Wired Router Recommendation For Symmetrical Gigabit WAN

[avtella]

I’m on 2.5.0 while not officially released it’s pretty stable, unless it’s office/business use I’d say one could could go ahead and use it.

 

[ddaenen1]

Can one use an older PC with the same number of network ports as an emergency backup pfSense router? Or does backup/restore assume identical hardware?

Thanks

I don't see why this is necessary. I am running pfsense on 2 identical SSD's in a ZFS mirror, something you can configure on install. I am monitoring the SMART status in pfsense and if one starts to act up, i will just replace it and perform a remirror.

 

[avtella]

Yeah ZFS mirror is the way to go if really worried about drive failure/corruption but I’m guessing he means switching to a different unit that he may have lying around if it’s like a motherboard or something going out rather than an easily swappable drive.

 

[unmesh]

@avtella

You are right about the failure model. Not only does my current pfSense box support only one SSD, I was able to get an inexpensive HP T730 and add an Intel NIC to use as a full backup/replacement. And fewer complaints from the family about an Internet outage

And will wait on 2.5.0

 

[ddaenen1]

@avtella
And fewer complaints from the family about an Internet outage

And will wait on 2.5.0

i was suffering from all kinds of issues with the home network in the past, lag, disconnections, router freezes, wifi printers not connecting... you name it. Since i moved to pfsense and a decent switch, there is none of that anymore. Things 'just work'.

 

[unmesh]

All NICs are supported so I will give this a try.

Also, though somewhat off-topic, is v2.4.5 to v2.5.0 a smooth upgrade?

Thanks.

I wanted to report that I finally did "clone" the config to another machine it worked!

Thanks for the encouragement to do it.