Home cyber range setup-- Need help
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I have went through multiple threads to try and find my exact answer and no one that I can find has an exact set up like I'm trying to use. I don't have a topology map of my network yet so I'll try to explain. I want to thank anyone who can help me through this process as I am a relative NOOB and I have been struggling with pfsense, while I was trying to visualize it on my Proxmox server.
I have a cable modem and router in my front room of house, which I'd like to keep and run all my personal stuff through the cable router. I have two Ethernet connections in my garage , where I am setting up my cyber range.
I have an Asus RT-AC66U running DDWRT v3.0 44715 that is set up as a switch, it has 5 total ports on back. I would like to install Pf-sense on an older Dell Studio 17 that the screen is broken off of. Instead of adding a USB to Ethernet adapter, I'd prefer to run a single cable from my port , into the DDWRT router and then set the system up to be able to protect my hacking lab, that I am building on a cluster of 5 nodes all running Proxmox with Ceph.
I am trying to get this set up to continue my personal training, but I also try and find kids that are inclined to have legal troubles an mentor them. There is always a possibility that the tools I teach them could be used for bad purposes, but I make them sign a contract with me and once they realize what type of money they can make in cyber security , that they'd choose the high road. My point is that I understand your time is valuable to you and that any time you could spare to help me finish this part of my setup that I would reciprocate, either by contributing on this forum or by maybe, just maybe I can help save a kids life or keep one out of jail. If I can do that for even 1 teen, then I could feel like my time and training have went to a greater cause then myself.
Thanks for taking some of that valuable time to help me
Warloxian -
So where are you actually stuck here? I don't see a question.
It sounds like you are going to setups pfSense as 'router on a stick', a single NIC with VLAN interfaces. So you are going to havbe to configured the DDWRT device to handle those VLANs to separate switch ports. Or use some other managed switch for that purpose.
Steve