Software Router: pfSense or Vyatta ?

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Published on 2011-03-04T23:38:13Z Indexed on 2011/03/06 0:12 UTC
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Hello,

I'm rebuilding my home network and I am look to an alternative to the very expensives Cisco. So I take a lookt at the software routers, I've found Vyatta and pfSense. I have tested both and I find both great, but I don't know which one to choose.

I need a router software that :

Supports IPv6 (both do with pfSense 2 RC1)
Allows me to join an OpenVPN Network
Is free
Configurable by CLI (WebGUI is a plus)

After some testing, it looks like both a very featured, but Vyatta looks more CLI-centric where pfSense looks more WebGUI-centric.

Which do you recommend me ? Why ?

Is there any limitations on the free version of Vyatta ?

I would like to run it on a small box like Soekris ones, it that possible ? (pfSense will run it, but I'm not sure with Vyatta)

Thank you

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