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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

Protectli VP2420 2.5G Network Appliance

Around the time I reviewed the Protectli VP2410, I was hoping to review their 4 port Vault Pro model with 2.5G interfaces, but it was not ready yet. …

How to Flash the Coreboot Firmware on the Protectli VP2420

When the Protectli VP2420 was initially released, the coreboot firmware for the VP2420 was not quite ready so it was shipped with the default AMI …

Protectli Accessories

Dustin Casto
February 15, 2023
Modems
Protectli

Protectli is best known for their Vault firewall appliances, but they also make a variety of accessories that you may purchase for your Protectli …

Protectli VP2410 Network Appliance

Dustin Casto
October 12, 2022
(Updated: February 15, 2023)
Routers
OPNsense ,Protectli ,Coreboot ,Netboot

After writing for this site for several years, I have recently been approached by a couple of hardware vendors to try out their hardware. I view this …

Gowin Solution R86S-P2 and R86S-B3 2.5G Mini-PC

Dustin Casto
January 6, 2023
Routers
OPNsense ,Gowin

In July 2022, I was contacted by Gowin Solution (also see their international website) to review their new mini-PC/firewall devices which have 2.5G …

How to Install and Configure OPNsense on the Gowin R86S

Dustin Casto
January 6, 2023
Routers
OPNsense ,Gowin

If you decide to purchase a Gowin R86S mini-PC, you may wish to install OPNsense so you can use it as your router/firewall. The R86S comes …

Unbound DNS Override Aliases in OPNsense

Unbound DNS provides the ability to create DNS overrides, which allows you to manually configure the IP addresses that are returned by DNS lookups for …

How to Use an OPNsense Router Behind another Router

Dustin Casto
January 19, 2022
(Updated: October 11, 2022)
Routers
OPNsense

There may be instances where you may wish to run an OPNsense router behind another router. For instance, your ISP may make it difficult to use your …