I finally decided to buy a mini PC to make it as a pfsense router and I was wondering witch option is more suitable for my needs

First I was thinking of doing with proxmox so I could install pi-hole and wireguard in it but looking more into pfsense I see that there is PfblockerNG and also a Wireguard package that could be installed inside.

What does everybody in here use? I’m curious to know if thinkering in proxmox to run pfsense is more efficient than just installing bare-metal.

Thank you

Conclusion: will go with sole pfsense since I never used it in the first place, once accustomed will switch to proxmox, thank you everyone I hope there will be more posts like this in this platform

  • icewave
    2·
    2 years ago

    I currently use VyOS with it hosted on proxmox. I pass-through a 4-port network card and I get my full internet speed. It should be similar, but I will say it is nice being able to host other things on the proxmox host such as pihole. I keep only the router functions and core functions there, with another machine for other services

    • -RYknow@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      How do you like vyos? I had looked into it, and it seemed a little cumbersome last time I looked at it. I believe it’s entirely cli? I suppose that’s not a bad thing, but sometimes a gui is nice.

      • icewave
        1·
        2 years ago

        I find it to be quite stable, I haven’t had any real issues, haven’t rebooted except for version updates which isn’t too frequent (stable). No GUI built-in, there are a few projects out there and they are working on one officially, but the cli is solid. If you have ever configured juniper routers/switches it is quite similar