Best home Firewall OS?

[KingCollins]

Hey guys, just wanted to get your input on the best home Firewall solution? The router we got from our ISP is not cutting it and was looking to use an PC I have.

 

Was gonna opt with PFsense but wanted to ask what ye think?

 

ISP:

300mb/s download

50mb/s upload

 

PC Specs:

Core 2 Duo E7400 (Dual core 2.8 GHz)

3GB memory

Dual NIC

250w power supply

[BrinkGG]

1 minute ago, KingCollins said:

Hey guys, just wanted to get your input on the best home Firewall solution? The router we got from our ISP is not cutting it and was looking to use an PC I have.

 

Was gonna opt with PFsense but wanted to ask what ye think?

 

ISP:

300mb/s download

50mb/s upload

 

PC Specs:

Core 2 Duo E7400 (Dual core 2.8 GHz)

3GB memory

Dual NIC

250w power supply

Pfsense. 

https://www.pfsense.org/download/

All the customization in the world, but it can be used as a simple, "Set-and-forget-it" firewall that is one of the best I've ever used. 

Tek Syndicate did a setup and walkthrough video a few years back that I would also recommend, though it is a little outdated now. 

 

[KingCollins]

3 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

Pfsense. 

https://www.pfsense.org/download/

All the customization in the world, but it can be used as a simple, "Set-and-forget-it" firewall that is one of the best I've ever used. 

Tek Syndicate did a setup and walkthrough video a few years back that I would also recommend, though it is a little outdated now.

 

Yeah, we use multiple Pfsense firewalls in work and I know them fairly well and most of the basic/deeper configuration, but was wondering if ye had any other suggestions

[BrinkGG]

OPNSense and ClearOS are the only other two I can think of, but I really don't have any experience with them so I can't recommend them.  

[beavo451]

In what way is your current equipment “not cutting it”?

[KingCollins]

2 minutes ago, beavo451 said:

In what way is your current equipment “not cutting it”?

Only has a maximum amount of 10 port forwarding rules, and I want to set up an openVPN server also

[brwainer]

I've heard great things for OPNSense if you want something more akin to a firewall appliance in terms of easy to set up and keeps it simple. If you want more than just a firewall/router then PFSense

[DogKnight]

An alternative to look into would be some Sophos solutions. These are license limited versions of their corporate solutions; but free for use. E.g. maximum of 50 IP's. So may do the trick. 

 

Sophos UTM Home Edition - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx

 

Sophos XG Firewall Home Edition - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx

 

The UTM also has a VPN client in it.

If you go ahead with it im interested to hear what you think.

[KingCollins]

2 hours ago, DogKnight said:

An alternative to look into would be some Sophos solutions. These are license limited versions of their corporate solutions; but free for use. E.g. maximum of 50 IP's. So may do the trick. 

 

Sophos UTM Home Edition - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx

 

Sophos XG Firewall Home Edition - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx

 

The UTM also has a VPN client in it.

If you go ahead with it im interested to hear what you think.

This looks quite interesting! I'll defo look into it.

 

I do have more than one spare PC and NIC so even if I do opt with PFS, I might configure a Sophos firewall and test it out!