After completing the comprehensive guide on building a full network with #OPNsense, I decided to create a simplified version for beginners that might be easier to understand than the original guide (https://youtu.be/54JWsGedXpo).

Some discussions on Reddit and the fact that more and more users are switching to OPNsense gave me additional motivation.

I hope this guide helps you get started with your own home network as you begin to separate trusted and untrusted devices on your network!

A written version of this guide can be found on my website: https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/beginners-guide-to-set-up-home-network-using-opnsense/

Below are the Amazon affiliate links for the hardware used in this guide, in case you would like to purchase the hardware used in this guide (or any other hardware on Amazon) and support my efforts! I really appreciate it!

Protectli VP2420: https://amzn.to/3u2MYJW
TP-Link T1500G-10MPS: https://amzn.to/40qqNcG
TP-Link TL-SG3210 (not a PoE alternative, but a PoE injector must be used for the wireless AP): https://amzn.to/3QFlqTD
Grandstream GWN7660: https://amzn.to/3sguW6r

Chapter:
00:00 Introduction
02:20 Hardware used
02:59 OPNsense configuration
04:38 OPNsense system settings
10:49 OPNsense interface assignments
12:48 OPNsense VLAN configuration
13:41 OPNsense VLAN interface assignment
15:53 OPNsense DHCPv4 configuration
16:50 OPNsense unbound DNS configuration
18:33 OPNsense firewall rules
26:34 Configure network switch
28:57 Switch VLAN configuration
32:36 Testing the switch configuration with OPNsense
33:54 Configure the wireless AP
35:40 Configure the LAN (trusted) SSID
37:44 Configure the UNTRUSTED SSID
39:17 Testing the SSIDs
40:23 Conclusion

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