pfSense
Free and open-source enterprise grade Firewall OS
Hardware
Installation
Preparation
Download and Prepare Installation Media Once you have decided on your hardware and built the mac...
Start Installing
Plug in the USB to the machine, and boot into the USB installer. Upon booting into the installer,...
Initial Configuration Wizard
By default, the LAN interface for pfSense is set to a 192.168.1.1/24 network. Open up a browser l...
Config File
Users and Groups
Interfaces, Firewall Rules, and IP Addresses
Adding More LAN Interfaces
For most people, a simple WAN/LAN two interface setup is enough for a firewall. For some, that ma...
Setting Up Firewall Rules
Firewall rules are the one of the basic fundamentals of networking. They are a set of rules that ...
DHCP, DHCP Leases, and Static IPs
For this guide, I will show you how to edit the DHCP server settings on pfSense, as well as how t...
Firewall Rules Tips and Tricks
Allowing Only Outbound Internet Traffic Create an alias in pfSense that includes the RFC1918 p...
Advanced Configurations
OpenVPN Package
pfBlockerNG Package
pfBlockerNG is an package that can be added onto pfSense to allow for advertisement and malicious...