Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2

NickBurns

@clesports I am doing the update via the COM port. I tried to boot from the serial image and it was just a bunch of gibberish on the screen. Then when I did the VGA I actually got the pfsense install screen. Is that normal? First time installing pfsense for me.

CLEsports

@nickburns said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

@clesports I am doing the update via the COM port. I tried to boot from the serial image and it was just a bunch of gibberish on the screen. Then when I did the VGA I actually got the pfsense install screen. Is that normal? First time installing pfsense for me.

The speed you had configured on your COM port connection was probably incorrect, which is probably why you saw gibberish. If you want to see the initial BIOS screens to change settings, etc it's 38400. Once pfSense starts booting, it changes to 115200.

NickBurns

@clesports Thanks! That worked :) pfsense is up and running on my Sophos XG 230 rev.1

Darkmattersz

@pfme I'm stuck at point 5, only because I dont understand a lot of command line input. Could somebody possibly detail how add to the last line and what doe s the "you dont type set here" mean. Thank you in advance

CLEsports

@darkmattersz said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

@pfme I'm stuck at point 5, only because I dont understand a lot of command line input. Could somebody possibly detail how add to the last line and what doe s the "you dont type set here" mean. Thank you in advance

Type what's in bold from that post (other than "Insert" meaning pressing the "Insert" key on your keyboard)

Darkmattersz

@clesports Thank you kindly, I understood which parts to type. I dont know how to add to the last line or how to navigate to to add. I hope this makes sense.

CLEsports

@darkmattersz said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

@clesports Thank you kindly, I understood which parts to type. I dont know how to add to the last line or how to navigate to to add. I hope this makes sense.

You should be able to use the arrow keys to navigate to the bottom of the file. Then type the kern.vty line. Might need to hit the Escape key before :wq too

stephenw10

That line should go in /boot/loader.conf.local to avoid being overwritten.

You can use the Easy Editor (ee) instead of vi. ee does not require a cheat sheet.

Steve

Darkmattersz

@stephenw10 Thank you stephen and everyone else who chimed in !!

gtj

Sorry for reviving an old thread but just out of curiosity how powerful is an XG105 rev2.0 in comparison with a PC engines board?

CLEsports

@gtj The XG 105 Rev2 spec sheet lists an Intel Atom Baytrail Dual Core (1.46 GHz) with 2gb of RAM and 64gb SSD. Looking at Intel's page, it's probably either an Atom E3815 or E3826

gtj

@clesports said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

@gtj The XG 105 Rev2 spec sheet lists an Intel Atom Baytrail Dual Core (1.46 GHz) with 2gb of RAM and 64gb SSD. Looking at Intel's page, it's probably either an Atom E3815 or E3826

Thank you so much for the input. It's probably an E3826 judging by various info spread across the internet.
The thing is how does this compare in real life with the AMD GX-412TC, the processor that feature most PC Engines boards?

I know the AMD should be superior on paper featuring 4 cores instead of 2 of the Intel but the AMD is clocked only at 1Ghz.

gtj

Hello

I just bought an xg105 and have successfully installed pfsense following the guide above.

However it seems like have trouble assigning the interfaces. The auto feature won't work for WAN.

Which LAN ports you use for what?

Is there any particular trick with setting those up?

stephenw10

The auto-detect feature cannot work with some NICs, it's dependent on the PHY reporting,

Just assign the NICs manually then check at the command line to make sure you know whoch ports they are. Plug in an active cable, run ifconfig, see which NIC is active. You can always reassign them at any time.

Steve

gtj

@stephenw10 said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

The auto-detect feature cannot work with some NICs, it's dependent on the PHY reporting,

Just assign the NICs manually then check at the command line to make sure you know whoch ports they are. Plug in an active cable, run ifconfig, see which NIC is active. You can always reassign them at any time.

Steve

Thank you so much Steve.
I'll give these suggestions a go.

gtj

@stephenw10 said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

The auto-detect feature cannot work with some NICs, it's dependent on the PHY reporting,

Just assign the NICs manually then check at the command line to make sure you know whoch ports they are. Plug in an active cable, run ifconfig, see which NIC is active. You can always reassign them at any time.

Steve

Hey Steve,

I was able to assign the interfaces eventually (thank you!) and I can now see them within the WebGUI too. However, the WAN interface doesn't look like it's actually connected despite both of them show as ''up''. (WAN IP shows 0.0.0.0)
LAN is obviously working as I can navigate and tweak anything I want within pfsense.

For testing purposes, I loaded onto this box a pfsense configuration which I currently use with my main APU2C4 pfsense built but again WAN is 0.0.0.0

In the diagnostics tab I cannot ping any hosts so I guess there's no connection with the outside world. I assumed that loading an existing configuration to a new installation would instantly work but that's not the case here.

What am I doing wrong? Is there anything I'll have to check or change that I'm missing?

stephenw10

@gtj said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

WAN IP shows 0.0.0.0

Usually that means it's configured as DHCP but cannot pull a lease, is that the case?

What is it connected to? Check the dhcp logs for dhclient entries.

Steve

gtj

@stephenw10 said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

@gtj said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

WAN IP shows 0.0.0.0

Usually that means it's configured as DHCP but cannot pull a lease, is that the case?

What is it connected to? Check the dhcp logs for dhclient entries.

Steve

It is Indeed but so is my Backup configuration I loaded from the man pfsense router. That one connects to the web no problem.

stephenw10

So what is it connected to?

If it's a cable modem is that locked to the MAC of the other pfSense WAN?

gtj

@stephenw10 said in Installing pfSense on Sophos XG 105 rev. 2:

So what is it connected to?

If it's a cable modem is that locked to the MAC of the other pfSense WAN?

It is a cable modem from those all in one devices the ISPs provide. I want to use it as a modem with PPPoE passthrough and use pfsense to handle the routing and WiFi.