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    Is pfSense Home+Lab the same as the free pfSense+ version?

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      srynoname
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      Some months (?) ago I changed from pfSense CE to pfSense+ with a free available code from Netgate. Now I've read this news:
      https://www.netgate.com/blog/addressing-changes-to-pfsense-plus-homelab
      Addressing Changes to pfSense Plus Home+Lab

      "Today, we are announcing that the Home+Lab version of pfSense Plus, the commercial fork of the popular open-source firewall pfSense, is no longer available for free download"

      I don't get it - is Home+Lab the pfSense+ that I got for free?

      This is what it says in the webinterface of my installation:
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      • bingo600B
        bingo600 @srynoname
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        @srynoname

        pfSense+ was "free" for home and lab usage.

        So i suppose it's ayes to your question

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yes, it's the same version.

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            srynoname @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 sad to hear that, but ok, at least I know it now. I always thought that pfSense CE would be disontinued in favor of pfSense+ home? Is pfSense CE regularly patched? When was the last release? Couldn't find a date on the download page. Also is there a "downgrade" way from pfSense+ Home to pfSense CE?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              2.7 was released in June. See: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions.html

              Currently the config version in 2.7 is the same as in Plus 22.05.1 so you can install 2.7 and import the config again.

              Downgrading directly is not supported at this time.

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