Running your home or small business network through OPNsense is arguably one of the smartest moves any home labber can make... but running OPNsense on Proxmox? That's the real power play. I've tried ...

Not everyone thinks you should virtualize your OPNsense or pfSense, and with good reason. There's a solid argument to be made that running your network on bare metal is safer and more predictable, but ...

Need a dedicated firewall appliance? OPNsense is a free, open-source solution, ready to protect your network from intrusion. The protection of your network is one of the most important jobs in the ...

Do you like fiddling with computers and fancy the idea of taking on a more advanced project? Then I have a suggestion: Build your own router/firewall. With a router running a more advanced operating ...

I've been trying to set up a router OS in a VM on my Proxmox 6.4 (Debian-based virtualization/container platform) cluster to replace my Verizon FIOS router. I'd wanted to use OPNsense, but have run ...

I'm looking for a small low power box to run either OPNsense barebones or (preferably) Promox with OPNsense as a VM. Requirements are: I'm not planning on using IDS or anything so don't need a lot of ...

The FreeBSD-based router and firewall distribution OPNsense delivers the latest update for the 25.1 branch. At the same time, there is an RC2 for version 25.7. OPNsense, originally a fork of pfSense, ...

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