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While I agree that you can’t run pfSense on a Raspberry Pi, I take issue with the assumption that pfSense doesn’t support the ARM architecture (Build Your Own Hardware Firewall, LXF305). I own one of Netgate’s 1100 appliances, which is based on a dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.2GHz processor. Likewise, the Negate 2100 is also based on the same processor. Admittedly, users have to purchase these ARMbased products from Netgate to run pfSense on ARM and cannot just install this code on their own generic ARM device.
One feature I would advocate that wasn’t mentioned in your article is being able to monitor the firewall via a console port, which is particularly useful if you tend to install regular pfSense updates or tinker with the firewall. The remote Webgui interface is the much preferred option when configuring the pfSense firewall – however, when upgrading or rebooting the firewall, the console port is extremely useful for monitoring progress and viewing any errors.