Connections list - plugin?

[bartjsmit]

And one more question. When i have media converter in ftth service i need enter VPI/VCI option in pppoe.

VPI and VCI are DSL settings and you shouldn't need them for a full fiber connection. When I used a VDSL modem for OPNsense, this was configured on the modem below the PPPoE layer.

Your media converter should just connect ethernet over optical to ethernet over copper.

Bart...

[bynio00]

Orange require this parameter. Media converter change media, not make any other operations. Funbox make all other. I not want funbox.

[bynio00]

I install OpnSense on server and make it as main router gateway. And - no, this is no replacement of Tomato. Tomato is much better, even without plugins. Is easier and have a powerful options in simple menu, not in thousands places to enable basic functions. Options which i show in first post not have equivalent in OPN. Yes - look similiar, but in Tomato works much, much better, page witch results is much more clean and powerfull.

So, i must buy powerful hardware for Tomato - no other way....

[lfirewall1243]

You can't really compare them

Tomato is a router not a firewall.
Is course the UI is easier because of less functions which are connected like in OPNsense

More functions = more options needed

It's liked comparing a Sophos/Watchguard/OPNsense, to a home router like Fritzbox, Huawei,...

[bynio00]

Yes, You have right. I select OpnSense as better alternative. Other distros is or extremely low configurable, or unstable. OpnSense have a lots options, plugins can be "killer feature" but maybye worth think about gui? I know - PfSense is source, but maybye worth get essential solutions from PfSense and all other rewrite and make better and more intuitive? Monitoring is  the most important function of the router/firewall, provided plugins or internal functions is still not really usable for fast finding problems with network. Maybye good idea is make submenu called "alternative menu" and make new look of menus which dubles original menu, but have logical grouped options, more logical than in PfSense. Really, i don't think opnsense is bad, but it can be improved a lot, especially since we have a model to follow. If this all can be done in software with size 10-20MB maybye this can be done even better in full sized distro. Tomato have own problems too, i cannot make all what i want, but if function is available then is easy configurable and works like a charm.

[bynio00]

Next one. In Tomato is enough make ping to host from UI to showing mac/ip on devices list. Not dhcp, devices at all. I can click and make static entry to fast name devices in network. This option is from start Tomato, ~15years. In Opnsense i must make dhcp client to show ip in list, or manually find mac/ip entries. If i have much static IP-s in network - tedious work. Advanced admins liked work like this?

Even with plugins i cannot easy see network graphs per IP or percentage link utilization per IP. I can select one IP, but but not in relation to the whole. Cannot find clear table with transfer rates per all local IP-s in descending order. ~15 year Tomato have this from start. Advanced admins not liked easy graphs and tables to diagnose own networks?

Maybye worth buy cheap router with tomato to see how many great options can be imported to OpnSense to make them much, much more friendly and usable, even without crappy plugins.