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Redirect/Restrict DNS with pfSense

Redirecting or restricting dns requests is useful when using dns filtering for example to ensure your dns servers are not [...]

pfSense PPPoE WAN Connection Setup and Configuration

Following on from my previous video on how to configure the TP-LINK 8817 modem/router in bridge mode, I walk through how to setup PPPoE [...]

pfSense 2.4.5-p1 Update -  New Feature and Changes

As of 9th June 2020, pfSense v2.4.5-p1 has been released which addresses security fixes in 2.4.5, resolves various IPv6 issues and [...]

DHCP Relay and VLAN Setup with UniFi and pfSense

In this video I take a look at how to setup multiple DHCP scopes on Windows Server to assign address pools to multiple VLANs using [...]

How to set up an IPSEC site-to-site VPN with pfsense

I take a look at how to setup a secure ipsec site-to-site VPN connection using pfSense open source firewall. I explain how to set up [...]

Remote user access with pfSense and OpenVPN

A tutorial video on how to setup OpenVPN within the latest version of pfSense (2.4.5 as of April 2020) to enable secure remote user [...]

How to install pfSense

This video walks through the initial installation and setup of pfSense, setting up LAN and WAN interfaces, installing a couple of [...]

using pfSense and HAProxy with wildcard SSL certificates

In this video I take a look at how to install wildcard SSL certificate on pfSense and use HAProxy as a reverse proxy to webservers on [...]

DrayTEK to pfSense IPSEC VPN

In this video I explain how to configure a DrayTek 2860N router to pfSense using an IPSEC VPN with AES256-SHA256-G14 algorithm [...]