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12 Ways to Secure Access to OPNsense and Your Home Network

  • Dustin Casto
  • Date : June 30, 2022
  • Categories : Firewalls
  • Tags : Opnsense
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How to Install and Configure CrowdSec on OPNsense

  • Dustin Casto
  • Date : April 26, 2022
  • Categories : Routers
  • Tags : Opnsense ,Crowd sec
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Deploy Nginx Proxy Manager in a DMZ with OPNsense

  • Dustin Casto
  • Date : October 15, 2021
  • Categories : Servers ,Firewalls
  • Tags : Proxmox ,Reverse proxy ,Opnsense
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How to Configure the WireGuard VPN Server in OPNsense

  • Dustin Casto
  • Date : March 13, 2020
  • Categories : Routers
  • Tags : Opnsense ,VPN ,Wire guard
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OPNsense Firewall Rule “Cheat Sheet”

  • Dustin Casto
  • Date : February 7, 2020
  • Categories : Firewalls
  • Tags : Cheat sheet ,Opnsense

How to Configure IPv6 in Your Home Network with ISP such as Comcast Xfinity

  • Dustin Casto
  • August 17, 2019
  • (Updated: May 16, 2022)
  • Routers ,Firewalls
  • OPNsense ,IPv6

IPv6 was drafted in the mid-1990s when it was realized that IPv4 addresses would quickly be exhausted due to the explosive growth of the Internet. …

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Write Better Firewall Rules in OPNsense using Aliases

  • Dustin Casto
  • May 28, 2021
  • (Updated: May 10, 2022)
  • Firewalls
  • OPNsense

When you first learned to write firewall rules in OPNsense, you may have simply used the pre-defined aliases for the network interfaces/ports and IP …

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How to Configure Dynamic DNS in OPNsense

  • Dustin Casto
  • March 4, 2020
  • (Updated: May 6, 2022)
  • Routers
  • OPNsense ,DNS

If you have any software/services hosted on your home network that you wish to access remotely, you may have encountered a situation in which your …

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Build a Compact Raspberry Pi Zero Powered Music Player

  • Dustin Casto
  • March 23, 2022
  • Single board computers
  • Raspberry Pi

In my children’s bedrooms, we use old iPhones to play quiet music at bedtime and at nap time. However, the kids are very tempted to play with …

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Configure Plex Media Server to Allow Offline Access

  • Dustin Casto
  • April 28, 2021
  • (Updated: March 15, 2022)
  • Servers
  • Plex

I have been running Plex Media Server for quite a few years and enjoy self hosting all of my family’s media files. With self hosting, you do not …

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Use Static Routing to Second OPNsense Router with NAT Disabled for a Homelab

  • Dustin Casto
  • March 14, 2022
  • Routers ,Firewalls
  • OPNsense

Originally I wanted to write about how to use a second OPNsense router two different ways: with NAT and without NAT. After digging into it further, I …

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How to Create a Basic DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) Network in OPNsense

  • Dustin Casto
  • May 8, 2020
  • (Updated: December 9, 2021)
  • Routers ,Firewalls ,Security
  • DMZ ,OPNsense ,VLAN

A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a segmented part of a network that is used to host all publicly accessible websites and services. The intention is to …

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How to Access Your Modem's Web Interface with OPNsense

  • Dustin Casto
  • November 15, 2021
  • Modems ,Firewalls
  • OPNsense

Modems have a web-based interface which allows you to view information about the status of your modem including signal strength and quality as well as …

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