[WhackyIdeas]

Is something like that really that necessary though, sure it has a lot of features but for a simple router it takes 15mins to follow a guide on openbsd.org to set up a simple router which works really well and is really secure.

[vladvasiliu]

Given GP's question, they're likely not someone who would spontaneously whip up an openbsd router.

Maybe they don't care to fiddle with a command line, read up on dhcp servers, ipv6 router advertisements, pf configuration and what have you. In such a case, throwing opnsense on some machine, clicking around on three pages and calling it a day isn't that bad.

The experience is close enough to an off-the-shelf router (except for the installation part), all the while getting a much better security situation.

[WhackyIdeas]

I actually found it easier understanding the openbsd router than pfsense when I tried it. The abstraction confused me personally.