

This is the correct setting.Ĭreating a Domain Controller Configuring VM Network and Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS) I checked from my home network to confirm that I am able to ping to the interface exposed to the WAN. This enables me to access the router's web portal from my home network and any ports that the router port forwarded. I created a firewall rule to enable devices from the WAN network to access the router only. For the pfSense hardware, you need to have both interfaces, Host-Only and Bridging or NAT, attached. 2 Network Interfaces pfSense configured for WAN and LANįinally, I turned off the DHCP at the pfSense to make way for the Windows Server DHCP.įor VMware ESXi or Workstation, you need to turn off DHCP at the Virtual Network Editor and pfSense router. Both of them are configured to run a separate network. I installed pfSense Community Edition as the router and set up 2 network interfaces in Proxmox, one for WAN and one for LAN. Setting Up The Lab Network Isolating the lab network from the home network This allows the possibility to expose a service from my lab network to my home network or public with port forwarding at the pfSense router and configuring a reverse proxy at Ngnix Proxy Manager on my home network. This allows me to connect to my lab network from the outside network, only if the pfSense router firewall rules allow it. I used a Linux VM that is running pfSense, an open-source router solution. That is because a router is used to bridge and connect two separate networks. To connect between those two networks in life, a router is needed. The lab network will use the DNS server and DHCP server in the Windows Server 2019.

I isolated the lab network from my home network to prevent countless headaches, frustration, and disruptions to my main home network. A mini overview of what I am trying to achieve at my home lab They can be at the same server or separate servers. And the Active Directory Domain Service requires DNS and DHCP Service in the network. A Domain Controller requires at least one Active Directory Domain Service running in the network. In order to create a Domain in the lab network, at least one Domain Controller must exist. It will be accompanied by a virtual router and a Windows 10 VM to test to make sure the DC, DNS and DHCP are working. It will also be running DNS and DHCP servers for the network. By the end of this post, the VM will become a Domain Controller for the lab network.
