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General Discussion / Wifi Issues

« on: February 19, 2021, 04:44:16 pm »

Here is my setup:

arris cable modem -----> Protectli (opnsense) ------> Orbi 6 as an AP ----->another Orbi Satellite
Cable internet 200mb/s

I'm noticing some weird wifi issues.
On my android, it's like it's delayed. I'll open a page and it will take abit longer.
Also, apps sometimes time out and then I'll re-open and they are fine.

After looking at the forum, I did the following:
1. Deleted ipv6 gateway
2. disabled anything ipv6
3. Disabled sensei

That's about it so far and the issue still persists.

My laptop wifi is fine for the most part.
I have a smart screen device in the bedroom that will occsionally drop internet.

I'm not a big home, 1400sq apartment. Prior to opnsense, I had orbi 6 as the main router and the satellite. Never had these issues so it's some configuration.

Any ideas?

my gateway and dns settings

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Hardware and Performance / Which Protectli Device For Small Office?

« on: February 16, 2021, 09:09:21 pm »

I recently purchased a lower protectli device for my home network of about 30 devices. Works great and I am having a fun time experimenting with opnsense.

 Looking to get another protectli for my office which has many more devices:

20 ip cams
15 VOIP phones
20 pc workstations
5 network printers

2 24 port switches
8gb?16gb? or more?
120gb HD

Any other suggestions are appreciated

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General Discussion / Best Practices VLANs?

« on: February 11, 2021, 09:20:17 pm »

I've got a basic set up and am experimenting with opnsense on my home network.

arris cable modem -----> Protectli (opnsense) ------> Orbi 6 as an AP ----->another Orbi Satellite

So far everything works.

On my network I have about:

3 Smart TVs
1 laptop
3 smart thermostats
4 smart speakers
1 gaming system
1 tablet and mobile

Any suggestions on best practices to separate the devices?

I'm reading about VLANs?

Eventually I want to do this in my office as we have cameras, voip phones etc.  So any soft of advice on how to segment my network is appreciate.

Sorry I'm new to all this an learning.

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General Discussion / SOLVED: Two Initial Setup Questions - Newbie Alert

« on: February 10, 2021, 10:36:15 pm »

Hi All,
I'm 100% new to networking and OPNsense. Sorry for the noob questions.
Before I deploy a box to my small business, I'm experimenting in my home.

So far, I've installed opnsense on a protectli device. I have my network open with most of the default configuration.

It goes:
My arris cable modem -----> Protectli (opnsense) ------> Orbi 6 as an AP ----->another Orbi Satellite

My goal is to learn to configure the box on my home network and then I'll get another more robust one for my office.

I'd like to:
1. block a majority of ads
2. set up a vpn
3. Seperate my IoTs to their own group. (I think a VLAN?)
4.Setup my IPS

So, I found a tutorial which seems pretty easy to follow ( https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=6893.0 )

Question 1:
Gateway confusion 
I have two Gateways (apparently). DHCP6 and DHCP

I recognize my ip from my ISP (WAN)



Is that normal to have both?

2. DNS Confusion

At initial setup, I used
1.1.1.1
8.8.8.8
I'm changing them to OpenDNS and AdGuard
I have them in my configuration but I didn't select a gateway to apply to it.
Do I chose the ISP's gateway?



Sorry for the super basic questions. Hoping to learn as much as I can and of course share what I've learned to someone else someday.

Thanks!