Determining our deployment scenario

This recipe will determine which of the many pfSense deployment scenarios is right for our environment by analyzing our network diagram.

Getting ready

This recipe requires the use of our network diagram to understand how and where pfSense will fit into our environment. As an example we’ll be using my own home network diagram. This diagram is a good example of a typical small-office environment (minus the video game consoles).

How to do it...

  1. Let’s analyze our network diagram:
    How to do it...
  2. In this small-office scenario, the firewall that we have diagrammed fits the definition of a perimeter firewall. This is the most common of all ...

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