I run pfSense in a VM on ESXi and can do snapshots before upgrades or before I want to tinker with my config. I have 3 separate VPN configs (site to site, remote access for others to a DMZ on my network which also lives in the ESXi virtual network switch, and a path for my mail to flow in from a VPS hosting my inbound SMTP gateway) and there are many interesting plugins available to do things like live graphical traffic monitoring if you are curious what is using your bandwidth. pfSense is also regularly patched. The idea of my router staying up for years at a time in this day and age makes me question how you are getting security updates on that device. Or perhaps people are just referring to the hardware staying up for that long.
At one point I even had pfSense load balancing two internet connections but that idea died when budget cuts were mandated by the household council.
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I run pfSense in a VM on ESXi and can do snapshots before upgrades or before I want to tinker with my config. I have 3 separate VPN configs (site to site, remote access for others to a DMZ on my network which also lives in the ESXi virtual network switch, and a path for my mail to flow in from a VPS hosting my inbound SMTP gateway) and there are many interesting plugins available to do things like live graphical traffic monitoring if you are curious what is using your bandwidth. pfSense is also regularly patched. The idea of my router staying up for years at a time in this day and age makes me question how you are getting security updates on that device. Or perhaps people are just referring to the hardware staying up for that long. At one point I even had pfSense load balancing two internet connections but that idea died when budget cuts were mandated by the household council.