The Netgate SG-4860 pfSense Security Gateway Appliance can be configured as a firewall, LAN or WAN router, VPN appliance, DHCP Server, DNS Server, and IDS/IPS with optional packages to deliver a high performance, high throughput front-line security appliance at an excellent price. With preloaded pfSense software, the SG-4860 is a fast networking security solution unencumbered by traditional annual contracts, licensing fees, or artificial limitations. Built with performance, versatility, and low total cost of ownership in mind, this is a low power system built for long life and solid reliability in a compact footprint.

Netgate is a firewall and router distribution based on FreeBSD that is functionally competitive with expensive, proprietary commercial firewalls. pfSense software-based appliances can be configured as a stateful packet filtering firewall, a LAN or WAN router, VPN Appliance, DHCP Server, DNS Server, or can be configured for other applications and special purpose appliances. This next generation pfSense security appliance features include:

• Stateful packet filtering firewall or pure router
• Routing policy per gateway and per-rule for failover and load balancing
• Transparent layer 2 firewall
• Support for IPV6, NAT, BGP
• Captive portal with MAC filtering, RADIUS support, etc
• VPN: IPsec, OpenVPN, L2TP
• Dynamic DNS client
• Reporting and monitoring features with real time information
  

[1] Layer 3 forwarding performance using FreeBSD without a packet filter exceeds 400Mbps. Using pfSense with the default ruleset offers performance exceeding 100Mbps.