OPNsense Home Setup

My OPNsense Setup

My network runs modem → OPNsense → Cisco 2960G. The OPNsense box is just a Dell thin client I repurposed, and I 3D-printed a bracket so it mounts cleanly under my desk, completely out of the way.

I’ve got VLANs set up in OPNsense to keep the security cameras isolated from the rest of the home network. They can only talk to the security server and nothing else. The cameras are cheap Amazon models, and by default they try to phone home to China every 15 seconds. I block all of that traffic and only allow the video feed through.

It’s simple, works exactly how I want, and keeps random IoT devices from running wild on my network.