Configure a Separate Admin Interface on pfSense
Create an admin-only interface for managing your firewall
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I explained how to configure pfSense here, but only configuring the WAN and LAN interfaces. To understand the instructions below you may first need to read this post. If you come across any terms you don’t understand like WAN, LAN, DHCP, DNS, or NTP then refer to this post:
Best practice is to create a configure a separate administrative interface for your firewall, only accessible to a computer plugged into a specific port. The administrative console should never be accessible over the Internet.
Of course this has some complications if you are remotely managing a firewall, but if you’re the only one using your firewall in your own home, chances are you can restrict access from the Internet to…
