pfSense

On July 16, we announced that the services of pfSense® Gold would continue, but we would no longer be charging for them. To that end, we are happy to announce that the pfSense Hangout videos are now freely available on the official Netgate® YouTube channel. Don’t forget to like and subscribe while you’re there.

A little over a year ago, we announced the new SG-2320 and SG-2340 systems, otherwise known as the MinnowBoard Turbot Dual-Ethernet in both a dual-core and a quad-core model. We decided to withdraw them as a pfSense system due to an underlying ... [More] FreeBSD issue with HDMI that we foresaw as a potential problem for many of our customers. You can read the full details on our blog post from May 8, 2017, updated May 24, 2017. [Less]

The upcoming pfSense® 2.4.4 update will not only bring bug fixes and security updates, but many new and exciting features. We’re proud and happy to present an overview of the new features and changes in 2.4.4, just as we did in our previous highlights blog post from almost exactly a year ago with pfSense version 2.4.

Starting with the upcoming release of pfSense® 2.4.4, all of the services previously offered under “pfSense Gold” will continue, but will be free to all pfSense users. Read on for more detail.

You might have heard about our new XG-7100 Desktop pfSense® Security Gateway Appliance. It was mentioned in our May and June Newsletters. For a quick synopsis, read on…

Netgate engineers will be performing planned maintenance within our data center on Sunday, June 17, 2018. The maintenance window will be from 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM CDT. Customers may see interrupted connectivity to services such as the Netgate forum ... [More] , all Netgate and pfSense web sites, online stores, telephone connectivity, and other resources. Our goal is to successfully complete the task and restore service within the stated time frame. [Less]

A little over a year ago, I wrote a blog that explained the coming world of high-performance, flexible software-based routers. Seriously disruptive packet processing performance that could change the landscape of networking applications across data ... [More] centers, the enterprise WAN, service provider networks, and customer premises deployments. No need to recount that here, the principles of the post haven’t changed. [Less]

Netgate® is the only authorized provider of official pfSense® training courses. We have conducted numerous pfSense training sessions online and around the world. We teach network professionals to use and master pfSense software and its powerful packages.

A few months back, QNAP approached Netgate® with a request. A growing number of Virtualization Station users wanted more security for their “data center in a box” deployments. QNAP wanted a proven firewall and IDS/IPS solution for their customers and ... [More] specifically wanted pfSense®. Today, it’s available directly from within the QNAP Virtualization Station store. [Less]

We are moving the source for the contents of the old pfSense Wiki to GitHub. This is not a light decision, and has been in the works for some time.