Install while isp is not connected

packets · Aug 2, 2011, 1:53 AM

I just would like to ask if there's a way to install pfSense without ISP connected to it. I'll be migrating our firewall to pfSense and I need to configure pfSense first so that the downtime would be minimal before I could switch the cable.

wallabybob · Aug 2, 2011, 9:55 AM

Standard install on a bare machine doesn't require any connection to the internet or to an ISP.

packets · Aug 2, 2011, 12:02 PM

Thanks. I'll install again. Probably got misunderstood something on my 1st installation

jahonix · Aug 2, 2011, 7:04 PM

You cannot install packages from the internet without a connection there from WAN interface.
Well, it's a long time ago since I checked that on 1.2.3 and maybe it has changed in the meantime with 2.0RCs.
But who knows better than you, Wallabybob?

wallabybob · Aug 2, 2011, 9:17 PM

@jahonix:

You cannot install packages from the internet without a connection there from WAN interface.

True. But I don't recall any packages being required unless one or more packages is selected for installation.