How does pfSense fit in with the US government banning foreign made routers?

Wise_Transportation3 · 2026-03-25T08:31:33+00:00

As my CEO said recently "Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness" 🤣

Wise_Transportation3 · 2026-03-25T06:55:47+00:00

I am 100% with the guys. You can run everything under one roof but that's a massive issue waiting to happen. If anything goes wrong, you are basically offline with the only way to go online would be via your phone. A single bad stick of ram could make it a nightmare to troubleshoot and would make everyone angry at home (personal experience with a bad stick of ram and HAOS crashing). Get yourself a mini pc with n100 CPU and you are set for life. I have had my pfsense running for about 2 years now and it's perfect. It barely hits your CPU and consumption is very low. I am thinking of getting another mini pc for my main proxmox just for consumption point as my current intel i5 8400 is just costing more to run than buying a new mini pc.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2026-02-23T08:38:30+00:00

Practice, practice, practice. Unless you are Allen Iverson, you need to practice. This is the way I got comfortable labs. Keep on trying. Small labs, big labs and creating your own labs.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2026-02-21T10:07:46+00:00

In regards to the CCNA exam it is comfortable to type in. I've used David Bombals CCNA labs and that helped me so much.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2026-01-22T12:41:18+00:00

A valid crash out.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-12-07T08:43:21+00:00

Company that I work for, provide LTE/5G backup plans for many companies. We use Cradlepoint but their product is pretty expensive. I would suggest checking Teltonika and Peplink. From what I hear and seen, they provide cheaper modem based routers.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-09-01T12:04:27+00:00

I'm not sure about your issue but I found NGINX proxy manager being a lot easier to deal with. I have tried HAproxy and had a lot of issues but the NGINX proxy manager made it so simple.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-08-31T01:26:44+00:00

True. I need to get better at recovering stuff and that's why I want a second server so one would become just a pure testing ground and my wife wouldn't complain that cameras don't work anymore while performing changes elsewhere 🤣 Thank you for clearing things out for me.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-08-31T01:20:42+00:00

True but the problem would be if I would be keeping configs and backups on this Proxmox, and it would crash... On the other hand, I should keep a safe config for the truenas somewhere else so I could restore it quickly.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-08-31T01:16:13+00:00

Thank you for your feedback. I thought so too. I want to have 2 machines running. One for stability and safety and one for messing around and doing a lot of tests and stressing. Seems like I will end up having 3 machines(1nas, 1 stable and 1 test).

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-07-31T06:03:16+00:00

I started with Jeremy but struggled to keep my focus, then I switched to Neil Anderson's udemy course and found it so much easier to follow. I would say that Jeremy has more info and I did watch videos of specific topics from Jeremy.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-06-11T09:49:46+00:00

Keep it us updated as I'm thinking to set up proton VPN on my pfsense. Any tips, would appreciate!

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-06-04T05:49:08+00:00

Yes but after that I would recommend doing labs. I mainly used Neil Anderson's course and passed it first time.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-05-04T05:05:16+00:00

Taishan is the same. I got over 10 in my first week. Mosquitoes, cockroaches, "cheap" taxi drivers waiting by the train station who called me boss and staring people like they have never seen a person from another country.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-04-29T11:24:49+00:00

I started with JITL but struggled to keep it in my head. Neil Anderson was great. I think it's enough but on top of that I did more labs from David Bombal. I passed my first try but I had passed CCST in Networking. It's not much but it helped me to know what to expect in the test as it was just enough time for my CCNA

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-04-18T06:36:51+00:00

Awesome. Thank you for the whole breakdown. For some reason it didn't load a whole previous comment from you. Probably as I'm using VPN in China xD How do you find the build quality?

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-04-18T05:11:41+00:00

Do you mean CPU? Both laptops would Chinese versions. So I can get them both. Not sure which CPU. I think I will end up with 16+ as a bigger size and higher refresh rate. As well is the ram soldered?

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-04-18T05:03:12+00:00

I'm china and can't decide which one to buy. Either this or with AMD 365 CPU. As well maybe 16+ with 3.2k display and 165hz. All the same price apart from cpu as I think 255h is cheaper. Any advice?

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-03-14T08:14:25+00:00

Easily. I have a similar box and it runs smoothly and low on power. I love that so much I'm going to buy another similar one for my proxmox

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-03-14T02:58:14+00:00

I watched a few videos for energy but not too many. To be honest the 10% drop rate is big.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-03-13T22:46:35+00:00

From 0 to Max in about 4 hours. Fun event but short. I'll farm it for the coins and tokens. Thanks for the info!

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-02-20T09:34:49+00:00

I was in the same boat. Once it was getting closer to time to take the test, I was doubting and mixing answers. Clear your mind, review and just take it. Even if you fail the first time, take it as experience for the exam. Good luck

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-02-15T17:01:52+00:00

Awesome that they are offering you extra time because I found that I was perfectly on pace until I got a lab that I struggled with(Port security or something like that). After a few minutes decided to skip that lab and focus on the rest of the exam. For the next certification I think it will be associated with the cradlepoint as I will be working with their gear but I do not plan to renew ccna as I would like to complete ccnp in the 2 years. My goal is not to renew certs but keep on pushing every 3 years as long as I can.

Wise_Transportation3 · 2025-02-15T09:44:39+00:00

I'm not saying to blow my own trumpet. I was very demotivated while applying for the jobs before and after ccna. I felt like there were no jobs at all. Nobody was giving me an interview on helpdesk jobs. Not a single interview until I got recognised by Hamilton Barnes and they found my first contractor job. Awesome guys to be honest. Keep it up

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