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I have the same impulse to want to virtualise my router. I’ve repeatedly agonised over this but keep coming back to the decision that as cool as it would be, so
by sjwright 7y ago
I have the same impulse to want to virtualise my router. I’ve repeatedly agonised over this but keep coming back to the decision that as cool as it would be, so long as internet uptime matters, the router probably needs to be separate hardware.
You can get good, power efficient pfsense hardware for around $200 USD. A few bonus notes:
—You could spend a little bit more and get hardware that's good enough to add a virtualisation layer to your dedicated router.
—If your uplink is less than 300 megabit, and you have a managed switch with VLANs, your pfsense box doesn't need to be dual NIC. This could open the door for cheaper or re-purposed hardware.
- koyote 7y agoI have had pfSense running on Proxmox for several months now. Upgraded to the latest pfSense version a couple of days ago and the total downtime was in the order of minutes. It's a bit too early to say whether it's a good idea or not; the main concern I have is that you have two points of failure instead of only one. Other than that worry it has been very smooth.
- gonzo 7y agoThe company that makes pfSense used to run its (pfSense) firewalls in ESXi, but then I got tired of having to wait for VMware to come up before the firewall(s) would come up. That, and CARP on VMware is ... tiresome.