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Choosing the main router

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Hi,

 

main question is: RouterOS or pfSense. Both solutions have their advances, but there's not much data about compering directly these two solutions. I've worked for 6 years with Mikrotik devices and about two ears with pfSense. Now it's time for an upgrade so... Any opinions :)?

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I have always worked with pfSense and I really like it, never had any issues.

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I'd go with pfSense, simply because it's used by so many people, so troubleshooting etc. will be a lot simpler

75% of what I say is sarcastic

 

So is the rest probably

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Its my understanding that FreeBSD that pfSense is built on is generally considered to have a faster networking stack, especially when it comes to things like packet filtering.

 

I certainly found going from OpenWRT to pfSense that everything felt more responsive.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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Mikrotik hAP ac2

There is no reason to go pfsense with the amount of configuration you'll lose.

 

Also for $70 you will not build anything close enough on custom hardware for pfsense

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