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    Installing pfSense in VirtualBox when not using a router [SOLVED]

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    • B Offline
      battles
      last edited by

      I have been looking at running pfSense in VirtualBox as an additional firewall on my W7 system. All the examples I have found explain how to do this on a system that is connect/using a router. I am not using a router and my ipconfig looks like this:

      Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-19-FF-14-42
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
      Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::????:1d04:????:7ea3%11(Preferred)
      IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 50.26.???.??(Preferred)
      Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
      Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 08, 2016 5:02:50 AM
      Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 09, 2016 5:02:50 AM
      Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 50.26.???.??
      DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.31.251.56
      DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234889753
      DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-1C-9A-25-00-22-19-FF-14-42
      DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
      NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

      Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 0A-00-27-00-00-00
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
      Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1597:c07:deff:3202%17(Preferred)
      IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1(Preferred)
      Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
      Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
      DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 269090855
      DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-1C-9A-25-00-22-19-FF-14-42
      DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
      fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
      fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
      NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

      Is there an explanation somewhere on what I need to do to bridge my ether connection to psSense? I am not real knowledgeable on this subject, so hope I am making myself clear.
        This could be just simply changing the Local area network to point to a specific 192.?.?.? address, but I'm not sure.

      pfSense 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (i386)
      FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
      pfBlockerNG 2.1.2_1
      Snort Security 3.2.9.5_3
      Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz

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      • B Offline
        battles
        last edited by

        Found this that seems to answer this question:

        http://timita.org/wordpress/2011/07/29/protect-your-windows-laptop-with-pfsense-and-virtualbox-part-1-preamble/

        pfSense 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (i386)
        FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
        pfBlockerNG 2.1.2_1
        Snort Security 3.2.9.5_3
        Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz

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