I could have done a static port forward (and maybe I still will) but I figured UPnP also might be useful to make sure my XBox and Steam games didn’t have issues either. There I checked Enable UPnP & NAT-PMP, Allow UPnP Port Mapping, & Allow NAT-PMP Port Mapping. In the pfSense WebUI I navigated to Services -> UPnP & NAT-PMP. It didn’t take long to realize that pfSense had UPnP disabled by default. Not ideal, if I want to watch a movie from my collection while I’m traveling. Once I had it all done and configured I noticed that my plex server was reporting as unreachable to the outside world.

At the same time I also replaced my Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X with a custom pfSense router (primarily for better remote VPN and P2P VPN support). WAN failover and Load balancing are extensive on both pfSense and Untangle but they are a paid feature with Untangle.I’ve recently built a custom FreeNAS file server in my house to act as high capacity storage for my personal photos & videos, a Plex Media Server, and an S3 server for offsite backup for my business and family, among a few other minor things.

These feature are almost completely absent in the Ubiquiti USG and Edge Routers. Web Filtering as well as DNS and GeoIP are easily configurable and manageable on Untangle compared to pfSense. Ubiquiti only have basic on/off switch with no way to granularly control how threats are dealt with in the background.įiltering is where Untangle really shine. IDS/IPS is very advanced in pfSense and Untangle with slightly different way to fine-tune the configuration. Policy routing is only truly available in pfSense and Untangle although it is possible to configure some level of policy routing on Ubiquiti USG and EdgeRouters via command line. Untangle requires additional fees to enable some of the VPN options. Ubiquiti have some known interoperability issue with VPN from other vendors. VPN options (OpenVPN, IPSec and L2TP) are extensive in pfSense and Untangle but rather basic on the Ubiquiti USG, UDM and EdgeRouters.

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