I'm starting my first pfSense build as a bit of a holiday project, and just wanted to grab a bit of advice from those who have already been there.
So I've just got an old PC with 2 gigabit NICs which will be the pfSense box and I'm planning to use a Linksys e4200v1 I just picked up cheaply secondhand for all connections, wireless and lan(if that's possible).
My main question is: Is it worth putting a custom firmware on the Linksys, like DD-WRT or tomato, etc?
I initially thought that I should, since it can't hurt, but then I heard there can be some stability issues with this router with DD-WRT(not sure about other firmwares).
So I'm just wondering what anyone else who's using a similar hardware configuration did?
Is there anything missing or running under the surface on the Linksys firmware that warrants a custom firmware when it's just being used as an access point and switch?
Have you found your custom firmware issue free?
What firmware do you recommend?
My last question is: Can I use the Linksys router for all my lan connections, like a switch? Or should I just grab another $7 NIC and keep the e4200 for wireless?