Hi Cry Havok, Thank you for your comments. I need to connect the other computers to the same network because they need to share the internet connection. According to what you said, would it be better if I put the web server behind the pfsense firewall ? that is : modem/router –-> pfsense firewall  ----> web server                                                             ----> local network on different subnet Will the web server still be able to serve webpages in this arrangement ? patrick.

Are there any upstream proxies that might be interfering? Can you load this URL from a PC on your LAN? http://www.pfsense.org/pfSense/pkg_tester.php If you get a PHP array, it should work from the router. You can also try this from the pfSense console: fetch -o - http://www.pfsense.org/pfSense/pkg_tester.php

jojoepsp Just checked the link, and it works fine.

the only way to do it in this case is to install it on an HD in another computer and move it to the alix. you will have to make sure that you keep the boot settings (install it on master with no other drives) otherwise it wont boot. after you have done this, go to the web gui and enable the serial output.

@jimp: Whoever had the bright idea to use link-local addressing for anything should be fired (and fired at). +1 with the possibility of torture…as its torture.

The video will stop at that point. That's where the output switches to serial. In addition to those serial port setttings (putty is better for that, btw), you must be using a null modem serial cable.

The CF on NanoBSD is kept read only except when the system tries to make changes it switches to RW temporarily. I haven't seen it fail to switch to rw mode unless there was a problem with the filesystem (faulty CF, fs needs a fsck, etc). You would need to be on either 1.2.3-RELEASE or 2.0 beta images, you shouldn't use 1.2.3-RC <x>images after the -RELEASE is out. When in doubt, completely reflash the CF or use a different CF, and don't just do a firmware update.</x>

The next point of stoppage. This applies to both my laptop and the alix. Trying to mount nfs root. nfs root: 10.0.0.1 /usr/local/pfsense (bfe0 or vr0): link changed to state up Then it just sits. Help please…..

Does pfSense/FreeBSD automatically trim SSD drives?  If not is there a process to take care of this.  Maybe a script that can be scheduled via CRON? Seth

At the time the sizes were chosen about 15 months ago they fit every single card we and users could get our hands on, with room to spare. In the past month, SanDisk shrunk their cards (without changing the model number even, lovely) by 5%, leaving the images now too large. 2.0 shrinks them further.

Thank you for the replies. I was finally able to install it. It now boots normally. I set the controller to "Compatible Mode" and created a 4 Gb partition for root. I also used a PATA HDD instead of a SATA HDD. Thank you Stefano

i shoul like to do the same maybe this method can work, but i NEVER try it: if is possible to do this: dd if=pfSense-1.2.3-RELEASE-4g-nanobsd.img of=/dev/sdc for "install" the image version maybe can be possible to do the reverse 1. plug the memory or the hard-drive to another linux computer (or BSD? i don' t know..i come from linux) 2. use the command: dd if=/dev/sdc of=/your home cmputer home/ note: sdc maybe can be different someone know if this method can work? i have also found this http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,9055.0.html

Your title says "no lan card" but what looks to be the pfSense startup clearly shows two LAN cards: em0 and em1. You need to let the startup continue, select option 1) Assign Interfaces to specify which will be your LAN and WAN interfaces, then option 2) Set interface(s) IP address to set an IP address on the LAN interface. Then restart and you should be able to connect to the pfSense web GUI and configure VLAN interfaces. I suggest you leave the LAN interface without VLANs because if you add VLANs to the LAN interface then you will lose connectivity to the GUI when you switch LAN from emx to the VLAN interface and if you made a mistake you will probably have to restart the pfSense system and reconfigure from the console.

@phpzilla: hello  ;D i hope i can help you with my small english  ;) i am a pfsense user from germany and i know your problem exactly. the reason for this boot problem happen in BIOS configuration: 1. open "STANDARD CMOS SETUP" 2. go to "IDE PRIMARY MASTER" or the same in SATA version (SATA PRIMARY MASTER ?) and open it with ENTER 3. switch Access Mode from "AUTO" to "LBA" 4. go back until closing BIOS and answer with "Y" to safe your changes 5. let machine restart and try automatically to start pfsense my background of this problem: i install pfsense normally and all is going good then pfsense will restart and i got this failure like you got. like you i try several ways to clean the failure with no good result. so i try in bios this and that  ::) at last i try to change access mode (phoenix bios) from auto to lba and restart the machine AND IT WORKS ! so i hope it will helps you also to try my way ! greets, phpzilla Yes this was it! You are awesome. Thank you, and thanks everybody for all of the replies. After making that change everything works great now.