pfSense Features

pfSense is a free, open source firewall and router platform based on FreeBSD that is functionally competitive with expensive, proprietary commercial firewalls. pfSense can be configured as a stateful packet filtering firewall, a LAN or WAN router, VPN Appliance, DHCP Server, DNS Server, or can be configured for other applications and special purpose Appliances. This next generation pfSense security appliance features include:

• Stateful packet filtering firewall or pure router
• Routing policy per gateway and per-rule for multiple WAN, failover, load balancing
• Transparent layer 2 firewall
• Support for IPV6, NAT, BGP
• Captive portal with MAC filtering, RADIUS support, etc
• VPN: IPsec, OpenVPN
• Dynamic DNS client
• DHCP Server and Relay functions
• PPPoE Server
• Reporting and monitoring features with real time information
• and much more…

Low Total Cost of Ownership

• No artifical limits or add-ons required to make your system fully functional.
• No additional usage or feature based pricing. Enjoy unlimited users, unlimited firewall rules, unlimited IPsec tunnels, dual WAN, etc.
• Low power requirements to help save you money.
• No moving parts to wear out. This system is designed for a long deployment lifetime.

Growth with you

• From firewall to Unified Threat Management, get all the security features you need to protect your home or business.
• Flexible configuration and support for multi-WAN, high availability, VPN, load balancing, reporting and monitoring, etc.
• Add optional packages such as Snort or Suricata for IDS/IPS and network security monitoring, Squid for optimized content delivery and SquidGuard for anti-spam/anti-phishing and URL filtering.
• Maximum Active Connections: 8,000,000

Easy Gui Management

• Manage pfSense settings through our web-based GUI.
• No fumbling with a command line interface or typing arcane commands.

Secure Remote Access

• Connect via encrypted Virtual Private Networks (VPN) between your offices, let mobile workers connect security.