Do you use community edition over the free pfsense+ for home & home lab users? if so why?
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Just a curious question.
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@nullcure In my case, I use the community edition beta to help with testing and use the plus for home/office/lab.
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@nullcure unless you had some specific need of something only available in the + version, I would just run CE.. I have seen some threads where there have been loss of the license, etc. Not saying that is something you would run into.. But unless there really is something specific that is only in the + version that you want/need not sure why you just wouldn't run CE.
I run + on my netgate appliance - just because well that is the default, etc. But my two test vms that are running 2.6 and 2.7 are just CE installs. I don't see any reason to run them on +, etc.
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I'm running PLUS at home
Not that i need any features (well the boot environment is great).But I run CE on the work boxes.
I can't switch to PLUS, since installing PLUS on a NON Netgate box is cumbersome, and you have to rely on CE + Upgrade (I have hung 24h in CE to PLUS Upgrade).
Until Netgate finishes the "WhiteBox" licensing system, and allows direct (or TAC assisted) download of the PLUS image for "WhiteBoxes", i'm not changing./Bingo
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@johnpoz said in Do you use community edition over the free pfsense+ for home & home lab users? if so why?:
@nullcure unless you had some specific need of something only available in the + version, I would just run CE.. I have seen some threads where there have been loss of the license, etc. Not saying that is something you would run into.. But unless there really is something specific that is only in the + version that you want/need not sure why you just wouldn't run CE.
I run + on my netgate appliance - just because well that is the default, etc. But my two test vms that are running 2.6 and 2.7 are just CE installs. I don't see any reason to run them on +, etc.
----- I'm a newbie well I mean in one of my NOC positions i was accessing pfsense software on client networks at an MSP. One of my co workers said they run pfsense at their home.
I took interest.
Anyway as a newbie I was just wondering where CE ongoing developt and support stood as compared to the PLUS version. if CE is up to date and fully maintained then perhaps I would've kept CE.
As for loss of license. All you do is go back to netgate store and order another free license. They are one time use for activation anyway so they are disposable.
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@johnpoz said in Do you use community edition over the free pfsense+ for home & home lab users? if so why?:
seen some threads where there have been loss of the license
Notably, if one changes hardware, particularly NICs, the detected NDI will change and the Plus license no longer applies. As noted home/lab users can just get another free license at that point. But, I'd venture many "home" users setting up pfSense are likely to tinker with hardware...
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@nullcure
I run pfsense CE in my home network. Since I just wanted "to give it a try" a few years ago, I run it on an APU2...so I never bothered trying to upgrade to a plus version (having read as well about some problems).I plan on upgrading my network in the coming two years (changing to 2,5 GBit/s LAN), so my actual plan has a netgate device...with a plus version running.
What I miss under CE is the snapshot ability. Everything else is more than enough for my personal networking needs.
