<![CDATA[Firewall and Router]]>I want to buy a Pfsense router but i have the following question.

Do i need to separate my Pfsense Firewall from my router, or can i place them on the same piece of hardware?

Thanks

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/83754/firewall-and-routerRSS for NodeMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:05:52 GMTTue, 05 May 2015 05:32:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Firewall and Router on Thu, 07 May 2015 03:41:54 GMT]]>You can use your router as an access point and the DHCP, DNS, and filtering would manage pfSense. It should be

lSP modem–-(connects to the WAN port of the pfSense box)----pfSense-----(connects to the LAN port of the router)----Router(netgear,linkys,etc)

If you want more out of your WIFI i recommend flashing the router(access point to DDWRT)

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/542395https://forum.netgate.com/post/542395Thu, 07 May 2015 03:41:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Firewall and Router on Wed, 06 May 2015 13:31:26 GMT]]>

Do i need to separate my Pfsense Firewall from my router, or can i place them on the same piece of hardware?

You would normally replace your router with a pfSense box.  pfSense is a customized FreeBSD 10 with a management GUI.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/542201https://forum.netgate.com/post/542201Wed, 06 May 2015 13:31:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Firewall and Router on Tue, 05 May 2015 21:19:41 GMT]]>https://www.pfsense.org/about-pfsense/

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Main_Page

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/542035https://forum.netgate.com/post/542035Tue, 05 May 2015 21:19:41 GMT