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TNSR Home+Lab
Get TNSR Home+Lab Evaluation.
No Charge.
Deploy today on your own hardware or virtual machine.
All we ask of you is two simple things:
- Don't use it commercially.
- Be active on the Netgate Forum. Use others' knowledge and share your own.
Give us feedback to help make TNSR better for you!
What you need to succeed:
- Experience working with a CLI (there isn't a GUI with TNSR)
- Don't ask TNSR to be a firewall (it's a router, a very fast router)
- Install on an Intel-based platform:
- Netgate 1537 or 1541
- BMI, KVM, or VMWare (not HyperV, Proxmox etc.)
- A supported NIC card (here's a list)
FAQ
FAQ
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TNSR Home+Lab Evaluation software is functionally identical to TNSR software.
That said, TNSR Home + Lab Evaluation software is available at no charge, expressly for non-commercial use in a home or lab environment. Refer to our Evaluation Agreement for details.TNSR software is, of course, our commercial use product.
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No, TNSR has only been tested to work on select Netgate appliances, BMI, and KVM or VMware virtual machine environments. More information about virtual machine support can be found here.
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The general system requirements to run TNSR include:
- 64-bit x86 processor with SSE4.2 extensions
- Minimum of 4GB RAM
- Minimum of 20GB Storage
- Minimum of two network interface ports, three network interface ports recommended (two for data plane, one for management)
- Option to disable Secure Boot if using UEFI, as it is incompatible with the TNSR data plane
A detailed hardware compatibility list (HCL) can be found in our TNSR documentation here.
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The Home+Lab version of TNSR can't be updated in-place. To upgrade to the newest version, simply order the new release and run a fresh installation. There is a documented path here to migrate most configuration settings from the prior installation.
For a more seamless software upgrade process we recommend you upgrade to TNSR with TAC Pro or TNSR with TAC Enterprise, which includes access to rolling updates and 24/7 expert TAC support.
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You can use Home+Lab as long as you wish, as long as you abide by the EULA.
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A TNSR Home+Lab Evaluation instance can be converted to a TNSR annual subscription for commercial use without requiring a software reinstall, or interrupting an existing Home+Lab deployment. To do this:
- Purchase a TNSR subscription here
- Create a signed certificate by following TNSR Updates and Packages directions