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Verizon fiios and Orbi 970 experience
I have been working on a project to use a pfSense equipped appliance as a robust router behind a Verizon Gxxx router (bridged) with an Orbi RBE970 in AP mode delivering WIFI services. Has anyone had ...
Notice much difference using pfsense versus using the built in router features in the Orbi? I've got an old server that I'm looking at decommissioning and this might be a great time to play.
My God, yes. It is night and day. I can show different type of test results... probably one of the most easy to describe is bufferbloat went from a C+ to an A+ immediately with the traffic shaping option in pfSense.
I use some reverse proxy stuff (HAProxy) which is also facilitated under pfSense. It also is very surprising to see how many attacks a home network comes under each day -- that you just dont get an appreciation for using normal routers & router managment software. I look at pfSense as going to the big league. Night and day amounts of control, awareness , defense and reporting.
Just my opinion.
If you decide to do this, I can literally help you get up and running with pfSense and Orbi in 5 minutes. PiHole integration takes just a little longer. It's good stuff!
Definitely something I'll be looking into when its time. Right now I'm sitting pretty solid at an A for buffer bloat and have fast speeds throughout the home but there's always room for improvement 🙂