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proxmox+pfsenseVM or just plain pfsense
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Thank you @coffelov for your timely post - I was going to post a very similar question myself today. What sort of hardware are you considering to use for your pfsense server?
There are a lot of possible solutions that could be suitable, wondering what sort of hardware you were thinking about.
I bought the Intel Celeron n5105 from some vendor called wooyi store on AliExpress, from what a saw on yt that CPU is a little overkill for a router and it uses too much idle power, but I think it was a good purchase for me bc I don't plan to switch this router soom. Edit: I'm also thinking between using the onboard wifi card or just buying an wifi AP to use at home, do you have some recommendations?
Yeah the n5105 looks like a nice little processor. I also liked that those boards come with the i226-V 2.5GbE controller.
For myself, I really wanted wifi 6e and something able to mesh (for the happy wife factor) so I recently purchased the TP Link Deco. It should arrive in a week or so.
Personally, I would have preferred to setup OpenWRT for a nice mesh but for some reason there are no Wifi 6 ones yet let alone 6e.
Mmm that device is a little too expensive where I live, I think I will buy an older version of that if I decide to go that route, thank you for replying!