Suricata IPS Mode

Started by nicholaswkc, November 30, 2025, 04:54:09 AM

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Dear all, I'm using PPPOE connection and how to activate Suricata IPS mode?

Hi there,

What issue are you facing in enabling it?

Also, do you plan to monitor the WAN-side or the LAN-side?
[HW]
Protectli VP2420
16GB RAM
240 GB SSD

[Versions]
OPNsense 26.1.11_10-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p16
OpenSSL 3.0.21

[Feature set]
Unbound DNS
Kea DHCPv4
Suricata IPS (Divert mode)
Wireguard Client VPN
HAProxy

Suricata IPS mode on PPPOE is not permitted.

Did you take a look at this topic?

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=9741.0
[HW]
Protectli VP2420
16GB RAM
240 GB SSD

[Versions]
OPNsense 26.1.11_10-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p16
OpenSSL 3.0.21

[Feature set]
Unbound DNS
Kea DHCPv4
Suricata IPS (Divert mode)
Wireguard Client VPN
HAProxy

Quote from: turipriv on December 03, 2025, 11:10:11 AMDid you take a look at this topic?

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=9741.0
I tried read the posts but still not understand it.

1. Configure the WAN interface as none (IPv4 Configuration Type none)
2. Add a new OPT interface with the PPPoE configuration just like it was a WAN PPPoE.
3. Configure Suricata as IPS on WAN.