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    Question/help getting setup

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      anthonysawah
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      Hey everybody! I'm looking to setup pfsense on a virtual machine on my laptop… Can I do that with workstation? I also already do have a home router thats connected to the modem. Can I still use pfsense without directly connecting to the modem? I'm just trying to use pfsense so I can get used to the gui interface for work.... Thanks for reading my prompt and any questions about my wording for my question don't be afraid to ask.... Thanks!

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        @anthonysawah:

        Hey everybody! I'm looking to setup pfsense on a virtual machine on my laptop… Can I do that with workstation?

        Yes, though you may not get great performance. Your laptop may not support any virtualisation pass-through features.

        @anthonysawah:

        I also already do have a home router thats connected to the modem. Can I still use pfsense without directly connecting to the modem?

        Yes, though you will be double NATing. It's better to have a public IP on the pfSense WAN interface if you can.

        Steve

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