I replicated the same exact setup after installing pfsense 1.2.3 and it seems work well. I guess there was some error in system files since the box was shut down few times not properly - just guessing.

when using non standard ports over http/https you have to specify the port with :xx, replace xx with port number, this overrides the defualt port number for that protocol (http=80, https=443).
Thats why if you could ssh into it, i figured it was something like that (especially since you said it has to be easy)

Glad I was able to spare you the trouble.

this is all you will need:
http://192.168.1.1

Internet should be DHCP, LAN should be 192.168.1.1

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Tutorials
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Main_Page

Thank you both for your assistance, I'll track down a serial cable and install it that way.  Your advice is appreciated.

Thanks for the reply. I am using a serial console. I actally started with that and added the VGA afterwards. I am running it at 9600 baud. I see the BIOS serial output OK.

I am using a 512Mb CF card. Thanks for the explanation about the CD install.

@jimp:

You say you wrote the image to a card. If you used a NanoBSD image, these do not support VGA and write their output to the serial port instead.

If you connect a null modem serial cable to the port on the router, you should see the boot messages.

That other thread is referring to a full install from CD.

pfSense also has a very different setup for initialization scripts and some of the layout is different.

Whew, got it to work now, by not choosing "Packet Mode" during the bootblock creation part of the installation.

First, your serial port should be set for 9600. Go into the ALIX BIOS (press 's' during the memory test) and set the speed to 9600 and set your serial client to match. Try to boot again, if it's still not right, then something must be wrong with the CF or how it was written.

You're sure you decompressed that image first before writing? And you're sure it's disk1?

Usually the command looks more like:

gzcat pfSense-1.2.3-RELEASE-4g-nanobsd.img.gz | dd of=/dev/disk3 bs=16k

It's possible that the CF is defective, but unlikely. If even the first part of the CF was written correctly, you should have gotten the pfSense boot menu with an F1/F2 choice.

Good point; thanks for the info tid-bit.
That may very well explain the issue I'm experiencing.

I'll poke around in the local forums.

I've not had such issues with other ISP's in the past.

Are there other methods that you can think of that I can employ to achieve similar results?

I'll try the VPN.

If the wiki isn't enough, I'll came back to the forum.

;D

O.K. im came back
I had a power problem in the AP

I have 192.168.42.x for the lan interface and 192.168.54.x for the wi1 interface

the first picture is the firewall rule
the second is ifconfig command
the Third is Divided to tow the upper is in the wifi pfsense net and the lower is in other wifi
you can see that i can ping google

thank you all
eli :)

Terminal-ifconfig.png
Terminal-ifconfig.png_thumb
Terminal-ping.png
Terminal-ping.png_thumb

My knowledge about networking is really low.I know some things on theory and practical simple things just what is dhcp,How to config network on my bsd machine or connect 2 computers together.The reason i start pfsense is because i want to learn about firewalls,networks and because i really like pfsense and more general because i like computers very much and allways trying to learn more things setting projects on my self.Is not only to set up a firewall.Is to learn from this experience.But is really to hard for me to understand all this at this point.So to read some things before i start,i think is really good idea :)
Thanks for the urls.I will start reading immediately :)

George

If your web user reads pages out of the cache then the speed at which they can read that data may be limited by the disk read speed or it may be limited by the available network bandwidth between them and the system holding the cache.
For example, your disk might be capable of reading at 100MBps (800Mbps) and you may have a 100Mbps link between the user and the cache. That configuration is limited by the network. In practice, I expect that for a small number of users no-one is likely to notice.

I remove completely hdd drive and i put a flash.Boot from cd and make the install on flash.Now it is working!!!! :)

Did that IDE disk have anything on it previously? It may need a complete zero wipe to be sure nothing left on it is causing an issue. Or try some of the other suggestions here:

http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting

It may have needed the whole disk wiped then.

With PF V.2.0 ==> installation is OK:
The name of the eth card  is "Marvell Technology Group Ltd  Yukon Ultra 2 Id 0xba Rev 0x00"
but Captiveportal isn't working.

Thanks

@jimp:

Use the console. There is a menu option to change the LAN IP.

DOH!!  Forgot about console access.  It worked.  Thanks.