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… Get the most from OPNsense OPNsense is a powerful tool in securing your home network and opening up access to those who visit, and it keeps everything segmented for maximum performance. …
… Related I replaced my ISP router with OPNsense months ago, and I don't regret it at all I took the plunge a while ago, and OPNsense is fantastic. …
… OPNsense is still great, just not for me OPNsense is a good option for many to protect their home network , but it's not my favorite anymore. …
… While I wouldn’t say that OPNsense surpasses its progenitor in every way, I never expected I'd like it this much. Related How did OPNsense fork from pfSense and become a better firewall? OPNsense and pfSense have the same origins, but OPNsense is now the go-to recommended firewall. …
… But they’re far from the only plugins on my OPNsense-powered network Since we’re already on this subject, I’ve got a couple of extra plugins deployed in my OPNsense router. …
… OPNsense serves as the centerpiece of this setup While it’s technically only available on x86 machines, I consider OPNsense the best router distro by a long shot. …
… Migrating the DNS filtering to OPNsense not only felt like the right call, but it also allowed me to keep everything network-related on the LAN. It's not because Pi-hole is worse than Unbound on OPNSense , but rather it felt better placed on the router box. …
… Specifically, I’ve got OPNsense on my router, though it’s also possible to configure it on pfSense. That said, the OPNsense community plugin can’t function on its own, as it still needs a Redis database. So, I had to install both the os-ntopng and os-redis plugins on my OPNsense host. …
… I use OPNsense, which made it painless to set everything up. All I needed to do was enable Unbound, and OPNsense really did the rest. Traffic is redirected to Unbound, which is hosted within OPNsense, so there's next-to-no latency, and everything works as it did before using external servers. …
… For full control, I migrated to OPNsense, because it offers a lot of granular knobs that aren't available in the admin panels of most consumer routers. OPNsense allows me to set a limit on how fast traffic can move, and set a queue to decide which packets get to use that limit first. …