The Common pfsense Packages / Plugins We Use and Why

[@omgkingdano]

No matter what topic I think of with pfSense, LTS has a video for it. This is such a helpful channel for small business folks like me who administer IT, home lab folks...just awesome

[@sharedknowledge6640]

Good summary of pfSense add ons. Unlike so many others on KZbin you have the real world broad experience to make your suggestions far more credible.

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Thanks

[@romangeneral23]

your videos ROCK my WORLD. PFsense for LIFE

[@TrevorSpencer]

As usual, excellent video. This is very timely, I’m setting up my first pfSense hardware firewall next week.

[@Newspaperman57]

Traffic totals is exactly what i've been looking for! Thank you

[@ats1995]

arpwatch Darkstat Iperf Nmap OpenVPN-client-export pfBlockerNG Status_traffic_totals Nice video. Lots of packages to look into. I've run bandwidthd for a while to log and graph bandwidth used per IP.

[@alonzosmith6189]

Thank you, installed Pfsense, was looking for basic package video. Thanks again,

[@Zaf9670]

Just wondering if anything has changed since this video was published as far as recommendations. Might be time for a refresher now that it has been over 5 years!

[@tallteej]

Fantastic content. I been VERY happy with my pfsense device and your vids great insight. Thanks heaps!

[@ChrisUthe]

Great video Tom! Been running pfsense for ages and never installed several of these.

[@SM121982]

Thanks! There are a few in here that I've yet to play with. I'll give cron and nut a mention here, as those two have also been useful to me for scheduling scripts and monitoring UPS status.

[@TheyRiseBand]

Avahi is pretty cool; it allows your iStuff to talk over multiple subnets.

[@doveshouse]

Dude... you are awesome... no joke. Thank you!

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Glad to help!

[@PowerUsr1]

Good stuff man. HA proxy too !!

[@jycannel4626]

Great video as always!

[@mathesonstep]

I installed arpwatch on my server a couple of weeks ago, the first couple of days it way annoying but now it has all my devices in its database and now its useful since it gives me the ip of new devices I usually have to manually find in the dhcp and if I don't know what the device is it will alert me so I know there is a problem

[@muhammadaheed6007]

Hi Sir, please help me How to restrict Wi-Fi sharing via Mobile Hotspot in pfsense voucher system.

[@soldi3ra]

Great list , thanks!

[@RC_92]

Do you do anything with System Tunables?

[@jkohutiak]

I installed pfblocker per your video and my firewall turned into shit real fast... :(

[@jonpinkley2844]

Tom, Which of these packages do you use at home on your SG1100? How much processor does DarkStat use? I would like to get something that allows per IP stats to be collected long term, similar to what I could do with Shibby Tomato on an Asus router.

[@juanmondragon]

Is this still up to date?

[@davidnickel3949]

hey you run avahi is this for the xbox and maybe kodi/boxes???? do you lock it down? guides. this may help with my iptv but the ipranges my provider uses are odd/not supported i've seen in pfsense . got wireless iptv box .

[@mdkrush]

Quick question... I have a protectli older box with j1900 cpu, well it doesn't support AES-NI so a sprang for a protectli i5. Can I just take the ssd and put it in the new box? Will it still boot? Thanks.

[@rager1969]

Any recommendations on hardware to run pfSense on for home use? Low cost and especially low power consumption are the key, since I don't want to rack up a large electric bill. Netgate SG-1100 is a bit pricey and SG-1000 is no longer available - I would like to be under $100. Maybe a particular small PC low-powered PC with two Ethernet ports? Or a used router that can be flashed with pfSense, like a Watchguard Firebox (only not as noisy/power-hungry)?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

The Netgate SG-1100 is still the best value for home use

[@benjaminhobbs3964]

Look up Qotom on Amazon....make sure you get one that does AES-NI. They come in many flavors.

[@williamp6800]

I can suggest two options, although both a bit above your $100 target. . If you want to stick to new, look at pcengines.ch. I think the four port models are around $120 with power supply and storage. The other option is a used HP T620 Plus off eBay. It’s a thin client. Very important that you get the “Plus” model because it has a PCIe slot. You’ll find lots on offer with 4GB RAM and a 16GB SSD, plenty to run pfSense. Ignore it’s built in Realtek Ethernet port and add a four port Intel based Ethernet card, also off eBay. Preferably one based on the 340i or 350i as the older cards use more power. The box plus the Ethernet card will run around $140. Prices vary widely so be patient. The HP is much larger than the pcengines box but still smaller than a SFF PC They both have quad core AMD CPU but the HP runs at a faster clock speed They both run around 15 watts or less under load With the pcengines box, you have to do your pfSense installation via the console port, whereas with the HP you can attach a monitor and do a conventional installation They both use external power bricks, although the HP’s is much larger. The pcengines box can only be a router but the HP, being a thin client, could be used as a low power PC if you decide later you’d really rather use some other hardware for your router. In both cases, you’ll want to run a separate wifi access point but that applies to any pfSense installation. The Ubiquiti Unifi ones are a popular choice. Pick either Lite or LR models Don’t make the mistake of thinking you need the “Pro” model. It’s for high density deployment so you’re be paying more for something you’d never use. I’m running the HP T620 Plus with pfSense, and a Unifi AC LR and it works great.

[@HernanHalim]

Hi, hope you can help me decide. So I have a small Datacenter with 4 racks. Do you think pfsense can be helpfull for us to malware / bot and anti virus solutions for this scenario? Currently we only use Mikrotik for router and firewall, but not yet anti virus.

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

It does have pfblocker

[@James-li8cm]

I've been trying to find a way to develop a report that can aggregate by client wan usage so I can see which computer is using the most/least bandwidth. is there a package for that?

[@AnonymousB460]

Ntopng, export it to influxdb, from there you can import the DB data into a visualizer like grafana.

[@farahizzati2158]

how to install packages? i hope u reply my comment

[@davidnickel3949]

Hey, Tom can you do a guide with pfsense to get done what this user couldn't do in pfsense kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5CbqWqVbql-rtU is his video URL . he set up edge routers as a plug and play gaming router no port forward and enabled upnp (did note the security issue) but when done on pfsense still got strict nat detected and had to do a strict port open in pfsense . but still had issues. his setup is to deal with buffer bloat and using fq_codel to lessen it.

[@nils-erikolsson3539]

Pfsnese or pfsense

[@SuomiNomad]

Second