And I call them hacks because they often break things (QoS, port forwarding, NAT loopback, to name a few).

We're seeing all kinds of 'hacks' to keep them viable (CTF/SFE/FA). Speaking only for myself, one of things that concerns me is that I believe we're quickly reaching the point where these consumer-grade routers are being pushed beyond their design limits. I never needed to touch anything outside the GUI. It's a much more complex OS though and no one may be able to help you, if things mess up. You can use CLI, if you want to and are comfortable with it, on top of hundreds of GUI menus.

Multiple menus and sub-menus with terms you need to be familiar with. What's available in Asuswrt-Merlin is slimmed down router/user friendly versions of what pfSense has available, but you need to learn how to configure/use pfSense. Zabbix-agent/proxy - package(s), monitoring tool

Syslog-ng - package, enhanced syslog tool Services Watchdog - package, self-explanatoryĬlamav - package, antivirus tool (in Squid) Iperf - package, network throughput testing HAproxy - package, read about it what it does Unbound - default pfSense DNS server, as resolver or forwarder, DoT availableĪPC UPS control - package(s), if you have APC UPC, available for other types too (NUT)īandwidth Tracker - package(s), similar to Traffic Analizer + per IP optionsĬron - package, if you want to control what runs scheduled VLAN's - yes, but you need the rest of your system to be VLAN capable too VPN Server/Client - IPSec, OpenVPN, Tinc, WireGuard (experimental) - much faster on x86 CPU Skynet/Diversion - pfBlockerNG covers both IP/DNS-based blockingĪdaptive QoS - this is Asuswrt term, you have multiple QoS configuration options in pfSenseĪiProtection - Suricata, Snort - even with SSL inspection (in Squid), if you want that

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