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      RileyBrown Banned
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      Netgate hardware for office networks where they have separate Wifi hardware, but I'd like to find an all-in-one SOHO router with Wifi that has pfSense (or at least doesn't block its installation). I looked around Netgate's offerings, but they don't offer a device with antenna connectors. I'd like to move off of my Asus RT-N66U with Asus-Merlin, which doesn't support pfSense, sadly. Does anyone have recommendations on for such a beast? Thanks in advance! UPDATE: Not looking for rackmount hardware

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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @RileyBrown
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        @RileyBrown

        My understanding is that pfsense doesn't do WiFi well. Regardless I prefer a separate AP for a variety of reasons. Unless your needs are limited, you will likely get better performance that way.

        PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
        i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
        UniFi AC-Lite access point

        I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        • RicoR
          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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          It's the FreeBSD base / drivers that doesn't do WiFi well, not pfSense itself.

          -Rico

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Yes, this is true. About the best you can do currently is an older Atheros card that can support 3x3 802.11N. That will get you a theoretical link speed of 450Mbps and probably somewhere in the region of 300Mbps actual throughput in good conditions.

            But things are improving.

            Steve

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              RileyBrown Banned @RileyBrown
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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Just another spammer lifting text from reddit..... sigh

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                • RicoR
                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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                  Yeah, same here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/158771/netgate-3100-and-crypto-accelerator-in-openvpn

                  -Rico

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