Configuring Vlans in pfSense (And How to Use Them)

Configuring vlans in pfsense might seem a little intimidating at first but it really shouldn't. yes, it takes a little bit of work but doing right isn't difficult at all. Lets how to configure vlans in pfsense and how to put them in use.

Configuring vlans in pfsense is a task with multiple sub tasks and they need to be done in a certain order. we start configuring vlans in pfsense by creating the vlans tag. at this point the vlans are just an unshaped entities. pfsense at this point cant really do anything with them.

next in our configuring vlans in pfsense journey, we need to create interfaces for the new vlans. Again, not something difficult to do but without doing it you will get nowhere with your vlans.

Once the interface are configured, our configuring vlans in pfsense journey comes to its next optional step of creating DHCP scopes for the new vlan networks. if this is not something you are planning to do you can move on to the next step.

the final step for configuring vlans in pfsense is configuring firewall rules for them according to your needs. The rules can be permissive or restrictive but without them, you vlans are going to be pretty useless. So make sure to create the rules to reflect your needs on each of the vlans.

And actually, that's it on pfsense side. configuring vlans in pfsense is now over and now its a matter of configuring your switches with matching vlans and assigning ports as you see fit. If you have done your configuration correctly, you should now be up and running with vlans in your pfsense firewall.

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Video Index:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Vlans General Overview
3:55 Configuring Vlans Tags
5:50 Creating the Vlan Interfaces
8:23 Creating DHCP Scopes for The New Vlans
10:00 Creating Basic Firewall Rules
12:52 Adding Default Gateway to DHCP (If Needed)
14:05 Testing Vlans Settings and DHCP
16:30 Creating Granular and Restrictive Firewall Rules
20:25 Summary

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