In this chapter, we took a look at some of the more significant packages available for pfSense. More packages have been added over the past few years, and as a result, if the stock pfSense installation doesn't provide what you need, there's a good chance that a third-party package exists that does. Packages implementing proxy servers, network monitoring, and network intrusion detection/prevention are among the most popular ones, but in addition to that, there are packages for load balancing and routing, among others. This chapter covered what the author believes to be the most important packages, but be sure to look through the complete package list before giving up the search for the package you require.

In the final chapter, we will cover a topic that is essential to creating and maintaining a computer network but is often overlooked: troubleshooting.