From nobody Sun Apr 06 03:37:50 2025 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ZVdMk4Zc2z5sq9X for ; Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:37:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org) Received: from beesty.loosely.org (beesty.loosely.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:4c0::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ZVdMj0nJXz3ccM for ; Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:37:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org designates 2600:3c01:e000:4c0::2 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=beesty ident=itz) by beesty with esmtp (Exim 4.98.1-5-133ee3edc) (envelope-from ) id 1u1GpS-000000004U2-2wUT for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 Apr 2025 20:37:51 -0700 Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 20:37:50 -0700 From: fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A FreeBSD-based Router Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20250405194701.6432e956@Hydrogen> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.90 / 15.00]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.94)[0.945]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.94)[-0.941]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.20)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:63949, ipnet:2600:3c01::/32, country:SG]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[aceecat.org]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RECEIVED_HELO_LOCALHOST(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4ZVdMj0nJXz3ccM X-Spamd-Bar: / On Sat, Apr 05, 2025 at 03:08:59PM -0400, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote: > Other than talking about the appropriate hardware for the task at > hand, I find it rather odd that no one has yet mentioned either the > pfSense or OPNsense distributions. They’re both router-oriented, > FreeBSD-based, web-administered, text-based-managed, and, above all, > extremely versatile. Right now I don't need a specialized router machine, but when I was considering one, I remember being turned away from OPNsense by some thread in a mailing list or a forum -- maybe even this list -- noting that its binary distribution was compiled for a particular amd64 ISA sub/superset, and wouldn't run on others. Sorry I don't remember more details, maybe others will instantly know what I mean? -- Ian