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Is there anyway to get around ISP VPN blocking?

I read here: https://www.bestvpn.com/privacy-news/how-to-bypass-vpn-blocks

I'm suspecting my ISP is using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to control VPN traffic,

Perhaps actually OPNsense is built-in with stunnel or SSH tunneling?

Thank you,

Is it possible if I use VPN when the OPNsense WAN interface is local IP address,

I have my OPNsense as VM in a ESXi 5.5 host, in front of the host I have a broadband LAN router with dynamic IP public,

[UNKNOWN]

For the WAN:
If I use static IP4, it become UNKNOWN (the WANGW),
If I use DHCP IP4, it is online when I see it dashboard,

In Gateway Status, the WANGW says Pending

For the LAN:
DHCP wont start from GUI, but if I use console "Set interface ip address" it will start,
DHCP client dont have gateway value, DNS value is not the same as promised (default) instead only get OPNsense LAN port IP4, unable to connect internet,

When I override DNS and gateway and then when I refresh VM IP, I have to disable and enable my vNIC, to get the newest DHCP server config, now DNS and gateway is showing up in VM vNIC,
and able to ping WAN side of OPNsense, but still no luck of pinging beyond that,

I already look around, but

• Im not able to boot from HDD
• I cant save my config changes after reboot

I must be missing something important?

[NO uplink]

If I put OPNsense in a VM,

what is the best practice for OPNsense placement in VMware ESXi related to other VMs being protected?

I have seen:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_VMware_vSphere_/_ESXi

Assuming the above link is analogous to OPNsense,

Can I make
dSwitch A (port group: WAN) with uplink
dSwitch B (port group: LAN) NO uplink

Make the OPNsense VM has 2 vNICs (LAN and WAN)
and let other VMs in dSwitch B (LAN),

Question:

• Is above topology doable and correct?
• If someone can answer: is there any VMware features affecting VM in dSwitch B? like vMotion perhaps
• If I have standard switch, with VMkernel Adapter inside, can I move that to dSwitch B (separate port group says: MgmtPG)?

Thank you very much,

I'm sorry but its still unclear to me,

If I want to install OPNsense in VMware ESXi 5.5,
Do I need to install operating system to install OPNsense? Which is FreeBSD?

Or are those installers included with the all in one prebuilt OS?

Thank you,