PfSense is great for small offices and even for some of the enterprise networks and most importantly it is a piece of budget-friendly network equipment. If you wanted dedicated hardware and support for your business, you have that option too. You could get Netgate hardware and their paid support or You can even go for a free option which is … Read More
How To Configure PfSense Port Forwarding?
Port forwarding is one of the features that is useful if you wanted to allow the external users to specific ports on the LAN side or inside the network. And many people get confused when it comes to the port forwarding configuration on the firewall. In this blog, we are going to configure the port forwarding feature using the pfSense … Read More
How To Configure IPsec VPN Between pfSense And Cisco Router?
When you want to extend your network with 3rd party vendors the best way to do that is by configuring an IPsec tunnel towards the third-party devices. The challenge however, most of the remote ends may not have the same equipment as you have. Let’s say, for example, you may have a cisco router as your edge router that connects … Read More
How To Install PfSense on VirtualBox?
In some of my last blog posts, we covered the installation of pfSense on BareMetal meaning on old physical PC, and different hypervisors such as pfSense on KVM, VMware workstation, and so on. In this blog, we are going to cover how you can install pfSense on a virtual box hypervisor. Since Oracle VirtualBox is free and it supports Windows … Read More
How To Install PfSense On VMware Workstation?
I have been running pfSense as my home firewall for quite some time now, setting up for the first time would be the difficult part for many. But once you make it up and running, it works just great. Since it is open-source there is no cost associated with it, and you can build a zero-dollar firewall setup by using … Read More
How To Fix USB Ethernet Not Recognized By pfSense?
In our last blog, we took a look at how you can setup a pfSense on an old computer. The problem with that setup is, it had only single 100Mb NIC which means I had to split the interface into the VLANs. So I can have the WAN and LAN separately, it should work great if you have a 1Gig … Read More
How Do I Turn My Old Computer Into A Firewall?
The last blog, we have spun up a pfSense firewall in KVM and made to work as a consumer router replacement. Though it worked fine, the performance was not so great. hence, I decided to build an old spare laptop to work as a pfSense firewall. And when you convert your old pc to the PfSense box, how the performance … Read More
How To Install Pfsense On KVM?
The Pfsense firewall is a good alternative for your home network router. It can even replace the high-end commercial routers at the enterprise network as well. Moreover, it is opensource and free too, Unless you are opting for support from netgate. Can I install pfSense on Ubuntu? The Pfsense is an open-source firewall based on FreeBSD operating system, and since … Read More
How to Setup IPsec Tunnel between Paloalto and PFsense?
In a world where everything connected over the internet, it is quite common that we get to see many enterprise users connect the branch offices via the IPsec VPN. Moreover, the internet connection is getting cheaper and cheaper now as compared to the dedicated links. That is one of the reasons too the SD-WAN is becoming popular as well. Connecting … Read More
How To Configure IPsec Site To Site Tunnel In PfSense?
If you wanted to connect two sites over the internet, the very popular method is to use the IPsec. By default, the IP alone doesn’t provide security, so we need to wrap the IP packet with IPsec to encrypt the traffic inside the IP. Once the IPsec connection is established between two sites, no one on the internet can decrypt … Read More
How To Install Pfsense Firewall On GNS3?
I have worked on multiple firewalls; however, the one firewall that stands out from the crowd is the Pfsense firewall. Let’s take a look at what makes the Pfsense different from other firewalls, and then we will also see how you can install a Pfsense firewall on GNS3 software and start building a basic LAB. What is a Pfsense firewall? … Read More
