CYBERSECURITY HOMELAB: CHAPTER TWO

My Virtual HomeLab: Firewall and Gateway

Network Segmentation, Configuring VLANs and pfSense Installation and Setup

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INTRODUCTION

Hey! Welcome back to my Cybersecurity HomeLab series. In the last chapter, I covered my HomeLab overview and VMware Workstation Pro installation.

In this chapter, I’ll move on to network segmentation, VLAN configuration, and pfSense installation and setup.

Let’s get started!

PS: Virtual Local Area Network

NETWORK SEGMENTATION

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As shown in the network diagram above, for this HomeLab, I will set up six network segments, all connected to the firewall, with each segment managed using firewall rules.

I will use the 10.0.x.0/24 IP range for my VLANs, with the gateway set to 10.0.x.1/24.

Here are the network segments:

• VMnet 8 – WAN (Default NAT)
• VLAN 10 – Management