How to Install and Configure pfSense on VMware

in this video I will show you how to install pfSense on VMware Workstation PF sense is a free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management load balancing multi-wan and much much more you can install pfSense on VMware to learn how it works or if you have a powerful computer you can use it as your firewall for your virtual machines I'm going to set up a simple Network like the one shown in the diagram one machine connected to the pfSense firewall which is connected to the internet if you want extra client machines it's just a matter of adding them so begin by downloading the PF sense from the official website [Music] foreign [Music] I have already downloaded it myself [Music] extract the iso image from the compressed file [Music] I will set up two interfaces for pfSense one for the wide area network and the other for the local area network for the wide area network interface will be connected to the internet and the Lan interface will act as a Gateway for the users in the local area network I will add another adapter which will face the local area network it will be a host only adapter meaning it will allow the virtual machine to communicate internally in a private network with other virtual machines like the pfSense make sure to disable DHCP on the adapter if you want you can use the already existing host only adapter [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] for the wide area network I will use the already existing Bridge Network the PF sense will get an IP address from my router via DHCP which is connected to the internet [Music] I will leave it at automatic if you want you can specifically select the adapter that is connected to the internet on the physical machine [Music] let us now create our virtual machine [Music] [Music] let me now customize the hardware options before I start the virtual machine it has already started let me switch it off foreign [Laughter] [Music] at least two processors and increase the memory to at least one gigabyte [Music] let me now configure the wide area network it will be a bridged adapter [Music] [Music] let me now configure the LAN adapter it will be the custom host only adapter I created earlier foreign [Music] let us now start the virtual machine [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] network adapter has picked up an IP address from the PF sense but the WAN adapter has not picked up an IP address from my router connected to the internet let me fix this [Music] will change from automatic and just point to the adapter connected to the internet on my physical machine foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] has picked up an IP address let me now check if I'm connected to the internet via the WAN interface by pinging the Google public DNS IP address [Music] the PF sense is connected to the internet let me now check if the client machine on the Lan will pick up an IP address from the PF sense before I start the client virtual machine let me connect it to the custom host only adapter [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the client machine has picked up an IP address from the pfSense DHCP let me even check if I'm connected to the internet [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] go on the internet let me log into pfSense [Music] [Music] [Music] the default username is admin and the password is pfSense [Music] foreign so the client is connected to the internet [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Laughter] [Music] you can read more about the various features offered by pfSense and how to implement them you can change IP addresses from the interface section [Music] thanks for watching please like And subscribe to my channel [Music]

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Id: p09ggIHt2j4

Length: 14min 44sec (884 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 02 2022