I finally decided to buy a mini PC to make it as a pfsense router and I was wondering witch option is more suitable for my needs

First I was thinking of doing with proxmox so I could install pi-hole and wireguard in it but looking more into pfsense I see that there is PfblockerNG and also a Wireguard package that could be installed inside.

What does everybody in here use? I’m curious to know if thinkering in proxmox to run pfsense is more efficient than just installing bare-metal.

Thank you

Conclusion: will go with sole pfsense since I never used it in the first place, once accustomed will switch to proxmox, thank you everyone I hope there will be more posts like this in this platform

  • Γ7Σ
    2·
    1 year ago

    Wifi Mesh is where you basically have multiple access points having the same ssid, right?

    • Petri
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yes. And the devices also should be able to pass you between nodes for optimal reception.

      This can be done by openwrt too, with the right hardware.

      • Γ7Σ
        2·
        1 year ago

        Hmm, you can use openwrt as an “dumb” mesh access point? I tried to set it up as a router once, but wasn’t happy with how things work there. Might give it a chance again. Any hardware recommendations?

        • Petri
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’m not sure what you mean. It’s true often setting up openwrt on some hardware can be difficult. Some though are not as hard, I had ok luck with some Asus routers; there is a list of hardware and features on openwrt website.

          Unfortunately, as I said, there are no wifi 6 routers supported by openwrt. So I’m not using it anymore.