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

YuanLey 2.5 GbE / 10G SFP+ Unmanaged Network Switch

Dustin Casto
August 19, 2023
Switches
Yuanley

At the time of this writing, I have been working to build out a lab network to help me more easily test various network configurations using mini-PCs, …

Migrate OPNsense to New Hardware using the Configuration Importer during Installation

Dustin Casto
November 18, 2022
(Updated: August 11, 2023)
Routers
OPNsense ,Zenarmor

If you have you an existing bare metal OPNsense installation and you wish to migrate to new hardware, you have the option of exporting your current …

Remote Control a PC or Server with the TinyPilot Voyager 2a

Nearly two years ago, I had the opportunity to review the TinyPilot Voyager after I was approached by Michael Lynch, TinyPilot’s (affiliate …

Build a Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Music Player with Bluetooth Speaker Using MoOde Audio Player

Have you ever wanted to build a small, compact music player using a Raspberry Pi? I did some research to come up with a solution that met my current …

Enable Mellanox ConnectX-3 SFP+ 10G Interfaces in OpenWRT

Dustin Casto
June 14, 2023
Routers
OpenWRT

After I had finished my review of the Gowin R86S-U4, I was sent a question on how to enable the 10G SFP+ interfaces in OpenWRT since they are not …

Set up a Local Hugo Development Environment and CI/CD on GitLab for Hugo Modules

Dustin Casto
June 14, 2023
Website
Hugo

The Hugo theme I am using at the time of this writing had several updates which I wanted to incorporate into my site. The most significant update was …

Gowin Solution R86S-U4 2.5/10G Mini-PC

In a previous review, I took a look at the R86S-P2 and the R86S-B3 models by Gowin Solution (see their international website). The R86S originally had …

A Detailed Comparison between OPNsense 23.1 and pfSense CE 2.6

Over the last several years I have seen many users who are deciding to use OPNsense or pfSense as their home network router software of choice or they …