Whole-network VPN with pfSense Router
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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You can run a VPN client on your router. You can elect to send traffic of a certain type of to a certain destination IP addresses or IP ranges.
It is possible to exclude devices (e.g. TVs, IoT, etc) from the VPN by IP address on your LAN. Don't give away your identity with IoT devices "phoning home" through the VPN.
You can also force all DNS traffic through the VPN to prevent leakage.
Here are some VPN affiliate links if you wish to sign up for a VPN account from one of the demonstration VPN providers in the video.
What is pfSense? This is the second video in the pfSense series. First one is here, and explains pfSense setup & config.
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I love these pfSense and Linux-based tutorial and discussion videos. They're what differentiate this channel from the dime-a-dozen tech channels out there. I'd love to see a video on how to get Linux gaming up and running to completely abandon Windows. I'm an intermediate skilled user with Linux, but even I couldn't get the graphics drivers for my 1080 to work reliably. Keep up with these awesome videos.
What distro are you using and are you using the proprietary drivers?
Geopirate3 I'm most familiar with Ubuntu, but I've tried with Linux Mint and a couple of other Debian-based distributions. And yes I used the proprietary drivers (both for CPU and GPU), but screen tearing and dropped frames are always rampant every time I reattempt Linux gaming on every build I try it on.
What if you installed Vulkan tools and drivers and used it for gaming?
Mystic Bardock LSSGSS I never thought to try that. The only game I care about is Rocket League, and I'm not sure that they even use Vulkan.
The thing with Linux is sometimes the distros that do things for you, don't do things properly. Maybe check out using real Debian? Version 9 is in RC status but it's more than stable enough for regular use.
Please give us more of these tutorials soon, I don't want to wait several months for each of these xD
Agreed
Agreed.
yes please.
Vally123 I use CyberGhost VPN for $30 a year 1 PC unlimited server access and no logs. It also works with Netflix and online gaming but with a extra 20ms on ping latency. It is not at the router level though since it runs on software GUI.
I use CyberGhost as well, but I fail to see how this has any relevance to this comment thread!? BTW, Cyberghost *does* work on a router level, you just have to know what you are doing. They will just give you an openvpn configuration file in your account section if you choose to download one.
Awesome guide. I've already tested this with my VPN provider. Works like a charm. Whats also a cool option is setup a separate VLAN which will use the VPN connection, connect a WiFi access point to that Vlan, so whenever you connect to that WiFi you will go over the VPN tunnel.
This is some of the most high-quality pfSense/networking content on planet earth. Very good job L1T team!
Two things are preventing me from running it at the router level: 1. online gaming and 2. Plex. Definitely want to see the next video about how to pass certain traffic over VPN vs. regular connection.
As a long time PFSense user I think there is great value in these videos, so many PFSense videos are for much older versions and no longer relevant. I would be very interested in seeing how you go about making whitelist for Netflix/Steam etc, I have never been able to get these to work well.
LOL, as soon as I herd you guys talk about the ruling I did this that night!! I love PFsense!
@Wendel
FYI: Notepad does support line endings ( format -> line endings)
But notepadd ++ or sublime are the better anyways :)
I've been toying with the idea of selling hardware "kits" and resell VPN accounts to people. Deciding between a few different routers.
I am more interested in VPN for remote access to my network and protecting my wifi when on the road. I work away from homes and use an IPSEC connection to pfSense now. It's set up to allow WAN access. My biggest issue is accessing the local network. Mainly my FreeNAS server from phones. Not an issue on laptops, but it's hard t find mobile apps that allow me to use an IP to connect to devices. The issue is having to use a different subnet for the IPSEC from the local network. Now, is there a better way to setup the VPN or maybe a firewall rule(s) I can use to make the subnets access each other more seamlessly? I feel this should be a simple fix and I am just overlooking something.
you can just create a PPTP server on your pfsense and bridge that to your local network. with that, you get the same IP as your LAN and you can get access to any network services in your home.
You can do the same thing with OpenVPN by bridging the interface to your LAN.
Is it possible to bridge the existing IPSEC? Just to save me having to reconfigure all the mobile devices in the family. :D
Chad Bremer
Is it a problem where the apps only want to search for the servers? You might need to find out how to forward broadcasts between the LAN and VPN in that case.
Or if they don't like IPs but are OK with hostnames, you may want to set up a local internal DNS server.
Edit - yeah, just bridge IPSec to LAN if it lets you. Same effect as the broadcast forward (but more traffic will pass over it).
In a nutshell, yes. Most mobile apps seem to only want to discover servers on the network but won't let you put in an IP or hostnames. At least of the ones I have tried. I can't even find a good file manager that allows me to punch in details. I already have local DNS running and it works fine when I can use it. Any computer for example or accessing router and FreeNAS web GUI from any browsers, even mobile. The one app I have working is an SMB syncing app. It allows custom IP/host entry. So I can sync pics, vids, whatever I want from on the road. I just can not use it to browse files. I can browse if on the local wifi since discovery works, obviously. Trying to make it as simple as possible so my family has easy access. It's hard enough getting people to just turn the VPN on when on wifi outside the home.
Chad Bremer if you are on iOS look at FileExplorer Pro by Skyjos, great app.
Only issue I have with pfsense is upload QoS thats the ONLY thing I need working but It never works, always limits the upload speed like it does, BUT still causes high ping/lag/bufferbloat despite limiting my upstream. Whilest it works fine with any consumer router or my EdgeRouter X
The music in the background around 10:30 its like wendells talking over a rap instrumental lol
TIL about Notepad++.
Thanks! Also, this will come in handy when I build my PFSense box.
If you're looking for a good text editor that runs on Windows, I really recommend Atom over Notepad++.
I found this very confusing with jumping around between the various VPN's. I signed up for LiquidVPN but I'm jumping back and forth in the video. What would have been better is separate videos. An intro and then complete separate setups.
Remote access LT2P IPSec on pfsense would also be a nice topic.
Would like to see methods of having real time stats of the system and possibly data for all the devices on the network displayed. Or maybe how to setup a failover setup.
I just repurposed my old model B raspberry pi as a VPN for my home network and it's perfect.
So the whole point of this is you'll end up getting random non-targets ads you're likely not interested in. So you're still getting the ads, do i'd rather just block that.
Can you create a video showing how to configure making Netflix route out my WAN gateway instead of my VPN gateway
I literally just set this up this weekend... Great info here, keep it up!
nice. Looking forward to your exclusions in the next part.... interested in how to exclude items such as the mentioned NetFlix and also how to exclude RoKu boxes behind the router.
I have PIA and i use it often. I love it so much i got the year plan for like 45 bucks
It should be noted that you really don't want to use CBC and you should instead opt for GCM if you can help it.
Would like to point out that if your not using pfSense as your router check if the router you are trying to do this with can be a OpenVPN client. For example, my Sophos UTM can not be setup as a VPN client without modifications which if you have Enterprise support can void your warranty. Long story short this setup is not possible.
pfSense adblocking please!
I know its not what you asked but I personally this thing called Pihole that tunnels your DNS traffic through a raspberry pi or linux computer, filters the ads, and then lets the other traffic through. I love it.
Putting a video on RUclips to show people how to adblock at the router level would be shooting themselves in the foot.....
Video on how to blacklist windows 10 telemetry/spywares on pfSense.
You can use the SQUID package on pfSense to do this :)
pfBlocker with DNSBL... read the forum.
Newbie question here.. but why pay for a vpn service? can't you create a vpn server inside pfsense?
Sorry guys you were to late because I already configured VPN on my pfSense machine 2 weeks ago. Still a very nice video! Could you guys do a follow up about LightSquid caching?
The only problem I have with running my whole network thought the vpn is speed. Can't find a provider with 150mbps+
I think it is possible to use VirtualBox as a pfsense router if you have three LAN ports on your PC. LAN 1 as WAN port em0 for modem connection. LAN 2 em1 for switch connection and LAN 3 to connect cable coming from switch for internet access. If you don't have switch, you connect LAN 2 and 3 directly with cross crimped cable. You must set all Network Adapters as Bridged Adapter in VirtualBox Network settings. Will this work?
So, I have Win 10... Why do I feel like this would all be a wasted effort when I'm already running the OS equivalent of the KGB?
Modern pfSense? How long has pfSense been around? And, when exactly was the “modern” version released.
i wish you two were my best mates.Love you guys.Keep up the good work.
I tried to setup a VPN in pfSense to tunnel all P2P traffic through it and non of the rest of the traffic to keep speeds up for things like gaming and simple browsing, couldn't get it to work. Although I didn't spend that much time on it and only gave it one shot with an old guide, gave up because i couldn't find other guides.
That would be the bee's knee's if you guys make a tutorial on something like that.
great tutorial! we need more.. please include network traffic shape with custom rules. and captive portal with radius.
Great video as usual. Please could you make a video showing how to setup (road warrior) openvpn "servers" on pfSense for both the tun and tap varieties. Although the tun (level 3) is relatively easy to setup using the wizard, tap (level 2) however is quite different. I'm finding the setup of the bridge and the associated firewall rules quite confusing.
snort would be interesting. dyndns+openvpn on for my mobile device. monitoring and analyze traffic in general. I would like to see what connections are established besides when I visit a single site.
blocking certain sites: porn, drugs etc in general and how good does it work. I think its easy with squid but but doesn't work very good. there are also two different types of squid I don't get the difference. also we have mostly 3 local telephone numbers from our ISP and the default router we get do also the entire sip stuff. I think alot of people don't want to loose this when switching to pfsense. not sure if Asterix works on pfsense cuz still needing the crap ISP router for telephone also means no external ISP address on WAN of the pfsense. I have an eye on the new APUs from PC engines what do you guys think about it. seems ideal fit
Hi
My ISP do not give my public ip. Can I use PIA to access my home network from Outside lan?
Tor browser helps too when using a VPN and wanting to hide some things.
Can you also make a video about putting a VPN on a spare router and connecting it to your primary router (pfsense) so that you effectively have two wireless networks, one that goes through the VPN and the other that's normal?
I get what you are doing. But I need more examples shown of how to configure the outbound/inbound so I can specify stuff like Blizzard to not use the vpn.
pfsense suppport IPsec/l2tp or gre over ipsec or ipsec over gre? its runs on FreeBSD and pf if i am right
Could you do a video on setting up pfsense in a virtual machine on say, esxi? I have an old server that i'd love to use as a router, but also with other things, because 24 cores is a bit overkill for just routing, and setting up a esxi server on it and using that to do routing as well as other things would be great.
Assuming you've figured it out by now but pfsense works great in esxi. I have over 100 days uptime on my pfsense VM.
Is there any big difference between pfSense and OpnSense other than the UI?
Thoughts on IPVanish?
Love your videos, and thanks!
Suggestion for video:
How about a video on setting up EAP-TLS authentication via FreeRadius plugin in pfSense, to secure my SOHO all-linux network from MITM/rogue AP attacks?
Hulu simply won't work.
Sometimes Craigs List and popular Ticket Buying services won't work either.
8 bit NES nostalgia. :)
Hi there, appreciate this video is a bit old but I have recently configured my PFSense box to use NordVPN as an OpenVPN client. It is working but I get constant packet loss of 1-3% on both send and receive. Anyone got any tips how I can fix this?
Can you anyone share thoughts on how you allow connections inbound once your router has an established VPN connection to one of these services. For example, to allow inbound connections to remotely monitor security cameras or Plex media server?
When is the routing through the VPn0N to access netflix coming?
PPPt is now depreciated from pfsense
Notepad has line endings option it's just not enabled by default.
Ahmet C. Ay Problem is the textfile will not be compatible in linux if you save with Notepad. Have to convert it. Line endings are different formats.
I like this type of video alot. Music is a bit creepy though.
Thanks for the effort guys! Is there a difference between using a third-party VPN such as PIA with pfsense vs just having OpenVPN running on pfsense?
If you're just running Openvpn on your pfsense install then you will still be routing all your traffic unecrypted via your ISP, with a third party VPN the connection is encrypted from your router to the remote server and then onto the internet
That makes ...sense **hehe** Have a lot more to learn. Thank you!
How to make and host a private VPN? That would be a nice tutorial.
I actually wouldn't mind something on a secure banking computer...
killswitch for when it disconnects?
socks proxy pfsense ?
could you cover pfBlockerNG? ive been thinking of enabling it on my firewall/router
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Useful! I appreciate the video.
Notepad++ check the latest leaks. CIA have a backdoor in a dll the program uses. I use Notepad++ still, but I have stopped recommending it.
I like to game how does this effect?
VLANs in combination with DMZ and VPN.
I would love to see a VPN list approved by Wendell. I don't think they were too worried about the list they provided. Pure VPN does bandwidth and Timestamp logging, The other two are based in USA which a lot of people consider a no-no. However if you really want to go with one of their VPN choices LiquidVPN appears to be the best option security wise.
Check out ThatOnePrivacySite for a really good listing and assessment of tons of VPN's if you want something more secure I think.
How about openwrt/dd-wrt? would it work on that?
You can get a vpn to work on those, but the encryption would likely murder a typical "router" that openwrt/ddwrt would run on. PFsense basically runs on standard x86 hardware, so the processing power of a pfsense box is more powerful.
i remember trying VPN on my old asus router with tomato installed. The speeds were painfully slow. Newer hardware might fair a little better but i doubt it would compare to a pfsense box. FYI
Yeah I just had that pfsense install waiting around for 5 months for this video, not lol
great work,thanks
You can configure notepad to have line endings within notepad. :l
12:19 you should not touch 127.0.0.1
Thing is free speech is illegal in some places, this helps with that issue I hope?
anyone remember anonabox? but yeah I'll just stick with open wrt because I can't afford a 100 dollar router and professional vpn service
already 40 likes even though nobody has watched even a thenth of the video yet :)
there was 10 likes within 13 seconds of it being uploaded XD
More like this!
Great Video.
I can't justify running a computer constantly too act as a router, power bill yo.
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Grizzle is a Puppet. Lord Wendell is a ventriloquist
Let's Encrypt Certificate tutorial? One of the most annoying things starting out with Pfsense is the invalid SSL warnings browsers give you when you're accessing the configuration page.
my internet is already slow enough without a vpn
PIA barely even affects the speed compared to damn near every competitor. My friend's shitty 12mbps downstream internet from AT&T is slowed down even during peak usage hours by barely 800kbps.
That's not even enough to notice. Otherwise, if you argue against that, you're also saying asininity similar to " I can notice 1 fps difference at the 40fps and above fluidity level during gaming."
My internet actually slows down more with my vpn off when I'm downloading something, but when I turn it on the download is quicker.
Hamdi Drira you won't see a difference with PIA
I tried PIA, but it slowed me down too much. I went with Astrill after that & found it to be much faster for me.
tpcs well i haven't used any paid ones so i don't how much slower my "theoretical" 8000kbps internet would get .
Omg. I knew I could count on you Wendell, Ryan, and Krista. Nobody on RUclips has a proper guide for VPN client on the router. Most guides are for old pfSense versions or didn't work for me. :) Thanks for the vid! :)
God damn it, I love this channel so much. It's just free of all the things I hate about majority of RUclips tech channels.
When you can't trust the Senate, you can trust Wendell. Can't wait for the exceptions video so to limit my exposure yet enjoy specific services.
I'd like this to be done with other semi pro routers like Miktrotik and Ubiquiti. Also a HTTPS everywhere tutorial so I can connect to my NAS without needing to manually add exceptions.
Yeap, Rand Paul has truly lost my respect.
QuickQuips or you can be proactive and learn to do it yourself. that way you actually understand what's going on rather than clicking where Wendell tells you to click.
It's a good idea to learn PKI and networking.
Mikrotik are carrier grade routers... We have implemented Mikrotik cloud core routers for Metropolitan sized WISP networks all over the USA. However, until the next version its not worth using them for OpenVPN because they only support TCP
Wendell is the senate ! #prequelmemes
Well, there is a VPN tab for Ubiquiti, it's not that I don't know how to do it, but it'd be good for others who also have these higher caliber routers.
help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204949694-EdgeRouter-OpenVPN-Site-to-Site
can I stop my microwave from spying on me?
1:55 i dont think ive ever heard wendell swear before
Level1Linux uses win 10 :(
shaytal100 level 1 tech support isn't allowed to use Linux. That's L2-L3 exclusive.
Would be awesome to setup Bro or Snort with PFSense and then a video for on open source log analysis... Or perhaps a video on setting up traffic queues for VOIP/Streaming/Kodi etc, network antivirus, or OpenVPN server for secure remote access into the home network.
If you use Nyr/Angristan's OVPN creator for your VPS, then everything Wendell did is fine except you need to use the client cert Nyrs bash script provides, or add the pfSense internal CA and Cert into the OVPN VPS and use the TLS key either Nyrs bash script creates or add the TLS certs to your OVPN server config. Other than that it's fine.
TCC what does OVPN and VPS stand for?
don't some vpn providers pay for faster lines through the local ISP's? Thats what i read on howtogeek.. I was testing ping and it seemed like it was faster so it makes me think it's somewhat true. maybe it depends on what vpn.. I'm user safervpn
Can i use openvpn with WAN loadbalancing and ddns?
NADH
I wonder if I can do this with my Asus router, it has quite a bit of options, it'd be nice if I could use my VPN account /w TorGuard over that.
great video, hope you guys really make more in-depth guides like these for a lot of other things. The way you guys go about approaching the material in these types of videos is great. Keep it up.
Vultr go 2.5$ vps, and you can make your own. Same specs as DigitalOcean but cheaper
You peeps heard of DNSCrypt? Ist gut ja! And has any of you peeps tried Tribler?
What purpose did creating the internal certificate serve when setting up PIA? Their instructions don't include that step and you had to enter your username and password anyways?
Dave's Not Here served no purpose. The VPN provider won't trust your client cert. It even says that in the drop-down, that you don't need a client cert if using username and password. The whole idea of the client cert is to authenticate the user. The user would have a cert from your CA that they have the private key to. What they did is meaningless and I'd bet if you look at the logs it is ignored.
Three years ago, time for a refresh? With more information about vpn providers, please?
blimey,- this video is unsuitable for people who have exceeded 3 pints of ale.
Having a VPN up causes banking and ecomerce problems, they thought I was the thief !!
If McDonalds were next to the on-ramp of the highway, you just took the on-ramp thinking it lead to McDonalds.. you can add exceptions to your routing!
If you want fast response between your gamepad and game server, A and B, you dont add a VPN to mask your location, A-C-B.. more stops mean more confusion to the bank!
I know this is a very old video at this point, but It would be really nice to get more info around how FAST pfSense router actually is. I have ExpressVPN and run their custom version of OpenWRT which allows me to do something similar with an off-the-shelf Linksys router. The only problem is that when the VPN is connected it is SLOW. I have Gigabit internet, but get wired ethernet speeds under 50 Mbps! AES-256 encryption is just way too much for a consumer router I guess? If I got a dedicated pfSense router, would it be much faster, or could I just end up with essentially the same speeds because the connection is only going to be as fast as my VPN service?
Do you really have problems in the US with ISP's injecting data to your data-stream, or sniffing packets.
And if yes, why would you trust a VPN provider.. you're basically just switching one provider from another.
Pfsense Squid Proxy Server through VPN please. I'm routing all traffic through a VPN however Squid does seems to see the VPN interface and not is generating access logs. P.S. How does the remote cache work? Thanks.
For a VPN on pfsense, I use a VPS and created a VPN server on it, as it has high speed and high bandwidth compared to any VPN provider as well as port forward whatever port i need to my local servers as port forwarding is blocked by default by ISPs in my country.
in addition to VPN to utilize the pfblockerNG with multiple block lists blocking every single ad and malware on the network. As well as squid caching that scans everything with clamAV for viruses specially when browsing suspicious sites or torrent sites.