Questions tagged [opnsense]
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Kea hub and spoke configuration with OPNsense running on the hub
Consider a small network with OPNsense acting as an Internet router/firewall, and two LANs. The two LANs serve different tenants, hence communication from LAN 1 to LAN 2 or vice versa is blocked.
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Can't access webserver from WAN after Opnsense upgrade
I finally decided to upgrade my opnsense box after a couple of years of deferring and, in the heat of the moment, forgot to double-check I had configuration backups. After the upgrade to OPNsense ...
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Adding hetzner default gateway manually before I am able to ping google.com
I used opnsense as natgateway for my private network. everything is working fine except that I have to manually declare my default gateway everything the system before I can ping from a vm in the ...
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Pinging a website from a cloud server in private network on hetzner over opnsense router not working
I am a newbie in nategateway and networking
I want to make a cloud server in a private network accessible to the internet through opnsense. I am using hetzner cloud provider
I tried to ping google ip (...
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Changing my LAN IPv4 to DHCP makes opnsense unreachable on hetzner
I following a tutorial on a blog about opensense.
I have a client server and opnsense server. I want the client server to use opnsense for its network and have access to public network through the ...
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New OPNsense setup, almost all default, 1111&8888 DNS set but can only access few sites?
So, I have a protectli box with opnsense 23.7.5 installed, currently I have the ISP router/modem in front of the opnsense box and a laptop (which I have been dual booting between win/lin) to try to ...
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Hetzner 1 IP + Proxmox + OPNSense and NAT
I have a server in Hetzner with 1 public IP...
Inside I have Proxmox installed, where I direct all traffic to a virtual machine with OPNSense.
this is my /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/...
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AdguardHome DNS not working for Wireguard VPN clients on OpnSense
For my home network I have a x86 System running OpnSense. I use Wireguard to connect external devices with my network (set up according to the official documentation).
This setup worked fine until I ...
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Why is traffic not passing through OPNsense firewall in Hyper V?
I'm configuring OPNsense in Hyper-V. It is connected to the DMZ on one interface, and the internal network on the other, with internal switches for the VMs. There are VLANs setup and working fine.
The ...
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What's the correct way to set up a network with multiple upstream routers?
I have a physical network topology that goes from
Modem, to
OPNSense Router (subnet 192.168.0.0/24), to
L2 Managed Network Switch, to
Various LAN clients, including
TP-Link Router (subnet 192.168....
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OPNSense OpenVPN Site to Site VPN unable to reach internal networks
I've been pulling my hair out setting up a site to site vpn with OPNSense.
I followed the official guide with one exception, I'm using certificates.
And I saw in a video that the interfaces created by ...
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OPNsense won't forward ports from WAN to LAN
I cannot get my xmpp client's ports to be forwarded from the WAN side of my FW to the LAN side chat server.
My configuration is:
Aliases:
xmpp_port=5222
xmpp_server=chat
Firewall-->Port Forward
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How do I solve an IP address conflict caused by a VPN connection?
I have my own home LAN, and run an OPNsense (a fork of pfSense) router to control it. I use the 10.0.0.0/24 subnet.
One of my computers (in reality, a VM running inside Proxmox) connects to a VPN ...
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Preserve OPNsense logs after a reboot
OPNsense just got stuck (or maybe DOSed, but I can’t tell because of missing logs), and I had to reboot from the serial console to restore functionality quickly.
After the system came back up trouble-...
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Windows server IP address
Currently, I'm using Oracle Virtual Box 7.0.12. My Windows 10 Server has a static IP address of 192.168.10.10/24. The roles I added were Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and IIS services. However, it is ...
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Cannot get a IP address from DDWRT wireless access point connected to Opnsense
I have been setting up my home lab with Opnsense on a HP T620, TP Link managed switch and my old TP Link Archer running DDWRT as a WAP.
I can connect to the WIFI but all the IP addresses are assigned ...
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TP Link TL-SG108E OPNSENSE VLAN set up unsure of what
I have been following this guide:
https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/set-up-a-fully-functioning-home-network-using-opnsense/
Which has been great up until the switch configuration for the VLANS where I ...
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Would there be a performance difference between a single 10G LAN going to a managed switch with 3 VLANS vs a 4-port 2.5G network card?
I'm new to networking and virtualization, but I've been making progress. One thing I've definitely learned is that networking mistakes can be quite costly!
Currently, I'm using OPNsense as my router ...
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Register FreeBSD OPNsense Repo for `os-` plugins
I have a community version of OPNsense runnung. I want to install the package os-wireguard-go on my machine. I found out that plugins will only be installable with a pro license. I also found this ...
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Get static public IP from a VPS
I'm attempting to assign static public IP addresses directly to my OPNsense box on a local network. My VPS provides me with four IP addresses:
ens4 1.1.1.1
ens4:1 2.2.2.2
ens4:2 3.3.3.3
ens4:3 4.4.4.4
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OPNsense port forwarding rules not functioning as desired
I've got a virtual network setup inside proxmox. I've installed OPNsense as the router to connect traffic from my regular network to the virtual network. The LAN side of OPNsense is on a bridge ...
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OpenVPN on OPNsense fails to start after restore
After restoring my OPNsense system, the OpenVPN server fails to start.
Here’s how I restored the system:
Restored an image I had taken from the fully configured system (minus later configuration ...
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BIND on OPNsense, slave zone not loaded if master is unavailable
I run BIND on OPNsense as the slave server for an internal DNS zone.
I notice that, if the master for that zone goes down, the slave will stop answering request for that zone (responding with SRVFAIL) ...
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Cannot ssh to (but can ping) a secondary router while connected to primary router
I'm trying to install an OPNSense router behind my ISP-provided combination-modem-gateway-and-router Pace 5268ac (which I would hope to convert to only operate as a modem). I've followed the ...
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Registering OpenVPN client addresses with DNS
I am running OPNSense on my home router and have configured OpenVPN on the device, allowing me to connect to my home network from anywhere in the world.
I am also running a BIND DNS server on my home ...
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Configure OPNsense to check for updates and install them automatically
I run OPNsense as well as a few Linux systems with Webmin.
Webmin has an option to check for updates periodically and install them automatically (iirc this can be done for all updates, or just for the ...
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Configure OPNsense to restart itself after a crash
I run OPNsense as a home router system, along with a VPN that I frequently access while not at home.
Recently, while I was away, the system at some point became inaccessible from outside. When I ...
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Physical switch to VM firewall/router for Router-on-a-stick?
I'm planning to purchase a TP-Link T2500G-10TS (TL-SG3210) switch for home lab. I already have a dell server with quad-port NIC which I will connect to the switch and I'll make VLANs.
The server ...
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PC in VLAN can't ping its own gateway
My VLAN's can't ping their own gateway and beyond.
1 - For VLANs to be able to ping their own gateway, do I have to enable the Parent VLAN and assign an IP to it in the OPNsense firewall ?
2 - Do I ...
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Inter VLAN access
I have a Netgear switch which has some VLANs configured:
VLAN 1 in ports 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Untagged
VLAN 2 in ports 1,2,3 Untagged + 8 tagged (8 is the router)
VLAN 3 in ports 4,5,6,7 Untagged + 8 ...
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