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Didn't check for changes but the recommendation is to update root hints every 6 months.

UPDATE: never mind, network configuration error (upstream firewall still had DNS redirects)
Only valid comment is that the root.hints could use an update. Hints delivered with 25.7 are from 2023.

I'm very excited about installing the new OPNsense 25.7 on my new firewall, so I decided to start from scratch. I think I have found a bug.

After a clean install I run the setup wizard, disable the Override DNS setting and DO NOT configure a DNS server. I am expecting unbound to go out and contact root servers configured in /var/unbound/root.hints but instead unbound is throwing a SERVFAIL:

root@opntest:~ # drill . ns
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, rcode: SERVFAIL, id: 43209
;; flags: qr rd ra ; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;; .    IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Sat Jul 26 09:33:57 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 17

What am I missing?

Btw; unrelated, the root.hints could use an update. Hints delivered with 25.7 are from 2023.

I would like to +1 this request. Recently migrated from pfSense to OPNsense and really like OPNsense a lot. But Monitoring is one of the features that works much easier and more intuitive in pfSense.

An easy way to setup e-mail and Telegram notifications would be very much appreciated. Monit seems extremely versatile, but it is difficult to understand as a new user. E.g. I would like to be notified if someone succesfully connects to Wireguard. Can't figure it out (yet).

Hi, I've successfully setup my OPNsense firewall as a wireguard client. My VPN provider provides many servers, so I have configured multiple under "endpoints". OPNsense allows me to enable multiple, but it will always send traffic to the first enabled in the list.

Is there any way to periodically switch automatically between VPN servers?