Not all budget MiniPCs come with more than 1 dedicated NIC nor they are Intel NICs so I will add one of these Opens a new window solely for pfsense network performance. In future MiniPC will probably be hosting the pfsense and also some not very demanding VMs(file/media server). Because of that just buying a Netgate or Jetway(most use DDR3 and $200+ barebone) device is not an option for me. I am studying IT and would like to do some tests using VMs and variety of OSs. I may set aside 150-200 euros at the most in order to achieve a home network setup that includes ISP router(Gigabit speeds) + dedicated pfsense FW using NordVPN/PIA, VLAN switch, personal laptop, smart TV, work laptop, couple of android phones and some smart IoT devices. So now I am looking into some barebone MiniPC Opens a new windows so I can utilize the hardware I have on hand. I also bought a budget 5 port VLAN capable managed switch from TPLink. There are also couple of SSD/HDDs available. I recently upgraded my Laptop RAM and ended up extra 2x8GB DDR4 SODIMM RAM sticks. (Mostly used this Opens a new window step by step guide before the 2.5 release). I set up pfsense VM but was not able to get the VLANs function properly as host NICs are in bridge mode.
After reading some articles and posts on forums I came to know that it is not ideal to use pfsense in a VM if the host is also a main machine as in my case. Laptop has 2 NICs: 1st on mainboard and 2nd one using thunderbolt 3 port. The pfSense platform can be configured as a stateful packet filtering firewall, a LAN or WAN router, VPN appliance, DHCP server, DNS server, or can be configured for other applications and special purpose appliances.I am quite new to pfsense and only installed it on a host Win10 Laptop(HP Omen 17 with 32GB RAM) with Virtualbox VM and ESXi VM. PfSense software is a free, open source firewall and router platform that is functionally competitive with expensive, proprietary commercial firewalls. Use the built-in Amazon VPC Wizard to easily establish VPN connections with your Amazon EC2 cloud.Connect via encrypted Virtual Private Networks (VPN) between your offices, let mobile workers connect securely, or connect to the Cloud.No fumbling with a command line interface or typing arcane commands.Manage pfSense settings through our web-based GUI.Flexible configuration and support for multi-WAN, high availability, VPN, load balancing, reporting and monitoring, etc.
From firewall to multi-function security gateway, get the security you need to protect your home or business.This system is designed for a long deployment lifetime
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