pfSense on Watchguard M370

VioletDragon

@v16v I'm not getting much online about that check,

What does this chip say ?

Regards

stephenw10

So can we assume your flash software is not recognising the flash chip via SPI?

v16v

@VioletDragon

VioletDragon

@v16v It hard to say, where the BIOS chip is on that board is tbh.

Regards

cNone

First of all I want to say hello to all.

So now I have a M370 unit in my hand and I haven't opened it yet. I have a spare 120GB mSATA SSD and bios passowrd. I have read the thread and I am very confused about how to install pfSense on my M370. Are there any step-by-step guied or at least requirements (such as connecting to unit via ssh or hooking it to a network to access the bios) first things to do list? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Squuiid

@cNone From memory, put pfSense on USB stick. Insert USB stick.
Connect console cable to console port and ensure your box shows it posting when powered on. Use Putty on Windows or SERIAL on Mac.
Go into M370 BIOS and select boot from USB stick. Install pfSense.

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

https://www.decisivetactics.com/products/serial/

cNone

@Squuiid Ah thank you for the starters, how to monitor this sequence? Connect via ssh with a cisco console cable is OK? An how to put pfSense in a usb stick? Just burn with rufus? And which image?

EDIT: Thanks for your edit, I just need to know which image should I download and how to burn it to a USB.

Squuiid

@cNone
pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.7.2-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz
USB memstick installer (Serial Console)

Yes, console cable (not SSH, just terminal)

Mathias HH

@cNone Can you please provide me the password?

cNone

@Mathias-HH You can find the p@sw*rd in this very thread. I have not tested it yet, but I am pretty sure it will work. Just look for a firewall image ;)