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Network-Wide DNS Blocking of Advertising, Telemetry, and Malicious Domains using Pi-hole and OPNsense

Dustin Casto
September 20, 2018
(Updated: July 1, 2019)
Routers
OPNsense ,Pi-hole ,DNS

In my home network I wanted to set up a dedicated Pi-hole installation so that I could have network-wide ad blocking. Additionally, I could reduce the …

How to Configure VLANs in OPNsense

Dustin Casto
October 29, 2018
(Updated: February 8, 2019)
Routers
OPNsense ,VLAN ,DHCP

For the uninitiated, VLANs are Virtual Local Area Networks. Think of them as logically separate networks that are similar in concept to physically …

Router on a Stick

Dustin Casto
September 14, 2018
(Updated: October 26, 2018)
Routers
VLAN

A “router on a stick” (aka “one-armed router”) is a network configuration in which a single network switch is connected to a …