As I've started to build up a little home lab, I've been playing around with the idea of either building or buying a PC to run pfsense on and use as my primary (edge?) router. That is, I would run my ...

But don't overlook that you don't have to buy a new PC to use as a router. You can build a much better router than anything on the shelf at Best Buy by simply telling your friends and family "don't ...

Besides the obvious benefits of choosing your hardware components, there is also the software side of things to consider. Picking a system like pfSense offers you the benefits of years of development ...