Here are our current picks for top pfSense NICs in different speed categories. Likewise, if your primary LAN switch is a SFP+ 10GbE switch such as the QCT QuantaMesh T3048-LY8 or Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch ES-16-XG you will want to have SFP+ LAN connectivity on your pfSense appliance. For example, if you have a 100Mbps down / 20Mbps up connection, there is little sense getting a 40GbE port for WAN connectivity. Since WAN speeds are generally lower, they tend to dictate hardware requirements. Generally, a pfSense appliance will sit between the WAN and a LAN. With that said, we have a few tips in terms of which network cards to use with pfSense: Top pfSense Network Cards (NICs) Since pfSense is based on FreeBSD (currently FreeBSD 10) network device driver connectivity is much better than in previous versions. From this experience, we are going to keep a running log of the best pfSense hardware components. At STH we test hundreds of hardware combinations each year. With a huge feature set including firewall, VPN, routing, DNS/ DHCP managemet, proxies and content filtering and a slick web GUI it is easy to setup and powerful. The fact that it is free and open source means that it is extremely popular among IT professionals who are on constrained budgets. PfSense is an extremely popular FreeBSD based network appliance platform.
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