Are you using a single network for everything—your personal devices, IoT gadgets, guest devices, and even publicly exposed services? If so, your network might be vulnerable to security threats! In this video, we’ll show you how to isolate and secure your network using VLANs in pfSense—all without additional hardware!
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why using a single network is a security risk
✅ How to segment your devices using VLANs
✅ Step-by-step VLAN setup in pfSense (virtualized environment)
✅ Configuring firewall rules to control access
✅ Setting up a DHCP server for VLANs
✅ Testing connectivity and ensuring network security
With VLANs, you can isolate your personal devices, IoT gadgets, guest networks, and public-facing services to minimize attack risks. Follow along as we configure VLANs on a virtualized pfSense firewall using Proxmox, ensuring a secure and efficient network without the need for additional hardware!
📖 Chapters
00:00 - Why VLANs Matter
02:08 - Prepare network for VLAN in Proxmox
05:02 - Create and Configure VLAN in pfSense
06:03 - Assigning VLAN Interfaces & Setting Static IPs
07:32 - Setting Up the DHCP Server for VLANs
10:05 - Prepare Virtual machines for VLANs
13:56 - Creating & Testing Firewall Rules
16:00 - Restricting VLAN Traffic for Network Security
19:21 - Fixing DNS Issues & Ensuring Internet Access
🔗 Reference Video Links
pfSense - https://youtu.be/e16rKdEv6VY
Advanced Proxmox - https://youtu.be/KymIW8Tzj_I
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💡 Pro Tip: If you haven’t watched my previous video on setting up pfSense in Proxmox, I recommend checking it out first!
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