Step 1, Hardware

Minimum hardware requirements:

Pentium II 128MB RAM Hard Drive Optical Drive !"r installati"n# 2 $etw"r% Inter&ace 'ards

(ee Hardware)requirements &"r m"re in&"rmati"n*

Step 2, Select and download your version

+" t" the d"wnl"ad secti"n "& the p&(ense we,site* (elect a mirr"r server* -"u sh"uld ch""se a l"cati"n that is cl"se t" ."u* /hen ."u clic% "n ."ur mirr"r server0 it will present ."u with a list "& &iles* 1he &ile ."u want will ,e either p&(ense23ive'D22*12R434A(42amd56*is"*78 &"r a 56,it c"mputer "r p&(ense23ive'D22*12R434A(42i985*is"*78 &"r a 92,it c"mputer* -"u sh"uld als" d"wnl"ad the *md: "r *sha2:5 &ile t" all"w ."u t" veri&. the hash "& the &ile ."u d"wnl"aded* 1his will help ensure the &ile hasn;t ,een tampered with0 and had n" err"rs while d"wnl"adin7* Once the d"wnl"ad is c"mplete0 veri&. either the md: "r sha2:5 hash0 then dec"mpress the *78 &ile and ,urn the I(O ima7e t" a 'D*

Step 3, Boot your computer from the CD

4nsure ."ur BIO( is set t" ,""t &r"m the "ptical drive0 insert the 'D int" the drive* Re,""t the c"mputer and watch the !reeB(D "peratin7 s.stem ,""t up ."ur machine* /hen ."u see the screen ,el"w0 let it ,""t t" the de&ault "pti"n 1*

$"te: I& ."u want t" read the ,""t pr"cess0 wait until ."u 7et t" the pr"mpt
Do you want to set up VLANs now [y|n]?

press (cr"ll 3"c% "n ."ur %e.,"ard and use Pa7e <p=Pa7e D"wn t" navi7ate the l"7*

Step 4, Initial pfSense confi uration

1he ,""t pr"cess is &inished when ."u see
Do you want to set up VLANs now [y|n]?

1.pe >n> and hit enter* 1he ne?t pr"mpt will ,e

Enter the WAN interface or 'a' for auto-detection?

1he /A$ inter&ace will ,e the inter&ace that c"nnects t" ."ur internet c"nnecti"n e*7* 'a,le "r D(3 m"dem#* I& ."u d"n;t %n"w which inter&ace is which0 disc"nnect ,"th netw"r% ca,les &r"m ."ur c"mputer* 1.pe >a> and hit enter* -"u will 7et the pr"mpt
Connect the WAN interface now and $hen press EN$E% to continue# a!e sure that the "in! is up#

I& ."ur internet c"nnecti"n is "n0 c"nnect the netw"r% ca,le &r"m that device0 t" the netw"r% inter&ace card ."u want t" use as ."ur /A$ inter&ace* It will detect a lin% status chan7e "n the card and assi7n it t" /A$* -"u will then see this pr"mpt*
Enter the LAN interface or 'a' for auto-detection? N&$E' this ena("es fu"" )irewa""in*+NA$ ode# ,or nothin* if finished-

Plu7 in the netw"r% ca,le t" ."ur switch* p&(ense will detect the lin% up and assi7n this netw"r% inter&ace as the 3A$ inter&ace* -"u will then see
Enter the &ptiona" . interface na e or 'a' for auto-detection? ,or nothin* if finished-

press 4nter t" &inish* It then displa. ."ur assi7nment and pr"mpt ."u t" c"ntinue
$he interfaces wi"" (e assi*ned as fo""ows' WAN -/ interfacena e LAN -/ interfacena e Do you want to proceed [y|n]?

1.pe >.> and then hit 4nter* p&(ense will ,e7in c"n&i7urin7 and ,""tin7 itsel&* /hen c"mplete0 ."u will see this screen*

Step !, Install to hard drive

At this p"int0 p&(ense sh"uld &uncti"n* H"wever0 it hasn;t ,een installed t" ."ur hard drive0 and i& ."u re,""t ."ur settin7s will ,e l"st* 1" install t" ."ur hard drive0 t.pe >@@> "n ."ur %e.,"ard0 and hit enter* 1his will ,e7in the installer* 1he &irst screen will ,e >'"n&i7ure '"ns"le>* 1he de&ault settin7s sh"uld ,e &ine* $avi7ate with ."ur arr"w %e.s d"wn t" >Accept these settin7s> and hit enter*

1he sec"nd screen will ,e >(elect 1as%>0 and the &irst selecti"n "& >Auic%=4as. Install> will ,e &ine*

It will as% >Are ."u (<R4B>0 ,ecause the quic% install will erase the hard drive and install the de&ault settin7s* 'lic% OC*

It will 7" thr"u7h the pr"cess "& partiti"nin70 &"rmattin7 and writin7 t" the hard drive* It will pr"mpt ."u which %ernel ."u want t" use* !"r this install0 ."u want the >(tandard Cernel>*

It will then pr"mpt ."u t" re,""t* Re,""t n"w*

1he shutd"wn pr"cess will c"mplete0 then the c"mputer will re,""t and ,e7in the ,""tup sequence a7ain* $" interacti"n is necessar. and ,""tup is c"mplete when ."u see a screen li%e this:

Step ", #ccess we$ interface

1" access the we, inter&ace0 "n a di&&erent c"mputer in a we, ,r"wser0 7" t" http:==1@2*158*1*1* 1his will l"ad up the we, inter&ace* 1he de&ault username is >admin>0 and the passw"rd is >p&(ense>* $44D 1O ADD /4B I$14R!A'4 I$I1IA3 (41<P H4R4