Opnsense Transparent Filtering Bridge
Transparent Filtering Bridge
Netplan
Interfaces
MGMT
LAN
MGMT
Disable Outbound NAT rule generation
- To disable outbound NAT, go to Firewall ‣ NAT ‣ Outbound and select “Disable Outbound NAT rule generation”.
Change system tuneables
- Enable filtering bridge by changing net.link.bridge.pfil_bridge from default to 1 in System ‣ Settings ‣ System Tuneables.
net.link.bridge.pfil_bridge =1
net.link.bridge.pfil_member = 0
Create the bridge
- Create a bridge of LAN and WAN, go to Interfaces ‣ Other Types ‣ Bridge. Add Select LAN and WAN.
Assign a management IP/Interface
- To be able to configure and manage the filtering bridge (OPNsense) afterwards, we will need to assign a new interface to the bridge and setup an IP address.
- Disable Block private networks & bogon
- For the WAN interface we nee to disable blocking of private networks & bogus IPs.
- Go to Interfaces ‣ [WAN] and unselect Block private networks and Block bogon networks.









