Friday, February 17, 2017

How To Configure Pfsense with OpenDNS (Web Filtering)

Open DNS


Requirements
1.Install pfsense 2.3.1 (More than one Dynamic DNS included in this version)
2.Sign up with OpenDNS
3.Configure your network on OpenDNS and don’t forget to configure your web filter settings

Assuming that you have completed the above requirements, first you have to change your DNS on pfsense to OPENDNS. To do this, go to Systems > General Setup. Under DNS Server Settings

DNS Server 1: 208.67.222.222
DNS Server 2: 208.67.220.220
DNS Server Override: Unchecked
Disable DNS Forwarder: Checked

See Figure 1 and 2.

Figure 1.


Figure 2.

 Once you finished, click Save to save all the setting you entered.


DNS Resolver

Once you completed the above process, go to Services>DNS Resolver>General Settings

Enable DNS resolver: Checked
Enable DNSSEC Support: Unchecked
Enable Forwarding Mode: Checked

See Figure 3.

Figure 3.



Once you finished, click Save to save all the setting you entered.

Dynamic DNS

When finished, Go to Services > Dynamic DNS > Add
In this case, I’ll be using OpenDNS but you can pick any services that you like.
Service Type: OpenDNS
Interface to Monitor: WAN
Hostname: opendns.com
MX: leave blank
Wildcards: Unchecked
Verbose Logging: Unchecked
Username: (email address that you registered with on OpenDNS Account)
Password: (Your Password in your OpenDNS Account) 
Confirm: Your Password again
Description: You can enter “OpenDNS Account”
Save setting.

See Figure 4, 5 and 6.

Figure 4.



Figure 5.

Figure 6.

Note: If the cached ip is not available, check you settings again. If you see a green IP, everything is okay.

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