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Hey,

I tried reaching out to my NUC manufacturer, and they didn't reply.  Have just asked question again.

Having said the above, no-one has responded as to whether OPNsense supports Bluetooth devices or not.  Does anyone know whether there is a way to get Bluetooth to work under OPNsense?!?

I have a Logitech KB that supports Bluetooth ONLY connectivity with up to 3 devices.  Unfortunately, this keyboard does not support USB.

Hey Bart,

Thank you for that - will give it a shot over the next few days...  😉

Dave.

Bart,

I'm not sure how to view the logs post-mortem.  As I have to reboot the device each time, are not the logs wiped?  As I cannot access 192.168.1.1 when the device crashes, I cannot get to see what's going on.  When I reboot the device and I look at what I think are the logs, there are hundreds of entries.  Do you know of a link that you could point me to that might help here at all?

I seriously want to make OPNsense work for me, but I am still struggling with how to set it up.

1. Give people access to my Plex server from outside my network.
2. See my HD Homerun device that is on my network.
3. And being able to do large file downloads without crashing is vital for me.

I am kind of using a KVM device of sorts.  My TV has three inputs and my Bluetooth Logitech keyboard and mouse are able to connect to three different devices at the push of a button.  Thus why I was hoping to get Bluetooth working. In a previous post, someone said that the bottom line in the boot up script (as per the attached pic) was to do with Bluetooth - but I honestly have no idea.

I live in a small 2BR unit and as such, space is of a premium.  In fact, I'm running two PCs in one from a single Phantek Enthoo Evolv X PC case.  One being my main rig and the other being the dedicated Plex server.  The NUC is in another very tight location but can be connected to the TV by a 10m HDMI 2.1 cable run that is run through the walls and ceiling.  Thus, running Bluetooth would mean that rebooting the device would only require the push of a button.  Or, as I said to someone else, if I could get it to automatically login as root by way of a script or something, then there would be no need for a keyboard at all, yes?  Or, am I supposed to access the logs directly from the NUC using the CLI access - I.E., directly from the NUC itself?!?

Again, any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated!!!  😉

Fastboot,

When the OPNsense box drops internet connection, I have to plug in a USB keyboard when I reboot the device so that I can login.  If the device automatically logged into root upon boot up, then I would not need to worry about a keyboard at all for the device as I access it from another device via MS Edge.

Hi Guys,

I've been having heaps of problems with my bare metal OPNsense unit when downloading files.  This results in me regularly having to reboot the NUC running OPNsense.  Once rebooted, the network comes back up.  When I reboot the device, I always have to manually plug in a USB keyboard to be able to log back on.

What would help is me being able to access the NUC via a Bluetooth keyboard, but I've done quite a few searches on the topic and have come up empty handed.  If I cannot run a Bluetooth keyboard, is there a way for it to automatically login as root without me needing to enter the username and password?  Additionally, does anyone have any thoughts on while downloading either by torrents, or very recently, it crashing about 4 times when downloading some games over Steam?!?  🤔

Any thoughts here would be greatly appreciated...  😉

Got the PC thing sorted out, and it wasn't the OPNsense.

One issue I am having though is when I download stuff (torrents) using VPN Express as my VPN client and Vuze to download the material, my OPNsense box crashes within a few minutes - or should I say, I can no longer ping the OPNsense box from any PC on the LAN.  I've restarted all networking devices (the 2 x WAPs), and everything is still down.  Once I restart the OPNsense box, everything comes back up.  Any thoughts on this?!?  🤔

Thank you for that - will take me a bit to look into this.

One thing that I do note has happened is that my shared drives no longer seem to work.  I have two PC's.  One is my main rig while the other is a Plex Server.  I was previously able to see and access the drives of each PC from the other PC, but now this is not working.  Do I need to do something in OPNsense to get this working - and, how do I assign an IP address to a specific MAC address?  These as well as being able to do port forwarding which I think I know how are the only things left for me to work out at the moment.

I did see an article that I thought might help regarding accessing drives from different PCs (https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/OPNsense_add_interface#:~:text=Select%20the%20desired%20network%20interface%20under%20Interfaces%20%E2%80%A3,the%20desired%20IP%20configuration.%20Click%20on%20Apply%20changes.), but this didn't seem to do the trick - at least, I couldn't work it out from what the person said.

DSeven,

Well, I got there in the end - with much thanks to you and Patrick M. Hausen.

One minor issue though is getting the DHCPv6 server under the services to run.  Any thoughts as to what might be causing this, and when it comes to letting people through to access my Plex server, I'm assuming that I do this under the Firewall/NAT/Port Forward menu item?

Again, please accept my thanks here for all that you done to help - very much appreciated indeed!!! 😜

Oh my goodness, getting old is not fun.  I should have thought of this as I thought the issue was it not being HTTPS compliant due to the HTTPS being strike through on the pic.

I really do hate getting old as your brain is nowhere like it used to be when younger.  I was an MSCP back in the day on Windows 3.1.  Again, thank you for your patience here.  I will try again tomorrow when my wife's not working from home (as she is today)... 😜

Hey DSeven, did a newb error.  I plugged the ethernet cable from my OPNsense bare metal box into the WAN port of the router that I had configured to just be a WAP.  After plugging it into just a normal network port, I was able to get the network up and running - I.E., I could ping the OPNsense box but could not get through to it from my browser as per attached pics.  Any chance in letting me know what I am doing wrong here?  🤔

DSeven, well I disabled the router's DHCP and gave it a static 192.168.1.2 address, and the attached pic is what occurred during the bootup of the OPNsense bare metal device...  😒

After a minute or so, it continued to boot but my PC couldn't see either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.2

Any thoughts on where I should go from here?

DSeven - thank you!  Wow, what a bad mistake from me...  🤣😔

With a PC connected to the LAN, point a browser at 192.168.1.1. The first time you login to the WebUI as root, you should be presented with a wizard. One of the wizard steps is "Configure WAN Interface". That's where you'd select PPPoE and enter your credentials. Alternatively (or if you've already dismissed the wizard) you could navigate as Patrick suggests...

DSeven, will the OPNsense device be on 192.168.0.1, or will it default to 192.168.1.1?  I only ask now because I only just saw this and had set my router to 192.168.0.1 - and not 192.168.1.1 as you have stated here? 🤔

Just by way of update, I wasn't able to get my existing TP-Link AX5400 router to work as a simple access point so that I can login to the NUC running OPNsense even after following everything that this guy said to do from the 2:20 min mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcjZNSXsGs&t.  I did as the guy said, but when I rebooted the NUC, it hung at a certain (I should have taken a photo, soz) and would go no further in the boot process until I unplugged the router.  I will try again on Monday Oz time as my wife needs the network up when she's home on the weekend as I need to go back and reconfigure and set everything up again.  😔

So, this is a real bummer for me as I am now reliant on getting the following TRENnet TEG-S762 switch (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LNLMH9Y?tag=toptenreviewed-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&keywords=10+gigabit+switches) which is going to take a while as there is nil stock here in Australia.  If anyone else knows of a switch like the TRENDnet TEG-S762 that they think will do the same job, please do not hesitate in reaching out to me here as I unfortunately cannot log in to the OPNsense GUI without having at least some sort of switch on my network to access the 192.168.0.1 interface, yes?!? 🤔😒

Awesome Guys - thank you very much.  Will do this tomorrow as my wife is working from home today so I can't get on to do the changes just yet.  Again, big thanks indeed!!!  😜