Possible to use pfsense just as a vpn gateway without it being main firewall?
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I am planning on experimenting with pfsense.
I have an Vmware vshpere system running esx.
I found some decent guides to working with it as a virtual machine, which I am going to start off with.
But first, I would like to use it to help me administer the vshere securely.
When I install it on the virtual machine, can I then use it as a VPN access point so I can connect a remote 7 machine into the local network?
At this point, I would not be using the pfsense for anything else, as I would be slowly enabling that.
Thank you
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Yes this should be possible without problem.
Make sure that you leave the LAN unconnected and use the WAN to connect to. -
Would I have to setup any port forwarding on the real router (wrt160n)?
Also if LAN is not connected, how would the remote machine be able to access the local network to control the vSphere?
Thanks
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Yes you would need portforwards.
Also you would need static routes on your existing router, telling it over which IP the VPNs are reachable.I didn't mean disconnect in the sense of not existing, but that you connect your existing network to the WAN.
Something like this:|–-------------------------------------|
inet-----router-----|----virtual_WAN |
| | |
| --------------- |
| | pfSense | |
| ---------------- |
| | |
| virtual_LAN |
| |
----------------------------------------Basically, the WAN is the interface to which your VPN clients connect to, and the WAN is the interface which is used to talk to the rest of your existing network.
