I wouldn't consider my opinions more educated than others - I just had more time to make mistakes compared to other folks due to my age - and tried to remember a few of the things that went boom in my career.
@chpalmer said in pfSense Installer Hinders Offline Network Deployment:
I would ask if you had actually downloaded any of the installers before arriving at your venue??
I am having my ol' and trusty images by now plus a couple of ISO files on a Ventoy stick to save me some trouble as even a readily installed device can fail and you need to reinstall on a fresh disk in a pinch. Been there, done that.
@chpalmer said in pfSense Installer Hinders Offline Network Deployment:
But my advice is to always look for what could bite you in the days before during the planning stages..
Borrowed hardware on a budget is a sure way to bite you. Question is not 'if', it's 'when'. Especially when you receive certain parts just on site. We do get sponsored hardware at some point which are questionable as well and you get them a couple of hours before the opening. So firmware and stuff is really handy and a small fileserver in the admin vlan hosting that stuff is a must have at that point.
My worries is really about the future deployments to come especially on some crucial infrastructure like a firewall...