My mind is set.
I’ve moved back to MikroTik for my border router (again) only this time I’m sticking with it. I really enjoyed using pfsense but then when I upgraded to the R230 I messed up a very good installation and subsequently tried to push into opnsense which I just didn’t get along with. Then I re-debated going for a virtual host and running the firewall as a VM as opposed to bare metal. I like the flexibility of virtual but also love having a dedicated “thing” as a hardware firewall.
I opted to go virtual host and run MikroTik as I could achieve quickly what I wanted and I know it’s got the legs to go the distance as the configuration matures and evolves. I will admit I’d love to have some pretty graphs but what’ more important? A system I am comfortable with or graphs I will look at a couple of times?
The final problem was connection speed, my CHR license is a P1 and I am running a 10Gb home core network, this means the unit will only upload at 1Gb per interface if I wish to license it for updates or I run it un-licensed and risk not getting updates, not the wisest of choices currently being as RouterOS 7 is only on version 7.16 at time of writing. The easy answer – invest – shortly to take ownership of a P10 license, I don’t need it right this moment but it will be available for when I upgrade the WAN (which I could do tomorrow to 8Gb) and will appease my mind that I have now made good on my internal network.
Now to find a use for my P1…