Hiya, looking the a firewall for my homelab, mostly to experiment but also for a added layer of security. There are just two of us in this household with a few laptops, phones and my servers, so nothing much. Therefore looking for something affordable and not “overkill”.
Anyone got any recommendations for this? Also how do you run your opensense/pfsense instance?
Appreciate any tips!
It wouldn’t take much really. I run a little fanless standalone pFsense box:
Last time someone asked this question, I believe the going eBay price was in the $175 to $275 USD range. Mine sits between my modem and everything else, servers, cams, PCs, laptops, et al. I haven’t experienced any bottlenecks or sluggishness.