I would run pfsence in a vm at a LAN party but for a home/office I can not afford to risk security. if you worry about Power use use a micro ATX Sent from my iPhone On 2013-08-05, at 7:54 PM, Brett Delmage <Brett [ dot ] Delmage [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Jeff Moncrieff wrote: > >> I run pfSense but not as a VM I do not like the idea of running a router on a virtual machine. it a security risk better to get a cheap system. > > If power use, physical space, and reliability are not of concern, sure why not.