It's possible to get a full gigabit throughput on pfSense and OPNsense as well, but a few configuration tweaks are required. Both have great VLAN and PPPoE support as well. OpenWRT and IPFire achieve full gigabit routing on APU routers out of the box. I have an APU router and want to have a full gigabit internet speed.

See more information about OpenWRT performance here. You should NOT use pfSense or OPNSense - they don't support 802.11ac and have sub-optimal 802.11n support. OpenWRT has the best Wireless support and achieves the highest wireless throughput. OpenWRT is excellent in many ways but less user-friendly for firewall configuration than OPNSense and pfSense. IPFire has a less mature user interface, so we only recommend it if you already know it. PfSense has been around for longer, so the community is bigger, and there's more documentation online. OPNsense has a nicer user interface and seems to implement new features faster than pfSense. Both of these operating systems are mature, full-featured, and have a lot of documentation online. Here are a few basic recommendations we make, depending on what you want to use your hardware for.

It depends on what you want to do! Here, at TekLager, we run OpenWRT on our Access Points and OPNSense on our routers. Should I have pfSense or OPNSense, IPFire, or OpenWRT or maybe something completely different? This is one of the most frequently asked questions we get. Which Operating System should I have on my router?

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