Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Taking it to the Next level

    Off-Topic & Non-Support Discussion
    2
    5
    1.1k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • _
      _ToXIc_
      last edited by

      hey all, new here just crawled out of a long couple days of binge googling fueled by the need to track my bandwidth usage because of Comcast's 300GB limit.

      i'm very attracted at what pfSense can do and would like to be able monitor my bandwidth by device to see if there are any rogues.

      i'll be picking up a Firebox x750e this evening and will be looking into using that. i still have a few questions.

      1: is there an official HowTo to install on the Firebox? (all i've found are personal blogs and youtube videos)
      2: is 4GB the biggest card i can use? Do i even need one? cant seem to find someone using anything bigger, i plan to do some logging so looking to pull an old IDE 2.5 drive and slave it so would the factory 32MB card be sufficient?
      3: any other recommendations on bandwidth monitoring plugins?
      4: i'm getting the firebox for around $75 USD, would you recommend something better or will it be sufficient?

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • chpalmerC
        chpalmer
        last edited by

        Hi and welcome!

        Start here-

        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox

        lots here. Especially page 95 and a particular bios download.    :)

        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=20095.0

        Triggering snowflakes one by one..
        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • _
          _ToXIc_
          last edited by

          thanks i'll check out those links

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • _
            _ToXIc_
            last edited by

            success.. so got it flashed and running on the firebox.

            used the following to help

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1s0nnGgLI <- used for an overall guide
            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox <- granular detail
            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#Booting_with_an_alternate_console <- to fix the DMA boot problem

            so now i'm working on configuring the box.. trying to connecting to both existing and firebox at the same time.
            used wifi (existing) lan firebox but didnt route existing network
            used wan to (existing) LAN from firebox to laptop nothing
            used LAN to existing network and laptop on existing it works for a little while then i believe i existing RV042 shuts down internet traffic

            any idea to get both working at the same time?

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • _
              _ToXIc_
              last edited by

              figured it out.. set a static ip on the lan with the gateway the same as the LAN interface and connect wifi to existing network…

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • First post
                Last post
              Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.