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Netgate announced the release of pfSense 2.4.0 a few days ago. I did wait a day or two, and checked out support forums, but I think I’ve since gained enough confidence to take the upgrade plunge fairly early. Everything ...
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Sharing a quick post while waiting for pfSense 2.3.3 to update on my router. This update was released just two weeks ago. I hadn’t had the opportunity to upgrade earlier, having been terribly busy of late. There ...
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I get asked from time to time what sort of network I have setup at home. It’s nothing very exotic, though at the same time it isn’t the standard basic broadband router setup that most people have at home. ...
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Instead of using a regular wireless broadband router at home, I’ve been using a DIY pfSense box for a number of years. pfSense has provided excellent performance and reliability. The DIY box had a sort of hardware refresh ...
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I had some Wi-Fi problem, or so I thought. It started as a minor annoyance, and it began perhaps about a fortnight ago. My Nexus 6P smartphone, for some reason, could not maintain a stable Wi-Fi connection. It would associate ...
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Most home users will likely just buy an off-the-shelf broadband router for their home Internet connection needs. For the adventurous types, those who like to build their own customised PC rigs, building a broadband routers might ...
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I’m getting a lot more confident with router firmware upgrades. It might seem a little strange to hear this from a network engineering person, but I’ve been quite apprehensive of upgrading my pfSense router and ...
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I must be getting quite comfortable with upgrading pfSense. I just finished an upgrade from 2.2 to 2.2.1, and only midway remembered that I hadn’t done a config export and backup. Just the last upgrade exercise, I was ...
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I’m quite enthusiastic about supporting IPv6, as may be evident by my occasional posts on this topic in this blog. I have StarHub fibre broadband at home, and they’ve provided IPv6 access for some time. There ...
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I’ve been having a bit of a name resolving problem at home. My home network is not the most straight-forward, but it’s certainly not too complicated either. There’s a pfSense gateway, and a Linux server behind ...
