Beginner's Guide to Set up a Full Network using OPNsense

After finishing the comprehensive guide on building a full network using #OPNsense, I’ve decided to create a more simplified version for beginners that may be easier to digest than the original guide (https://youtu.be/54JWsGedXpo).

I was further motivated by some discussions on Reddit as well as the fact that there has been an increase of users migrating to OPNsense.

My hope is that this guide helps you get started on your own home network journey as you begin to separate out your trusted and untrusted devices on your network!

For a written version of this guide, please visit my website: https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/beginners-guide-to-set-up-home-network-using-opnsense/

Below are the Amazon affiliate links for hardware used in this guide if you wish to purchase the hardware used in this guide (or other hardware on Amazon) and support my efforts! I greatly appreciate it!

Protectli VP2420: https://amzn.to/3u2MYJW
TP-Link T1500G-10MPS: https://amzn.to/40qqNcG
TP-Link TL-SG3210 (non-PoE alternative but will need to use PoE injector for wireless AP): https://amzn.to/3QFlqTD
Grandstream GWN7660: https://amzn.to/3sguW6r

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:20 Hardware used
02:59 OPNsense configuration
04:38 OPNsense system settings
10:49 OPNsense interface assignments
12:48 OPNsense VLAN configuration
13:41 OPNsense VLAN interface assignment
15:53 OPNsense DHCPv4 configuration
16:50 OPNsense unbound DNS configuration
18:33 OPNsense firewall rules
26:34 Configure network switch
28:57 Switch VLAN configuration
32:36 Testing the switch configuration with OPNsense
33:54 Configure the wireless AP
35:40 Configure the LAN (trusted) SSID
37:44 Configure the UNTRUSTED SSID
39:17 Testing the SSIDs
40:23 Conclusion

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