The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Glingling on 2024-12-26 10:16:48.

Hello everyone,

I have a simple question: why do you use a firewall (such as OPNsense, pfSense, Sophos, etc.) in your homelabs?

Which features or use cases do you rely on the most? For example:

  • DHCP ?
  • VLAN segmentationc?
  • DNS resolver ?
  • TLS packet inspection ?
  • Web filtering ?
  • SD-WAN ?
  • Multi-WAN ?
  • Other ?

I’m curious to know how each of you makes use of these solutions in a personal or lab environment. Thanks in advance for your feedback!