
Tim has a lot of good videos, and this one is about virtualizing pfSense. There is a good video on this by Techno Tim.

Since I already have a machine running Proxmox, why not just run it in a VM? It’d allow for automatic snapshotting of the machine. pfSense can be run on many different machines, and there are even some officially supported appliances. I’ve heard nothing but positive things about pfSense and the fact it’s been around since 2004, based on FreeBSD, and written in PHP gave me the impression that it would be relatively stable (and I’d expect nothing less because it has an important job to do!). I figured this would be a good opportunity to try pfSense. OpenWrt has served me well, but it is time to move on! pfSense # I’ve also recently been experiencing instability with my router (likely the result of a combination of configuration tweaking and firmware updating). Ever since I’ve connected some standalone wireless access points, I’ve had less of a need for an off-the-shelf all-in-one wireless router combo.


It supports many different configurations and there exists a large index of packages. OpenWrt is an open-source project used on embedded devices to route network traffic. My aging router has been running OpenWrt for years and for the most part has been quite reliable.
