The latest irritation of Opnsense (21.1.3 as of this writing) has been rock stable and performs very well. Speaking of the major updates, you can expect a major update roughly every 6 months, and the latest version 21.1 AKA Marvelous Meerkat did some major improvements on the drivers and stability enhancements, which is very welcome, along with supporting newer NICs including the 2500Mbps cards that have been flooding the market in the last year as the new standard and with Opnsense, you can expect to get all major updates, and the weekly and point releases with no catch. Opnsense, not only gets the weekly security updates, but also gets point releases that enhance or patch the current major release you are on.

It also goes hand in hand with the 2nd pillar, which was to be updatable. With my choosing of Opnsense, it gives me more then enough security, and even goes as far as weekly updates for security fixes or updates. Security was the first pillar and sits at the top, as no matter how fast or updatable your network can be, it is nothing if it not secure. Let me explain the 5 pillars further, to give a deeper understanding. There was 5 pillars I built my network on: The next thing was to plan out what I really wanted with my network and what would be connected. So what did I do? I for one read more about the differences, and further educated me on the tech and differences between them. It also did not mean I would stop testing software/hardware and features out. Initially my logic for going back to Pfsense was due to a little more stability with some features/drivers and the Shaper wizard was a blessing. Now fast forward to 2021 and further testing, including with the latest major release of Opnsense 21.1. I have previously discussed, my many network changes and test, including a most recent discussion of moving from Opnsense back to Pfsense and my reasoning why.

Opnsense sensei