used pfsense at work and it's fantastic, but I don't really need all the things it does at home. Openwrt does everything I need it to and almost nothing I don't.
Packages - pfsense is great for stability but it's packages are often running behind. Great for business, not really necessary for home. Openwrt on the other hand has more up to date (but less stable probably) packages, like wireguard.
I have nothing bad to say about either. Right tool for the right job. Pick the one you like and fits your needs/use cases.
Why do you say it won't switch Gigabit on the WAN port? The port is gigabit and it's a dual-core 1GHz CPU. I've had no issues running gig with OpenWRT on lower-end routers.
I built out a pfsense box for the firewall, and it’s blazingly fast hitting around 900mbs which is pretty much what I was after, and have openwrt for my wireless on the router in ap mode that’s hitting 400mbs to mobile device, so perfect setup.
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I have a 1gbs internet connection and wired I get around 500-600mbs tops my old firewall, a sophos device hit nearly 1gb without issue, so definitely a bottleneck there, plan is to build out on the hardware I had sophos running on.
1gbs! I can`t even imagine....
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What's your overall goal for this? Are you planning on running OpenVPN?
A single connection probably won't get you 1gbps over OpenVPN, but 2 probably will on pfsense with the right x86 hardware.
I do use vpn but Mostly for ssh so hitting high speeds isn’t a major issue, but obviously want my download slowed to be close to 1gbs as I can get, also looking at WireGuard over openvpn.