$129 Google WiFi router that can team up with others tipped for Oct 4

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44 minutes ago, bobhays said:

I don't think it would be any better or worse if they were separate, it's just two devices instead of one. Also the hardware in an Alix computer is likely much better than a standard EdgeRouter. The NIC's are 1GB standard. That being said, I don't use one because I dont think the price is worth it, but I have been thinking about messing around with one. I don't know, I just dont see any real benefits from PFsense for consumer networks. Multi-Wan capability is awesome and capture portal is cool for businesses

Firewalls in pfsense are software based while a dedicated firewall is hardware based. Pfsense also only has an IDS firewall and not an IPS firewall.

IDS = Intrusion Detection System

IPS = Intrusion Prevention System

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4 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Firewalls in pfsense are software based while a dedicated firewall is hardware based. Pfsense also only has an IDS firewall and not an IPS firewall.

IDS = Intrusion Detection System

IPS = Intrusion Prevention System

Ahh ok, I'm not really well versed in firewalls, but wouldn't a hardware firewall be faster but also more difficult to adjust/update? With a software one you could update settings or definitions.

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11 minutes ago, bobhays said:

Ahh ok, I'm not really well versed in firewalls, but wouldn't a hardware firewall be faster but also more difficult to adjust/update? With a software one you could update settings or definitions.

They have firmware you update that controls it. Firewalls also don't exactly have definitions. Ideally you would also want an anti-virus server.