How to Set Up a Transparent Filtering Bridge on OPNsense 26.1
Many users have ISP supplied routers or their own gateway/router devices that they must use or prefer to use yet want to add greater security to their …
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How to Set Up a Transparent Filtering Bridge on OPNsense 24.7
Many users have ISP supplied routers or their own gateway/router devices that they must use or prefer to use yet want to add greater security to their …
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Introducing Open Source Security: Enterprise-Grade Security Technologies for Home Networks
Improve Your Home Network Security For many home users, the main router used on the network is provided by the ISP (Internet Service Provider). The …
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Replace the OPNsense Web UI Self-Signed Certificate with a Let's Encrypt Certificate
When you install OPNsense, it will generate a self-signed certificate for the web interface. While a self-signed certificate will work just fine …
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How to Migrate from ISC DHCP to dnsmasq or Kea DHCP in OPNsense
ISC (Internet Systems Consortium) is the organization that developed and maintained the open source ISC DHCP server. In October 2022, ISC released the …
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How to Configure IPv6 Prefix Delegation on OPNsense for a Secondary Router
To minimize disruption on my home network, I typically create most of my guides either in a disconnected lab environment or on my LAB VLAN that I have …
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How to Configure IPv6 in Your Home Network with ISP such as Comcast Xfinity
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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OPNsense Hardware Recommendations (2025)
Occasionally I have been asked for hardware recommendations for OPNsense and the question appears on Reddit frequently. So I thought it may be helpful …
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