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Title: SOLVED: Two Initial Setup Questions - Newbie Alert
Post by: IcarusOPN on February 10, 2021, 10:36:15 pm

Hi All,
I'm 100% new to networking and OPNsense. Sorry for the noob questions.
Before I deploy a box to my small business, I'm experimenting in my home.

So far, I've installed opnsense on a protectli device. I have my network open with most of the default configuration.

It goes:
My arris cable modem -----> Protectli (opnsense) ------> Orbi 6 as an AP ----->another Orbi Satellite

My goal is to learn to configure the box on my home network and then I'll get another more robust one for my office.

I'd like to:
1. block a majority of ads
2. set up a vpn
3. Seperate my IoTs to their own group. (I think a VLAN?)
4.Setup my IPS

So, I found a tutorial which seems pretty easy to follow ( https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=6893.0 )

Question 1:
Gateway confusion  :o
I have two Gateways (apparently). DHCP6 and DHCP

I recognize my ip from my ISP (WAN)

(https://i.postimg.cc/NLjKp31S/gateways.png) (https://postimg.cc/NLjKp31S)

Is that normal to have both?

2. DNS Confusion

At initial setup, I used
1.1.1.1
8.8.8.8
I'm changing them to OpenDNS and AdGuard
I have them in my configuration but I didn't select a gateway to apply to it.
Do I chose the ISP's gateway?
(https://i.postimg.cc/vc8c2pfC/dnsdopns.png) (https://postimg.cc/vc8c2pfC)


Sorry for the super basic questions. Hoping to learn as much as I can and of course share what I've learned to someone else someday.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Two Initial Setup Questions - Newbie Alert
Post by: annoniempjuh on February 11, 2021, 11:31:08 am

1. yes, that's normal.

2.
* IPv4: (WAN_DHCP):
OpenDNS
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Adguard:
For "Default" servers:
94.140.14.14
94.140.15.15
For "Family protection" servers:
94.140.14.15
94.140.15.16

* IPv6 (WAN_DHCP6):
OpenDNS
2620:0:ccc::2
2620:0:ccd::2

Adguard:
For "Default" servers:
2a10:50c0::ad1:ff
2a10:50c0::ad2:ff
For "Family protection" servers:
2a10:50c0::bad1:ff
2a10:50c0::bad2:ff

Note, i don's use those servers. so, cant give support.

Title: Re: Two Initial Setup Questions - Newbie Alert
Post by: IcarusOPN on February 11, 2021, 12:59:38 pm

Thank you so much!

So, I had to play around with the settings a bit.
Since unbound is running, I had to change those settings. I used this post and my DNS leak test now shows I'm using OpenDNS  ;D

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=8505.0

Thank you so much though for your help! My first opnsense achievement, haha.