Although no beginner when it comes to building custom firewalls, having built a few pfSense units in the past, I never ...

As I've started to build up a little home lab, I've been playing around with the idea of either building or buying a PC to run pfsense on and use as my primary (edge?) router. That is, I would run my ...

I want to introduce you to a project of mine – a portable router build, and with its help, show you how you can build a purpose-built device. You might have seen portable routers for sale, but if ...

I left pfSense for OPNsense, a robust, open-source home firewall solution, including improved performance, user interface, and licensing concerns.

Personally if I wanted to do a software router, especially as a virtual machine, I would look at a simple small server (tower or rack, depending on my environment). That or a small business oriented ...

Ever want your project equipped with a cellular interface for a data uplink? Hop in, I have been hacking on this for a fair bit! As you might remember, I’m building a router, I told you about how I ...