pfSense 2.5.2 - Web Console super slow
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This is mainly where alot of my confusion lies. I only have 5 (at the moment) machines which will be "part" (joined) to the DOMAIN. As I build VMs for testing software products they may or may not get joined to the domain (single point of authentication as a lot of the testing I do is for this) -- still trying to decide if I am going to stand up a mail server. Since I am being forced to work from home - I am trying to set up my own lab at home, so that I do not have to do things over the VPN to the office and eat up more ISP bandwidth.
Here is what I really want:
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ALL of "MY" devices to have an IP address and NAME that I set. I had in the ORBI when I was using it (each room with a number... for example the kitchen was xxx.xxx.xxx.03x - meaning that every networked device in that room was .30 to .39 ....each room had a specific number). I did that so that if I started seeing errors for a device I could find it easily. Some of my devices let me SET the hostname, others I have to do it from DNS.
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I am not a huge fan of DNS, but I like to be able (have the option) to identify things by name....but I will make RSVP for devices in DHCP.
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The LAB that I am standing up - maybe I should go down a VLAN path for this...although many of the Windows devices I want in the domain (for folder sharing, backups, etc,) are "MY" machines not LAB. As I am not super familiar with VLANs and setting them up - I opted to use one segment.
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As I find that Linux and Mac OSes are not super-friendly with a Windows AD DS - I am hoping to set this all up in a manner (for my SmartHome) that should I sell my home - I can leave it all here for the next owner.
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I am still thinking that I have something "hidden" or not correct in pfSense from all the playing and suggestions I was doing - that may be doing some stuff. I was going to completely reload pfSense 2.6 and rebuild from scratch - so I want to do it right the first time.
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I have my own Top-Level Domain name - so I want to use that in pfSense and trying to make the decision if I want to do a sub-domain in the AD DS or something else.
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I also have a CloudFlare account which I am using in my SmartHome to give DDNS support to my HomeAssistant installation.
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I also want to look into setting up WireGuard VPN.
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When I had it setup before -- I was using the ORBI as my Router - DNS - DHCP...and Windows AD DS also seemed to be working in conjunction - but I would get strange outcomes from things there too.
See my other resposne to @SteveITS as to what I am trying to accomplish.
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@bearhntr said in pfSense 2.5.2 - Web Console super slow:
When I had it setup before -- I was using the ORBI as my Router - DNS - DHCP...and Windows AD DS also seemed to be working in conjunction - but I would get strange outcomes from things there too.
As I said, when using Windows AD, you really must use a Microsoft DNS server in order for all of the Active Directory things to work. Some bits and pieces might sort of work with a non-Microsoft DNS server, but some key parts will not work and lead to the strange outcomes you referenced.
