Editorial desk
pfSense Router Guide Editorial
The editorial desk that publishes pfSense Router Guide. It is a byline for the site's editorial process, not a person, and this page carries no author biography because there is no individual author to describe.
How this desk works
- Articles are researched from primary sources: vendor and project documentation, published standards and specifications, release notes, advisories, and measurements published by the people who took them.
- Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then edited against those same sources before publication.
- Nothing published here claims hands-on lab testing, benchmarking, or first-hand measurement. Where a figure comes from a datasheet or someone else's test, the article names the source.
- Corrections go to editor@pfsenserouter.com and are made on the affected page. Funding is set out on the disclosure page.
Posts (5)
- security
Snort vs Suricata on pfSense: Which IPS to Run in 2026
Pick Suricata for most pfSense firewalls: a multithreaded engine and Suricata-native ET Open rules. Snort 2.9.20 still suits OpenAppID users.
- editions
pfSense CE vs pfSense Plus: What Actually Differs
The two pfSense editions share a lineage but not a release cadence. Netgate's own version table shows where they diverge and where they re-converge.
- workload-sizing
Workload Sizing for pfSense: VPN, IDS and State Tables
Plan pfSense capacity around VPN traffic, IDS rules and peak state counts. Separate memory allowances from packet-rate limits before choosing a build.
- troubleshooting
pfSense Slow Speeds: Find the Real Bottleneck
A diagnostic order for slow pfSense throughput, from where to measure first to the network buffer, PPPoE and inspection settings that actually cap it.
- throughput
pfSense Throughput Bottlenecks: Routing, VPN and IDS
Identify pfSense throughput bottlenecks in packet processing, VPN encryption and IDS workloads. Match CPU, NIC and memory limits to the traffic you run.