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      vajonam Rebel Alliance @chrisjmuk
      last edited by vajonam

      @chrisjmuk I just get got it setup and working fine.

      Here is what I did.

      • download zip file for the config from mullvad
      • create tunnels and peers. (the conf in the zip file contains the tunnel private key, and public key for peer, the pfsense ui will generate the tunnel public key automatically)
      • create interface MULL_WG with Interface Address 10.x.x.x/32, create a gateway at the same time for that same IP.
      • create outbound NAT, set interface to MULL_WG and source / dest to any

      f0bb8adc-e3e9-4cb1-9318-158b7ac6ef1c-image.png

      • firewall rules to do policy based routing.
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        chrisjmuk @vajonam
        last edited by

        @vajonam Thank you, that done the trick - all working now, i will set my self as a regular sponsor for your github.

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          vjizzle
          last edited by

          Hi! I setup pfSense 2.6 on my Hyper-V lab and was able to get setup a Wireguard tunnel with TorGuard. Looks promising! I did notice a little more cpu load then I expected when running speedtests but I was able to utilize my 100Mbit internet connection.

          WGTUN Interface (opt1, tun_wg0)
Status
up 
IPv4 Address
10.13.XX.XX
Subnet mask IPv4
255.255.255.0 
Gateway IPv4
10.13.XX.XX
MTU
1500 
In/out packets
509239/443583 (536.63 MiB/360.12 MiB) 
In/out packets (pass)
509239/443583 (536.63 MiB/360.12 MiB) 
In/out packets (block)
0/0 (0 B/0 B) 
In/out errors
0/0 
Collisions
0

          wg01.png

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            cmcdonald Netgate Developer @vjizzle
            last edited by cmcdonald

            @vjizzle There is still optimization gains to be realized yet in the kernel module...primarily around the crypto. We will track all ongoing development on all fronts to keep this fresh and current. Stay tuned

            Need help fast? https://www.netgate.com/support

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              emikaadeo @cmcdonald
              last edited by emikaadeo

              @theonemcdonald Hi! Just to clarify, will this be available in pfSense 2.5.1 Package Manager ?

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                JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator @emikaadeo
                last edited by

                @emikaadeo said in WireGuard lives!:

                @theonemcdonald Hi! Just to clarify, will this be available in pfSense 2.5.1 Package Manager ?

                Not currently as it's not recommended for stable. So if you want to run it on 2.5.x, download the packages from GitHub and install it manually.

                Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

                If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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                  chrisjmuk @emikaadeo
                  last edited by

                  @emikaadeo I am currently just using the Dev build 1.6.xxxx and just install the package via the package manager and seems to work great.

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                    chrisjmuk @vjizzle
                    last edited by

                    @vjizzle i am using the same and this is my CPU spec and i am only using 3% on idle but does jump to 40% on a speed which it would normally even without the wireguard.

                    Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2940 @ 1.83GHz
                    Current: 1826 MHz, Max: 1827 MHz
                    4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                      vajonam Rebel Alliance @chrisjmuk
                      last edited by

                      @chrisjmuk think you mean 2.6.xx ?

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                        vjizzle @chrisjmuk
                        last edited by vjizzle

                        @chrisjmuk I have the following specs on my testlab pfSense 2.6:

                        CPU Type Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz
                        2 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 1 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
                        AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (inactive)
                        QAT Crypto: No

                        The load does not bother me that much, my main pfSense is a core i5 beast :) so no worries there. But by the time this is ready for production I expect it to be better optimized for performance. The developer said there will be tweaks and tuning.

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                          emikaadeo
                          last edited by emikaadeo

                          Downloaded packages from GitHub and installed manually v0.0.9 on 2.5.1-RELEASE (amd64) in this order:

                          wireguard-kmod-0.0.20210503.txz
wireguard-tools-lite-1.0.20210424.txz
pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.0.9.txz

                          Works great so far (using Mullvad VPN)
                          Is there any best/safe method to upgrade packages when new versions will be available?

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                            dersch
                            last edited by

                            So if i update to 2.5.1 i need to manually install the package?

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                              emikaadeo @dersch
                              last edited by

                              @dersch
                              The new WireGuard port is currently not available officially in 2.5.1 Package Manager (only in 2.6.0 development) so yes, you have to install packages manually.

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                                martywd
                                last edited by

                                I'm running 2.5.1 with the pfsense wireguard v0.0.9 pkgs installed. I configured wireguard 3+ days ago to connect my VPN (Windscribe) and since then all is working flawlessly. Nice.

                                Now I see that the v0.1.1 pkgs were released a few hours ago, so like @emikaadeo asked previously, what is/are the "best/safe method to upgrade packages when new versions will be available?"

                                Thanks!
                                .

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                                  dersch @martywd
                                  last edited by

                                  @martywd same for me.

                                  @theonemcdonald can you advise please how to upgrade?

                                  with

                                  pgk upgrade pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-new.version.txz

                                  it is asking to install it new. So do we need to remove the old.version first? will the config persist?

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                                    vajonam Rebel Alliance @dersch
                                    last edited by

                                    @dersch

                                    Yes as long as the "keep settings" is checked on the settings tab. It will persist. but its always good to make a backup of your config before you upgrade. Recreating the wg tunnels is quite easy once you have the settings.

                                    However I have done the upgrade on many boxes and it runs it fine. Just be careful if you are upgrading wireguard over the wire guard tunnel itself like a remote router.

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                                      tquade @vajonam
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                                      @vajonam

                                      Having no success upgrading to 0.1.1 from 0.0.9 on pfSense 2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT.

                                      Have tried the following with result:

                                      [2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg upgrade pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1.txz
                                      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                      pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                                      Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                      pfSense repository is up to date.
                                      All repositories are up to date.
                                      pkg: pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1.txz is not installed, therefore upgrade is impossible
                                      Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                                      Your packages are up to date.

                                      [2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg install pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1.txz
                                      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                      pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                                      Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                      pfSense repository is up to date.
                                      All repositories are up to date.
                                      pkg: No packages available to install matching 'pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1.txz' have been found in the repositories

                                      [2.6.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add https://github.com/theonemcdonald/pfSense-pkg-WireGuard/releases/download/v0.1.1/pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1.txz
                                      Fetching pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1.txz: 100% 26 KiB 26.6kB/s 00:01
                                      Installing pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.1.1_1...
                                      the most recent version of pfSense-pkg-WireGuard-0.0.9 is already installed

                                      I'm out of ideas.
                                      Ted Quade

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                                        vajonam Rebel Alliance @tquade
                                        last edited by

                                        @tquade

                                        pkg remove 0.0.9 and then pkg install 0.1.1_1

                                        I think the issue is that you cannot upgrade a _1 (REVISION) package when you dont have 0.1.1 package installed.

                                        remove should not lose your configuration.

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                                          tquade @vajonam
                                          last edited by

                                          @vajonam

                                          Thanks for the pointers.

                                          I had to run pkg add ...........-0.1.1_1
                                          instead of pkg install ..........-0.1.1_1

                                          Ted Quade

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                                            vajonam Rebel Alliance
                                            last edited by

                                            Just a best practice. when using the command line, always remove and install new versions.

                                            Eventually when we move to a gui installer (Package Manager) it will do this anyway. this way no files are left around because of an upgrade.

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