#opnsense

OPNsense on bare metal, 18 months as sole perimeter. Four things it taught me — plus four gaps I still haven't closed.

I've been running firewalls since the days of m0n0wall on CF cards, and I still remember the sinking...

Choosing between MikroTik, pfSense, and OPNsense for your network? One quick tip: pfSense and...

A technical postmortem of a transparent OPNsense bridge where LACP instability looked like vague network slowness before the physical-layer evidence became clear.

In today's threat landscape, a reliable defense system isn't just optional it is an absolute...

2026 guide to choosing the best fanless mini-PC with 2.5G/10G ports. Compare Protectli, Topton N100, and Qotom for pfSense/OPNsense, low power, and IDS performance.

Talk to Your Firewall: Query OPNsense from tools like Claude Code with MCP If you run...

Disclaimer: This software is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. Upgrading firewall...

A brutally honest walkthrough of deploying headless OPNsense on a fanless mini-PC, including every gotcha that cost me sleep.

Building a complete SMB environment using 100% open-source tools—no proprietary licensing, no vendor lock-in. Proxmox for virtualization, OPNSense for routing/firewall, Ansible for automation, Rocky Linux for VMs.

A step-by-step guide on creating a Layer 2 transparent firewall using OPNsense with LACP (LAGG) links to a UniFi Dream Machine and UniFi switch — with pitfalls, diagrams, photos, and lessons learned.

OPNsense is an open source, feature rich firewall and routing platform used by home users, small...