Anyone use pfsense for a firewall?

**Ice Bank** · Mice Elf Joined: 11 May 2013 Posts: 1664 Location: USA

I am looking for more throughput, more control, and more power from my network... so I may turn one of my mini ITX systems into a router/firewall with pFense - www dot pfsense dot org (I am apparently not trusted to post URLs).

Anyone else using it at home? Small business?

I will have a dual core Celeron at 1.8GHz, 2GB DDR3 1333MHz, and the disk is undetermined yet. Looks like you can run from flash, so maybe a 32GB USB 3.0 drive would work, but I would like to get a small SSD or HDD to go in there.

Hoping to improve local traffic control, as well as making sure my 100Mbps service is working to the max... And maybe keep some devices (kid's tablets and ipods) from going online too much.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:32:02 Post Subject:

I would like to - for some of the same reasons. Give it a shot and then show me the ropes. Or at least let me know if you have to be a super Linux nerd to do it up right!

coton · Rated PG Joined: 20 Nov 2025 Posts: 11

Yeah, pfsense is pretty solid for a home setup. With the hardware youâ€™ve got, it should run smooth and give you way more control than a normal router. A small SSD would be nice, but even a USB drive can handle it fine if youâ€™re not logging a ton.