Pfsense is tailored for use as a firewall and router that is entirely managed via web interface.
pfSense can be setup on a lower end PC. It can be configured and enhanced through a web-based interface, with out any knowledge in FreeBSD system.
PfSense is very flexible and can easily be adapted to numerous applications ranging from a home router to a firewall for a large corporate network. PfSense includes many features that are often only found in expensive commercial routers.
Why use pfSense instead of another router?
PfSense is fast, free, and stable offering tons of great features.
If you have an existing router that doesn't offer the features, or performance you need pfSense is a great choice to replace it with. Offering complete control of the hardware you can customize your pfSense system with the components you want.
If you've ever shopped for routers or firewall's before you probably know that depending on the features you are looking for they can be quite expensive. By using pfSense you can save a ton of money without compromising on features.
Popular uses for pfSense
Firewall
LAN / WAN Router
Wireless Hotspot (Captive Portal)
VPN Router
DHCP / DNS Server
Wireless Access Point
Multi Wan Router
Multi-WAN load balancing
Automatic connection failover
Bandwidth throttling
IPv4 and IPv6 support
Port Forwarding / NAT (Network Address Translation)
User Authentication
Local user and group database
User and group-based privileges
External RADIUS authentication
Proxy and Content Filtering
Transparent Squid Proxy Server
HTTP and HTTPS proxy
Non Transparent or Transparent caching proxy
Web Content Filter
Domain/URL filtering
Anti-virus filtering
Unified Threat Management
DNS Blacklist
GeoIP blocking
Anti-Spoofing
Time based rules
SafeSearch for search engines
Website access reporting
Usage reporting for daily, monthly, etc.
Dashboard with configurable widgets
Local logging
Remote logging
Local monitoring graphs
Real-time interface traffic graphs and More.........................
