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Hi
I set up all traffic to be passed through NordVPN using wireguard, according to the guide linked below:
https://sysadmin102.com/2025/01/opnsense-wireguard-nordvpn-setup/

It works fine but every few weeks, the internet completely stops working and the nordvpn gateway shows as offline. To fix this, I just go through the same guide and update the IP endpoint for the NordVPN server to get everything working again. Is there a way to make it so that the rules are disabled if the internet doesn't work due to the gateway being offline? Or is there a way to fix the NordVPN server more permanently so that I don't need to constantly regenerate a new gateway every few weeks?

TIA

You are correct, that was the exact script I was using! I have removed the modifications and everything is fine now
Thanks again

Hi
I used to use PIA through wireguard on OPNsense but recently switched to NordVPN through wireguard so created a new instance + peer and deleted the old ones. However the PIA wireguard instance and peer seem to regenerate automatically after a short while. How can I delete them permanently and stop them from regenerating?

Not sure if it helps but I run the latest verson of OPNsense:
OPNsense 25.7.11_2-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7
OpenSSL 3.0.18

Thanks

A simple restart of adguard home solved the issue. I should have tried that first, thanks for helping anyway

I tried this on opnsense and it said all packages are up to date so I think I already have the updated plugin

Hi, I run opnsense 24.7.10 with adguard home and have always been able to update adguard home from the UI. Just today, it prompted me to install an update but gives me an error when I try to update and asks me to install a manual update instead. How can I do a manual update on OPNSense? Thanks

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar...
Worked perfectly :)

Hi
I just upgraded to 24.7 and every time I check for updates now, it says that there are 4 packages needing update:
New packages to be INSTALLED:
   libICE: 1.1.0_2,1 [SunnyValley]
   libXau: 1.0.9_1 [SunnyValley]
   libXdmcp: 1.1.5 [SunnyValley]
   xorgproto: 2023.2 [SunnyValley]

Once I let the update finish and see **DONE**, and check for updates again, it says the same packages need updating. Is this a bug? I've tried 4 times now

Thanks

Hi
I run opnsense with adguard home & unbound DNS and wish to set up a custom DNS record to point app.mydomain.com to my application locally. I have Traefik reverse proxy running on one of the ports of my unraid server so if I could arrange for the app.mydomain.com to resolve to Traefik, I think Traefik would be able to connect to my application. How can I set this record up? Hopefully my question makes sense

Thanks for the prompt reply. Is it an issue to just have 0.0.0.0 as the only dns bind host or should I add the 192 one? Sorry, fairly new to networking.

Also regarding DNS encryption, if I don't want external access to the admin interface, do I still need a domain and certificate?

Why is this not necessary?

Hi
I'm running adguard home plugin on opnsense, setup as per the guide linked early on in this thread. The guide mentions that I need to edit the yaml config to be as shown below:
bind_host: 0.0.0.0
bind_port: 3000
[...]
dns:
  bind_host: 0.0.0.0
  port: 53

I have changed the bind_host under dns to 0.0.0.0 but don't have the bind host or bind port option, instead I have:
http:
  pprof:
    port: 6060
    enabled: false
  address: 192.168.1.1:3000

Should I change this address to be 0.0.0.0:3000?
Also I haven't set up DNS encryption. Is it useful for the average home user? If so, can someone point me to a guide to setting it up in opnsense? I have a domain name that I purchased from cloudflare and expose some services run as docker containers on my server via traefik reverse proxy. How do i use this domain to setup DNS encryption? Thanks

Hi
I have a pixel 8 and the unbound DNS seems to be blocking the weather widget since it doesn't update the weather when I'm connected to my network. What domain do i need to whitelist to allow google weather through? I ideally don't want to allow other google ads through

TIA

Amazing! thanks, exactly what i needed. Is there also a log that shows uptime or restart times? Or does the counter restart on reboot?

Hi, is there a way to tell when my PC running OPNsense last turned on or restarted? I'm sure this is a very basic question but I can't work out how to get this information