Benefits of IPFire over other Open Source solutions

[bloater99 (Tim Zakharov)]

Like any network device, take a back up before applying an update and be very familiar with how to restore that back up quickly before applying the update. Practice this during downtimes, and preferably apply the update during downtimes, being ready to roll back if something does go wrong. This practice should be followed for any firewall brand when applying updates.

[chrisc (Chris Clawson)]

Personally, I use ipfire for two reasons: familiarity and compatibility. I’ve been using it for years when I started with a Raspberry Pi 1B. Still using it now because Linux has better driver support than BSD. When I got my latest router a couple years ago, I couldn’t even use opnsense on it due to a lack of NIC drivers. The only major failures I’ve had are due to problems with installing updates - I had to reinstall once when a failed update left it unbootable.

[eykalzz (MUHAMMAD HAIKAL)]

i already test OPNSense,PFSense, Mikrotik and Next Generation Firewall ( Fortinet ) … but ipfire more stable for my game server

[kenzo_ume (James Sly)]

@pike_it

IpFire nor related services are for sale. So that’s technically not a product.
Only hardware “designed for IPFire” (sort of) is on sale.

I disagree with your understanding of a ‘product’. Something that has been produced is a ‘product’ whether its is for sale or not.

[pike_it (Pike)]

I see your point and as meaning you’re indeed correct. Also… the output of a multiplication is a product too. However… it’s not a point about various meaning of the term.

According to Cambridge Dictionary, a definition of product is

something that is made to be sold, usually something that is produced by an industrial process or, less commonly, something that is grown or obtained through farming

Software (computer program) is not considered a good, however software is sold.
I feel not uncorrect on my definition still…

[swordfish77 (Cosmin C)]

That “broken” DNS message makes me to be so mad at every restart. I even skip versions update because of that. Every other solution works like a charm at restart, connecting flawless with ISP but IPFire nooo. It must stuck at every God damn restart 5-10 minutes to click on every dns configuration. With UDP, with, tcp, with google dns, with cloudflare, nothing works… And after I become red of madness, starts working.

[bbitsch (Bernhard Bitsch)]

This a bit OT.
Please open a new thread, if your DNS problems persist.

[ric9 (Rico Hoppe)]

Or directly move on to https://bugzilla.ipfire.org and report it there.
If it’s a persistent problem, the core devs will take a look at it to make you less angry