On Aug 15, 2019, at 14:57, [email protected] wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, John Franklin wrote: > >> Are you absolutely committed to NetBSD? pfSense is an excellent >> router/firewall distribution built on top of FreeBSD, with support for >> whatever WiFi and hardware FreeBSD supports. I love NetBSD, but when I >> need to set up a router, I just grab pfSense. > > :) > > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pfsense+essentials+book+jeremy+c.+reed > > From its preface: > [snip]
Oh, so you’ve heard of it! :) > I have probably used around eight different wireless cards on a few > different hardwares running a few different versions of pfSense. While > it works for me, I haven't had great reliability or performance with the > wireless devices I've used there. None of my pfSense routers have WiFi built-in, even though it’s an option. The WiFi module my preferred hardware vendor offers is only b/g/n — no 802.11ac at all. I don’t know if I would bother even if they did support AC, because I usually use the Ubiquiti APs for WiFi. For WiFi performance and management on a budget, they’re hard to beat. On occasion, I’ll use an old home router set to AP mode, until I get around to upgrading. jf -- John Franklin [email protected]
