Home Network Guy

How to Set Up a Transparent Filtering Bridge on OPNsense 26.1

How to Migrate from ISC DHCP to dnsmasq or Kea DHCP in OPNsense

Dustin Casto
October 13, 2025
Routers
OPNsense , DHCP , DNS

Virtualize OPNsense on Proxmox as Your Primary Router

Dustin Casto
April 18, 2024
(Updated: April 19, 2024)
Servers
OPNsense , Proxmox , Protectli , Grandstream , ZimaBoard , TinyPilot

Beginner’s Guide to Set Up a Home Network Using OPNsense

Dustin Casto
November 1, 2023
(Updated: October 1, 2024)
Networks
OPNsense , TP-Link , UniFi , Protectli , IPv6 , DNS

Set Up a Fully Functioning Home Network Using OPNsense

Dustin Casto
February 13, 2023
(Updated: October 1, 2024)
Networks
OPNsense , TP-Link , UniFi , Protectli , IPv6 , DNS , Cloudflare

12 Ways to Secure Access to OPNsense and Your Home Network

Dustin Casto
June 30, 2022
(Updated: October 1, 2024)
Security
OPNsense

How to Update Pi-hole from Portainer

Dustin Casto
February 23, 2019
(Updated: August 4, 2019)
Single board computers
Pi-hole ,Portainer

Now that you have Pi-hole and Portainer setup within Docker (perhaps on a Raspberry Pi (affiliate link) ?) and you notice that an update is available …

How to Configure VLANs on a TP-Link Managed Switch

Dustin Casto
October 4, 2018
(Updated: July 1, 2019)
Switches
TP-Link ,VLAN

I purchased the budget friendly TP-Link T2600G-28TS L2 managed switch (affiliate link) for my home network since I wanted to be able to segregate the …

Restrict Network Device Communication

Dustin Casto
October 17, 2018
(Updated: July 1, 2019)
Switches
TP-Link

Network port isolation is one way you can restrict communication between network devices. You can restrict certain PCs from accessing your server, for …

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 Firewall Rules in OPNsense

If you are new to firewalls like I was when I decided to build my own router/firewall, it can take some time to fully understand and feel comfortable …

Advantage of Using Single Purpose Network Devices

Dustin Casto
April 23, 2019
Networks
UniFi

It is not uncommon for many home networks to utilize an all-in-one network device provided by the users’ Internet Service Provider (ISP). For …

Install the UniFi Controller Application on a Raspberry Pi with Docker

Dustin Casto
March 4, 2019
(Updated: March 6, 2019)
Single board computers
UniFi ,Raspberry Pi ,Docker

Those who use or own Ubiquiti UniFi products mostly are familiar with the UniFi Controller. It is software used to manage all of your UniFi gear in a …

Configure the IP Address on a TP-Link Managed Switch

Dustin Casto
September 28, 2018
(Updated: March 1, 2019)
Switches
TP-Link

In this how-to, I will using the TP-Link T2600G-28TS L2 managed switch (affiliate link) and the TP-Link T1500G-10MPS PoE smart switch (affiliate link) …