The MAIN presentation is pfSense Firewall/Router by Wendell Barber.
What is pfSense you might ask? PfSense is a free/open src firewall & router distro (based on FreeBSD) that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more.
What is used for?
pfSense is mostly used as a router and firewall software, and typically configured as DHCP server, DNS server, WiFi access point, VPN server, all running on the same hardware device.

This is preceeded at about ~7:00pm by announcements, general Q&A, and call for help.

That is preceeded at 6:30pm by The BASICS/TUTORIAL portion is: NomadBSD Introduction by Ken Johnson.
NomadBSD is a curated FreeBSD system with an OpenBox desktop.
NomadBSD can be used as a persistent live system from a USB drive, or
can be installed as the default boot O/S on a system or virtual
environment. This talk will describe features and characteristics,
discuss some reasons you might use it, and touch on installation and
setup.

Details (and the Zoom link URL) will be published on https://www.sluug.org/ when available (usually the day of the mtng).

6:30pm tutorial = NomadBSD
About ~7:00 Announcements. General Q&A. Call for help.
About ~7:15 the main talk = pfSense Firewall/router.
https://www.sluug.org/

# ONLINE MTNGS ONLY until further notice.

# ONLINE session will use remote video sftwr.

# HOW TO CONNECT instructions on [https://www.sluug.org/ ](https://www.sluug.org/)web page & our mailing lists. Note that your browser cache may need to be refreshed each time you check the above web page.

# We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM, so that you can join early to test your microphone, screen & video sharing.