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Firewall Hardware Tiers: Celeron vs N100 vs i5 Mini-PCs
How much CPU does a home firewall actually need? A practical tiering of mini-PC silicon — older Celeron, Inte…
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Vol. 04 · 2026
Vol. 04 · 2026
Comparison
Best Firewall for Small Business 2026: 6 Options Compared
Six firewalls evaluated for SMB buyers in 2026 — specs, total cost of ownership, and which fits your team size and compliance posture.
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Comparisons
HAProxy vs nginx Reverse Proxy for a Home Firewall
Both OPNsense and pfSense can run a reverse proxy on the firewall itself. HAProxy and nginx solve the same ho…
Comparisons
pfSense vs OPNsense: Which to Choose by Use Case
Forget 'which is better.' The right firewall distro depends on what you're actually doing. A use-case-driven …
Comparisons
WireGuard vs OpenVPN on Your Firewall
WireGuard has become the homelab default, but OpenVPN is far from dead. A practical comparison of the two VPN…
Comparisons
WireGuard on OPNsense vs pfSense in 2026: VPN Comparison
WireGuard is now the default homelab VPN, but the experience differs sharply between OPNsense and pfSense. A …
Buyer's Guides
Best Homelab Firewall in 2026: OPNsense, pfSense, UniFi, MikroTik
A buyer's guide to picking the right firewall platform for a homelab in 2026. Covers OPNsense, pfSense, UniFi…
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