I have just signed up to this forum and have some questions regarding my T70 box. But first, I have a couple of questions about the OPNsense forum:
1. Why does searching for "OpenSense" get you the netgate form which is for the pfSense product? I then get an admin telling me that I am "unlikely to find much love for OPNSense here on the pfSense forum". The why are they subverting the search results to exploit what must be a common mis-spelling?
2. Why did I have to look for a link in small print at the bottom of the OPNsense website to find this forum?
So now on to the T70. I acquired one a couple of weeks back running OpenWRT and its now my Broadband router. Recently I got another cheaply as a backup and it was suggested to me that I could try running OPNsense on it. I have purchased an additional mSata disk to create the install but need some instructions. I would also like to know how OPNsense and OpenWRT differ from one another and why installing OPNsense might be an advantage? I won't ask any questions about pfSense as I suspect the above feeling might be mutual....
I would also be interested to know whether OPNsense has solved the problem with the 5-port switch, or whether that still requires the resistor mod?
I asked over on OpenWRT and it seems that developers have moved on and there will be no further development there so possibly the same here, but presumably it can't hurt to ask.
Quote from: LaForge on May 27, 2026, 11:31:02 PM1. Why does searching for "OpenSense" get you the netgate form which is for the pfSense product?
I then get an admin telling me that I am "unlikely to find much love for OPNSense here on the pfSense forum". The why are they subverting the search results to exploit what must be a common mis-spelling?
OpenSense != OPNsense
So dunno...
Quote2. Why did I have to look for a link in small print at the bottom of the OPNsense website to find this forum?
https://opnsense.org/ => Be Involved => OPNsense forum => DONE! ;)
Quote from: LaForge on May 27, 2026, 11:31:02 PMI have purchased an additional mSata disk to create the install but need some instructions.
https://docs.opnsense.org/ is all you need IMHO :)
QuoteI would also like to know how OPNsense and OpenWRT differ from one another and why installing OPNsense might be an advantage?
OpenWRT = Linux based
OPNsense = FreeBSD based
IMHO you should consider which one to use based on :
- The type of WAN Connection
If you need good PPPoE speeds with Low End Hardware then Linux based stuff might be the better choice !!
- Which of the two is better maintained for your hardware.
OpenWRT usually has a huge "Android Custom ROM vibe" and by that I mean that if the person maintaining the OpenWRT port for a certain device decides he no longer has the time/will/interest or simply enough spare time to do it, then you are out of luck for future updates/upgrades and thus security patches.
OPNsense however simply has releases for x86-64 hardware that are released on a regular basis and that's all you need most of the time.
(Most of the time = ZenArmor/Suricata/all that other weird stuff from certain repos is not included and a whole different story...)There is also a AArch64 port made by a 3rd party : https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=35828.0
Current last release : https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=35828.msg267203#msg267203