My pfSense Setup - VLANs, VPN, Firewall, DHCP

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0:00 Intro
1:56 Dashboard
3:30 Routing
6:11 Interfaces/VLANs
8:55 Firewall
16:57 Traffic Shaper
17:36 DHCP Server
19:45 DNS
20:59 HAProxy
23:27 VPN
26:30 More DHCP
27:00 Diagnostics Backup/Restore
28:50 Dynamic DNS
30:08 Conclusion

[tokoiaoben]

Super helpful to folks out there justed with pfsense. Your time and effort is very much appreciated.

[James_Knott]

I've been running pfSense for almost 7 years. Currently it's on a Qotom mini PC with i5 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB SSD and 4 1 Gb Ethernet ports. I have a VLAN for my guest WiFi, test LAN, connection to a Cisco router, OpenVPN server, DNS resolver, NTP server and more. I am quite happy with it. I'm also a regular participant on the pfSense software forum, where I'm a bit of an expert on using pfSense with IPv6. Fortunately, my IPv4 host name, from my ISP doesn't change, unless I change hardware, so I have an constant host name for connecting with OpenVPN and don't have to worry about DynDNS. I also have some of my IPv6 addresses on an external DNS server.

[dustind]

Last month, after getting annoyed trying to get vlans going on my router running asuswrt-merlin, I just pulled the trigger on an intel Celeron fanless box from alixpress... Loaded up pfsense and have let the cash hemorrhage rip as I went down the rabbit hole of upgrading the entire network.. Next month I'm getting a spool of cat6 and hitting the attic to replace some damaged cat5e cables and to add a few more drops. Your channel has been a huge help. Cheers!

[acozad]

I just wanted to say thank you for explaining this. I am currently trying to build my PfSense box now and trying to learn all of this info. Thanks Buddy for this.

[KenPryor]

Great video! I've been running pfSense on an older PC and it's great, but I've just barely scratched the surface on all it's capable of. I really have a lot to learn with it.

[jeremykramer]

This is great! I love the 5000 ft view to see how everything fits together. I get lost during single topic in depth videos sometimes.

[ick]

WOAH, Last night while staring into the blinky lights of my switch, listening to droning hum of my server fans, and rigioulessly running speed tests I was prayed to network gods in hopes that they would increase my network speed. when that didn't happen I was toataly thinking: Brett's network must be soo coool.

[coletraintechgames]

I think this is great. I have been doing (trying to do) a lot of this same stuff. A light went on that you had done this, I went back and rewatched and it was really helpful. Especially the "specify a gateway" at 15:25.

I would be interested in more of this or the line by line of setting it all up.

[IndyCookie]

16:04 captan jack sparrow stuff 🤣 very well put sir. just found this channel and the vibes are already awesome

[coletraintechgames]

I am on OPNsense. I did PFsense for a while and had an issue and tried OPNsense. (I think the issue was me) But anyway, it works and just stayed on it! They are both very similar. I really loved this video. Lots I'm trying to do and learn and this helped me gain some clarity.

[sillycoda]

Keep up the great work my friend!! You're an inspiration to us all!! <3

[pepeshopping]

Nice. The only problem is “guessing” what any rule is for or not having a good description or documentation for your firewall setup.

Config backups can also be acceded through the GUI as every change gets recorded and can be restored to that state.

Btw, pfsense is not an “operating system”.
FreeBSD is the OS under pfsense, which is a bunch of packages, scripts and code on TOP of FreeBSD.

[murtadha]

Dude this is a great channel! I'm glad I stumbled upon this

[CharlieMartorelli]

Great overview. I would like to get your opinion on firewalls. I don't need many of the features of PFsence, but I would like a "strong" firewall. I am using an edge router X now. Do you think the edge router is a good firewall. If not what will you recommend. As always great information in your video.

[jaxwylde]

Been subscribed for a while. Love the information you share, and your style of humor! Did you follow a specific guide (or guides) to set this up (and if yes, can you list your recommended guide(s)) you preferred to use? I know there is a lot of information online, but your home-lab setup is similar to mine (proxmox, synology, unifi products etc. I just haven't jumped into the pfsense world yet (even after spending many hours watching vids, reading reviews, etc. etc.). Cheers!

[markolafploeg]

Nice good and relaxing explanation of firewall stuff thanx

[zyghom]

I just "discovered" your channel - super nice. I don't use pfsense but opnsense - but 90% is the same - just "vertical" instead of "horizontal" menu ;-)

[Xerofull]

I actually woke up with that thought "i need to figure out how to setup my pfsense" lmao, thank you for the video

[ryanlc]

Thanks for sharing! Have you ever used the NAT tool? I followed 2 different guides and I still can't get the NAT type on my Xbox to change from strict.

[lucsegers]

Hi, thank you for this info. All these firewall rules are related to interVLAN communication. But what about rules for incoming traffic? Is pfsense having a standard set of rules for this. Is everything closed? Bit confused about this.