The Best pfSense Box (Updated for 2022)
If you follow The Geek Pub regularly, then you know we are a huge fan of pfSense. We’ve been running it our environment(s) for several years and its just rock solid and reliable. The biggest issue we have is that although pfSense is community based and open sourced, it is ultimately still owned by Netgate […]
OpenVPN MTU: Finding the Correct Settings
Finding correct OpenVPN MTU and MSSFIX settings can really drive you batty. No really. It’s ridiculous how much trouble MTU settings can cause and how often people don’t realize that MTU is actually what’s causing the problem! My Experience with OpenVPN MTU Problems As many of you are aware, I run a ton of VPNs. […]
VPN between Friends and Family (VPN Between Houses)
After publishing my updated home network tour article, many of you asked to know more about my firewall setup and all of these VPN connections I mentioned. So in this article we’re going to cover our VPN between friends and family aka, a VPN between houses! VPN Between Friends and Family Video Let’s Start with […]
The Best pfSense Hardware for Businesses
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Why I Stopped Selling the WANBOX
Many of you know that for a while I was selling a product called the WANBOX. The WANBOX is a 6 port full gigabit capable router/firewall box based on the Intel Atom E3845 processor. It’s fantastically capable and relatively inexpensive for it’s feature set. As some of you have noticed it is out of stock […]
Installing pfSense on the WANBOX
Installing pfSense on the WANBOX is a simple task that can be accomplished in just a few minutes. There are many operating systems that can be installed on The Geek Pub WANBOX. Also supported is OpenSense, RouterOS, m0n0wall, and others. pfSense however is the primary OS our customers install due to it’s ease of use, […]
Tour of My Home Network (and More!)
So I have had a ton of requests over the years to give a tour of my home network. Honestly, I never gave the tour because I just didn’t think people would be that interested in what I had. Well I have had enough requests to get the idea that some of you really do […]
pfSense Rules not Working?
pfSense has to be the greatest thing to ever happen to the open source firewall movement. It’s a one of those open source products that’s truly a game changer. It runs on just about any hardware, whether it be a PC or an old XBOX. Companies have even built custom designed hardware around pfSense with […]
pfSense Road Warrior IPSec Config That Works
If you’re like me you’ve tried a to find a pfSense Road Warrior configuration for IPSec that actually works and you’ve banged your head against the wall for hours because its one giant problem after another. Every pfSense mobile configuration on the pfSense site has a different box checked and every website has a different […]
pfSense not Recovering after WAN Failure
pfSense is probably the best open source firewall/router software package I have ever used. It’s packed full of professional feature sets and has a very polished and clean user interface (web based GUI). And its FREE. That’s right. It’s 100% free (you can buy a support agreement if you want to). pfSense will run on […]