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…Plus, the firewall rules in my OPNsense router are enough to deter external threats from laying their grubby hands on my password manager, while Tailscale handles my remote access needs, so I…
…You can use OPNsense to handle network segmentation for smart devices. Unless you run 50 or more smart devices, you probably don’t need to buy a new router either. Most of…
…I’ve got a central OPNsense firewall/router that’s configured as a subnet router via the Tailscale plugin in my home lab, while my remote NAS hosts Tailscale as an app…
…Pair it with an OPNsense router armed with Tailscale (or even a subnet router running on another PC), and the TrueNAS-berry Pi rig is pretty useful at pulling rsync tasks from…
Building an OPNsense router
After lurking here for a long time, I thought I’d finally share my homelab. The goal of this setup is pretty simple: Reliable storage Multiple backup targets Self-hosted services Remote access without exposing everything…
https://preview.redd.it/f360k89vz84h1.png?width=493&format=png&auto=webp&s=9bb2527d3d3752a41891e4bb8b817601b76570f1 I have 3 NIC's in my server. 1GB, 2.5GB and 5GB. I also have an Opnsense router VM, where the 5GB nic is…
It’s 98% junk but the rack itself is going to work great! My NAS, HA mini pc, opnsense router, switches, LLM box and ups can finally be not stacked on top of each other in the closet!!!! *edit* Houston we have a problem.…
I'm relatively new to Proxmox. I'm using unattended-upgrades for Debian security updates. It seems like there are Debian/Proxmox package updates available several times a week, if not almost daily. I'm more used to Home …
…Install OPNsense on your old computer and use it to create VLANs along with firewall rules.
…I’ve got an OPNsense router at the center of my networking stack, and I’ve armed it with strict firewall rules (well, mostly deny all as the default, with exceptions configured…
…My router back then was pretty basic and didn't show much in the way of traffic metrics, but many consumer routers nowadays have this, and prosumer or custom builds using OPNsense…
…This is a straightforward WAN rule to add to pfSense or OPNsense . It varies by consumer router, but most have an IPv6 firewall that can be toggled on. It's nice that…
…Related Setting up OPNsense on a mini PC was easier than configuring my old router Consistent performance with predictable behavior ...but that doesn't stop you from making your own It's…
…Proxmox is great for running virtual applications, such as OpenVPN, OPNsense , TrueNAS, and even Windows . Docker is better used for databases, smaller apps, and microservices. Think Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and Open WebUI for…