I had read about pfSense a while ago, but only recently did I decide to test it out on an old Thinkpad I had.
I found it to be awesome, and it has now replaced my Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH as my home router/firewall. So why is it great? It's loaded with features, fully customizable, and simple to use.
I've added the Unbound DNS and the Snort Intrusion Detection packages to it for added awesome. Plus it has charts!
24hr traffic graph
Live traffic (while streaming Netflix)
Status Dashboard (heavily redacted)
Anyhow, I thought I'd share this in case anyone else out there was hungry for something more in a home firewall. Cheers!
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