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    Newbie help to install pfsense via vbox

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      Fevan
      last edited by

      Hi am struggling to install this,  have been reading and watching many tutorials and vids on youtube and getting more confused with them frankly !

      Am stuck right at the beginning.

      Single Intel Quad PC with one Ethernet port.
      Plenty hdd/ram etc

      Installed Vbox> created New pfsense > Clicked settings > Network

      What do I add on here I see many options ?

      I tried to enable network 1 and 2 and set both to "Bridged Adaptor"  as shown in youtube/setup vids…..

      I only have one physically network port,  so am hoping I can still run my bb Router to my PC and somehow virtual a network port.

      if someone can confirm the settings are correct would appreciate it cheers

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        McSense
        last edited by

        You have to have additional NIC's to be able to select multiple Bridged Networks on vbox
        Otherwise, with one NIC you can create internal network.
        Adapter 1.Bridged (Your real NIC) or NAT
        Adapter 2.Internal network  and so on

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          Fevan
          last edited by

          thx I have set the networks up

          Next problem is,  I set my WAN and LAN and get dhcp but am unable to connect to pfsense via 192.168.1.1 ?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Connect from where?
            If your LAN is an internal virtual NIC you will only be able to connect to pfSense from another VM. You can add rules if you need to be able to connect from the WAN side.

            Steve

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              McSense
              last edited by

              Exactly.
              Also check how did you assign your interfaces on pfsense VM.
              See your MAC addresses on your 1. and 2. network adapters and compare in your em1 and em0

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Just re-reading your last comment it could mean that you have set the LAN interface to get it's IP via DHCP. Whilst this is possible it is not the normal setup. Do you have another DHCP server LAN side to provide it? Is that not what you meant?

                Steve

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                  Fevan
                  last edited by

                  thx for the help so far guys

                  I don't think I am getting my wan and lans mixed up…

                  I am only using windows 7 with broadband router,  and one virtual box >pfsense session

                  I set real nic as bridged,  the other one as internal.

                  I then setup as follows

                  em0 = wan
                  em1 = lan

                  I tried the other way around with the nics in case I was doing it wrong,  but then do not see dhcp on wan,  so I keep the above settings with em0 =wan/em1 =lan and then I get this:

                  Wan - em0 -v4/dhcp4: 192.168.0.12/24
                  Lan  - em1 -v4 192.168.1.1/24

                  I then open my any web browser say chrome and type in 192.168.1.1 to access pfsense web gui.

                  But nothing loads up ?  Tried 2 different web browsers also,  also tried https://192.168.1.1/  with https but no joy....

                  Also ran another vbox > ubuntu and tried it from there

                  so not sure why I can't get to the web interface,  any ideas ?

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                    McSense
                    last edited by

                    So you are trying to access pfSense VM from another VM?Correct?
                    If this is true, then the adapter for your second VM must also have an internal network with same name,to be able to access pfSense.
                    Also check the adapter type for your both pfsense adapters, select "Intel PRO/1000MT Server (82545EM)" emulation.
                    It can also cause problems.

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                      Fevan
                      last edited by

                      thx yes trying to connect with another vbox linux running,  I have reached the point of getting to pfsense and setting it up now.
                      Just stuck on few settings which ill hopefully get from my VPN provider :)

                      Ill pop back once I get these openvpn settings since there is an awful lot of unknowns.  Getting there with yours and others help thx !

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