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I say goodbye to pfSense, welcome opnSense

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Zucca:
Long pfSense user here.

My CE pfSense box was always reporting 2.7.0 as the current and last version. After more than one year with the same message (no need to update)  I did some digging.
So the current version is 2.7.2 and there is a way to let pfSense detect there is a new version.

Only problem is that the update failed for a wired EFI BIOS no space error.

Then I read this.

So next week I will try to ditch pfSense out of the window and move to opnSense.

comments and suggestions are welcome

woody:
I use pfSense for more than a decade, in my own environment and at a couple of clients.

I like pfSense a lot. In comparison with IPCop that preceded it for me, it is another world in which I never found anything I could not do with it, networkwise. It is stable, fast, versatile and, at least AFAICS, secure. The one reason for me to search for an alternative would be when Netgate decide to ditch the community version in favor of a subscription based model. Which in this world of SAAS and subscription-based business models inevitably will happen. I sincerely hope that will be after I retire  ;D

Zucca:
https://www.zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/why-migrate-from-pfsense-to-opnsense

ejeffrey:
I've been using OPNSense for a couple years now.  My use case is fairly straightforward, although I do use VLANs for a guest network and untrusted devices.  It's done everything I needed to and mostly I just forget about it.

Halcyon:
Both pfSense and OPNSense are good choices.

pfSense is more aimed at the commercial/enterprise market however, so you won't get the bleeding edge features (unless you add them on yourself).

I use the former at home and also manage it in an enterprise environment.

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