I read today about VyOS and I really like the idea and approach but I am not sure how it compares to Opnsense in terms of performance and features. I know it doesn’t have a GUI, which is a bit of a bummer for me.
I have purchased a mini router PC and I was thinking to build a dedicated router and firewall on it. I also have another PC that I am planning to run as a Proxmox host and install a couple of VMs and LXC containers, as well as Home Assistant along with Omada, as I am thinking of purchasing some TP-Link AP compatible with Omada.
But would love to hear some feedback from people who used both what they think.
Keep in mind that although I am technical and have a fair understanding of networking and VLANs I am not exactly an expert in networking. Does it make sense to go into the VyOS route in that case?
The end goal is to have a dedicated network and routing for the IoT network, dedicated Wireguard, guest WiFi, etc.
Both are just abstractions over primatives and services find in the underlying operating system.
Moving to just native of or nftables and running your firewall like a server has been on of my best moves. You will learn a tone more, have a lot more flexibility and overall o think it’s a much better experience.
I am a traditional network engineer as well (learned Juno’s/Cisco/etc). Ansible is a good way to do “commits” and config management.
Is your comment supposed to say “native pf or nftables”?