Inline IPS cabling/connexion

[stack445]

Hi all, new user of the product here. I was looking in the documentation on HOW to, if possible to connect the IPS inline.

I bought a 4 interface box for this i want to to use a port pair to be an inline IPS. Kinda of like this :

 internet  --------- porta ---- IPS engine ----- portb ----- port 1 ---- Firewall engine ----- inside network.

On commercial IPS offering, port a and port b would not have an IP or MAC and be consider like " bump in the wire".

It this kind of setup is possible with OPNsense ?

thanks

[franco]

Hi, I think the following may be what you're looking for:

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/transparent_bridge.html


Cheers,
Franco