OpnSense Notes
Here’s a collection of notes and details for the house router setup.
Build
Software: OpnSense 24.7.4_1
Hardware: Gigabyte H97N-Wifi motherboard
Processor: Intel i5-4460
Setup
Base setup was done following this article: https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/set-up-a-fully-functioning-home-network-using-opnsense/#unbound-dns-general
Dynamic DNS Setup is here: https://oga.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/~311198967/pages/234848257/OpnSense+DynDNS+Setup
It’s a good guide on how to add a new VLAN and associated interface.
Network Ports
Here’s a picture of the backside of the router, showing ports and connections:
Here’s the list of used connections:
|
Logical |
Service |
Connection |
|---|---|---|
|
WAN (em0) |
Incoming internet connection. |
Connects directly to fiber transceiver |
|
Spare (em1) |
Spare port |
NA |
|
Spare (em2) |
Spare port |
NA |
|
LAN (em3) |
Untagged LAN traffic. |
Connects to switch, SW20, port 8. |
|
Trunk (em4) |
VLan tagged traffic from main switch. |
Connects to switch, SW20, port 1. |
|
Mgmt (re0) |
Management access from VLAN60. |
Connects to switch, SW20, port 16. |
Web UI Access
The UI is available on the LAN interface at: https://192.168.1.1
The LAN interface is LAN3 (em3), which is the bottom port on the 4-port NIC.
Locked out of Web GUI
If you ever get locked out of the web interface, open an ssh session to the router, and issue this:
configctl webgui restart renew
Taken from here: https://docs.opnsense.org/troubleshooting/webgui.html
Speed Test
Installed speed test plugin from here: https://github.com/mimugmail/opn-repo
This requires opening an SSH session to the router, and running this line (taken from the GitHub page):
fetch -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/mimugmail.conf https://www.routerperformance.net/mimugmail.conf
pkg updateOnce installed, open OpnSense and navigate to available plugins.
Locate the added plugin called: os-speedtest-community, and install it.
Once installed, you can open it from here:
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