FRR routing and UI

[Vetal]

I know, it is sensitive topic, but really a stopper for me to switch from pfSense

In general, UI for FRR is a joke. Literally, joke

OSPF is not usable at all, I cannot add the network, whatever form or shape I try it to squeeze it in. Error:

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Error ospfd [EC 100663304] ERROR: Command returned Warning Config Failed on config line 29: network 172.23.76.0/24 area 0.0.0.0

What I am trying to achieve, is copied from my server's setup:

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network  172.23.76.0/24 area 0.0.0.0

BGP settings are severely limited and cover very basic cases. Have you ever went to FRR documentation page? have you seen the options? Have you ever search through BGP (Cisco etc) forums?

https://github.com/opnsense/plugins/issues/1831
https://7dc.org/index.php/2021/05/12/opnsense-vs-pfsense-round-5-bgp-routing-with-frr/

I squeeze Tinc's additional options to public key edit box and should it be proper validation, my setup to be broken. Custom options for Unbound are via plugin or ssh into it. How does it work with reinstall from backup config? Absolutely wrong, so all these tweaks have to be done due to stubborn ideology.

For god sake, allow the custom options! If someone call current approach right, this is illiterate.

I posted some replies to reddit groups, where a lot of beginners who like OpnSense praising it. And I wish, I can like it too, but it is impossible for me to use to to stubborn mistake, someone does not want to admit and get over it

Just one big edit box can fix it. Until then, I use 2 separate boxes for me at home, where I need a Zenarmor. pfSense as primary. With this Apple-grade "decision" I use OpnSense solely as a Zenarmor addon

[mimugmail]

BGP MD5 support is already in I believe :)

[Vetal]

 :)

https://docs.frrouting.org/en/latest/ospfd.html
https://docs.frrouting.org/en/latest/bgp.html
https://docs.frrouting.org/en/stable-7.4/bfd.html

E.g., I want to tweak some timers for BFD. It is insane amount of work to make every option. Just edit box, people are not asking much

Even to manipulate settings, people have a snippets, ready to use chunks of the config. I have one in the hub, central Kubernetes cluster.

Terraform to be the best, but let's be modest. We are talking about edit box. For that missing edit box I have extra box eating 25Watts/hour with pfSense

[mimugmail]

For commercial needs my employer offers a commercial plugin with such a box, but its 395 per year for all plugins