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<h2 id=setting-up-pfsense>Setting up pfSense</h2>
<p>pfSense is fairly easy to setup. Just <a href=https://www.pfsense.org/download/>download the latest ISO</a> and boot up the virtual machine.
When setting up the machine, I mostly went with all of the defaults. Configuration can be changed later in the web interface, which is quite a bit simpler.</p>
<p>Since VLANs are going to be leveraged, when you go to <code>Assign Interfaces</code>, it should be setup now like this:</p>
<p>Since VLANs are going to be leveraged, when you go to <code>Assign Interfaces</code>, VLANs should be setup now like the following:</p>
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<li><code>WAN</code> should be <code>vtnet0.10</code></li>
<li><code>LAN</code> should be <code>vtnet0</code></li>
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<p>After going through the rest of the installation, if everything is connected correctly it should display both WAN and LAN addresses.</p>
<p>If all goes well, the web interface should be running at <a href=https://192.168.1.1>https://192.168.1.1</a>.</p>
<p><img src=/images/virtualizing-a-router-with-pfsense/pfsense-dashboard.png alt=pfsense-dashboard></p>
<p>And this is where the fun begins. There are many tutorials and blogs about how to setup pfSense and various services and packages that can be installed. I&rsquo;ve already installed pfBlocker-NG, nmap and iperf.</p>
<p>And this is where the fun begins. There are many tutorials and blogs about how to setup pfSense and various services and packages that can be installed. I&rsquo;ve already installed pfBlocker-NG nd iperf.</p>
<h2 id=summary>Summary</h2>
<p>It is fairly simple to setup a router with pfSense from within a Virtual Machine. A physical dedicated routing machine is not necessary and often does not perform as well as software running on faster and more reliable hardware. So far, pfSense has been running for over a week without a single hiccup. pfSense is a mature piece of software that is incredibly powerful and flexible. To avoid so me of the instability I experienced with OpenWrt, I enabled automatically <a href=https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/autoconfigbackup.html>AutoConfigBackup</a>, which is capable of automatically backing up configuration upon every change. A plan to explore and experiment with more services and configuration in the future, and the ability to track all of these changes gives me the piece of mind that experimentation is safe.</p>
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