12 engineers on Hacker News describe using pfSense first-hand: 5 endorse it, 2 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“I dropped PFsense after the Wireguard debacle where they tried to force broken code into the FreeBSD kernel”
regret · personal · CursedSilicon · 2024-11-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've also had great success with pfSense. Ran it for years at our company.”
endorse · production · sgt · 2021-03-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“PFSense was nothing but a failure for me. Installing it at multiple clients caused me to have nightmarish drives”
regret · production · StudentStuff · 2018-08-08 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We've had a lot of success with pfSense. BGP works, IPSEC works, most things work quite well with no headaches.”
endorse · production · jenkstom · 2017-02-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We switched to PFSense because management was easier when you have 10-20 of them to deal with, and multiple people might have access.”
mixed · production · kbenson · 2017-02-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we use a mini-itx box running pfsense and it works fantastically.”
endorse · personal · Sanddancer · 2016-12-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I run this exact same setup (pfSense-based Mini-ITX router and several UAP-ACs), and it works outstanding.”
endorse · personal · peckrob · 2015-01-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“pfSense is awesome. I've been using its multi-WAN capabilities on a Soekris box for a few years now.”
endorse · personal · 3 yr · jzawodn · 2013-11-22 · source ↗ · wrong label?“A mitac board with dual GbE and a low power intel cpu N3-something. Runs pfsense.”
neutral · personal · efxhoy · 2023-12-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“These days I stick with ISP-provided units or PFSense/OPNSense.”
neutral · personal · metadat · 2023-11-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“behind a pfsense firewall I built myself and kept totally away from anything that mattered.”
neutral · personal · red-iron-pine · 2023-04-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I also used linux /pfSense when applicable.”
neutral · production · AnotherNewName · 2019-10-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?