Noob question: I’ve successfully set up pfSense with a VPN connection to my VPN provider. Every server has to be added manually and I have one server set up now, but would like to add a few more. Is there a way to quickly switch between different servers - or plugin/extension to handle such cases?
This guide is specific to one vpn provider but you should be able to adapt it:
Have fun!
One simple way I’ve done it is with firewall rules. So if I had 4 VPN servers configured, I’d have 4 rules for my interface. 3 rules stay disabled, 1 rule stays enabled. The enabled rule is the VPN Server I route traffic to. The gateway for each rule is set to a different VPN server location.
If I want to hop servers, I just disable the current rule and enable the rule to the new gateway.
I talk about a solution here using Mullvad and WireGuard : https://youtu.be/wYe7FzZ_0X8
The process is similar with other protocols and providers too.
This guide is absolutely brilliant! Thanks so much for the link, works like a charm, also with NordVPN.
Forgot to say that once you have gateway fail over setup all you need to do is toggle the vpn connections on and off and it will auto select the one that’s up