x86 firewall/router software in a VM?

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jrandeck
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    Does anyone know how well pfSense or something similar would work running as a virtual machine?   I thought about doing that but as I don’t have dedicated server hardware, I would need to share a NIC between the host OS and the VM (I suppose I could get another NIC if needed) and I didn’t know how well that would work. 

    I know there are preconfigured VMs available for some of the products out there, though.

    If you leave your PC on 24/7 like I generally do anyway, then that would save the extra cost of running another server PC.