Archer C9 and pfSense?
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My question is rather hardware specific. I have a TP-Link Archer C9. I am interest in using pfSense. Would it be recommended to run pfSense in place of the Archer C9 firmware or have a separate pfSense box in addition to the Archer C9? Performance and functionality are the primary goals. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you all.
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pfSense doesn't run on anything besides x86 hardware at this point in time. The base OS also sucks at WiFi.
so: don't bother attempting modifying your TP-link hardware to run pfSense
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Thank you.
One follow up question. Would it then be recommended to use the pfSense "box" as a firewall/router and the Archer C9 as only a wireless access point?
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that is the recommended way yes.
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The crap software in most consumer grade routers makes them good as an access point, but not a lot more. The C9 should be pretty decent - a lot better than the WRT54GL (running dd-wrt) that I'm using-but even that works… good enough to stream a bit of Youtube or browse.