Do I make the jump to OpnSense from pfSense 2.4.3.1

[jantypas]

The subject says it all --- I've got some pfSense boxes that are working fine, but I want to know what I'm in for if I make the jump to OpnSense.  Things that tempt me are:

• pfSense seems to really want to be a hardware solution these days.  If I wanted that, I'd be buying more Mikrotik WISP equipment
• pfSense seems slow to gain access to newer hardware and support support -- newer LTE modems that appear as ethernet devices and don't support PPP for example
• pfSense truly doesn't like Comcast V6 Business service unless your modem support V6 PD

If I make the jump, what are some things I should watch out for?

• Can I just load my own pfsense configs?
• Does ZeroTier run in bridged-modem
• What standard pfSense modules don't work\
  

Looking for the advicve -- thanks all.

[franco]

Hi there,

> pfSense seems to really want to be a hardware solution these days.  If I wanted that, I'd be buying more Mikrotik WISP equipment

That sounds reasonable.

> pfSense seems slow to gain access to newer hardware and support support -- newer LTE modems that appear as ethernet devices and don't support PPP for example

As this is probably FreeBSD related as well I don't know if this will be different for us.

> pfSense truly doesn't like Comcast V6 Business service unless your modem support V6 PD

Not knowing the issue it could be the same problem for us.

> Can I just load my own pfsense configs?

Section by section import *may* work, while "system" settings definitely doesn't and "firewall" is complicated with all the changes between both projects. Other sections should work ok given that you double-check afterwards.

> Does ZeroTier run in bridged-modem

I don't know.

> What standard pfSense modules don't work

All the packages. We replaced them.


Cheers,
Franco