Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a step-by-step guide to help me set up NordVPN on OPNsense. My goal is to have one of my VLANs use the VPN connection exclusively for internet access.
I've already tried several tutorials, but none of them worked. Usually, the process fails when I need to create a new gateway — at that point, I lose my internet connection. My default gateway is a FRITZ!Box, and as I understand it, it makes sense that I lose connectivity once I stop using the FRITZ!Box gateway, since the newly created NordVPN gateway doesn't actually provide internet access by itself.
Currently, my FRITZ!Box acts more or less as a modem, and the OPNsense firewall is configured as an exposed host. The setup then connects to a managed switch, and I'd like to have one of the VLANs use the VPN for outbound internet traffic.
Here are the Screenshots of my Settings.
I follwed this Guide :https://sysadmin102.com/2025/01/opnsense-wireguard-nordvpn-setup/
This are the NordVPN Settings that i get with Git-Bash
de963.nordvpn.com
5.180.62.45
Frankfurt
Germany
de963.proxy.nordvpn.com
de963.proxy.nordvpn.com
m0tej5P6pYfBivkJc8yRV4KqQXmM81AChLlzlsOSjSs=
8443
15
(https://i.ibb.co/n8LPZLsf/Alias1.png) (https://ibb.co/Pz6D36Z4)
(https://i.ibb.co/6RGNTsXL/Alias2.png) (https://ibb.co/d0X7VKmx)
(https://i.ibb.co/mCfQH0Ls/Floaring-Rule.png) (https://ibb.co/8D1FjbW3)
(https://i.ibb.co/dJmChVRz/Gateway.png) (https://ibb.co/n8PdWYF5)
(https://i.ibb.co/7dLkThc9/Instance.png) (https://ibb.co/wFjcbtHv)
(https://i.ibb.co/21X2cDFb/Interface.png) (https://ibb.co/nNh2QHwW)
(https://i.ibb.co/7tSTyTKP/NAT-Rule.png) (https://ibb.co/1G0p2pT1)
(https://i.ibb.co/RTfjkbtn/NAT-Settings.png) (https://ibb.co/Swbf4yHT)
(https://i.ibb.co/cSChGWqS/New-Lan-Rule.png) (https://ibb.co/0RFyg05R)
(https://i.ibb.co/8Dr11Pxd/Peer.png) (https://ibb.co/XZ7ccF53)
(https://i.ibb.co/7dprPYkk/Rules-LAN-oberview.png) (https://ibb.co/B56Tbznn)