New to OPNsense - do's and don'ts! tips and tricks!

[ashfsg]

Hi there,

I managed to install OPNsense yesterday for the first time, on a second hand HP280 (i3-6100), with 8gb ram, a 240 gb SSD, and an Intel I350-T4 Quad NIC.

Installation took a while, mostly due to my ineptitude, but I finally managed to get it working. I only have an 80meg line, and I am seeing around 69 - 70 which feels right.

I have been looking through the various options, and I am a bit bemused to be honest as there are so many more options than I am used to with a commerical router (coming from an Netgear Orbi router).

I set up the intrusion detection last night, which seemed to go ok. I tried to get my protonVPN running, but I ran into a few issues, so I have emailed them directly.

Other than that, what should I do first, or avoid? I have read lots of stuff on the internet, but are there any good quality guides, or similar, that I should aim to read?

Thank you.

[koushun]

I found this very useful when I started with pfSense (I am now over on OPNsense): https://nguvu.org/pfsense/pfsense-baseline-setup/

[ashfsg]

Thank you koushun, I will have a read through!