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Task 2: pfSense Installation
Step 1
Open VirtualBox and click New.
Step 2
Name the machine, select type BSD and version FreeBSD (64-bit), and click Next.
Step 3
Set the memory size to 1024 MB and click Next.
Step 4
Select Create a virtual hard disk now and click Create.
Step 5
Select hard disk type VDI and click Next.
Step 6
Select Dynamically allocated and click Next
Step 7
Set the storage size to 16 GB and click Create.
Step 8
Select the created virtual machine and click Settings.
Step 9
Navigate to Network and set the first adapter to Bridged Adapter.
Step 10
Navigate to Adapter 2, enable it, and set it to Internal Network. Change the name of the network to VulnCorp Network.
Step 11
Click Advanced and set promiscuous mode to Allow VMs. Click OK to close the window.
Step 12
Double-click the pfSense virtual machine and click the directory icon to open the optical disk selector.
Step 13
Click Add to open the file system, locate pfSense-CE-2.7.2-RELEASE-p1- amd64.iso, and add it if it is not visible as a choice.
Step 14
Locate pfSense-CE-2.7.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso and click Open.
Step 15
Select it in the disk selector and click Choose.
Step 16
Click Start to start the boot the virtual machine.
Step 17
When you see the copyright and distribution notice, press Enter.
Step 18
Use the arrow keys to select the Install option and press Enter.
Step 19
In the Keymap Selection window, select Continue with default keymap. With Select highlighted, press Enter.
Step 20
In the Partitioning window, select Auto (UFS) BIOS, highlight OK, and press Enter.
Step 21
The initialization will begin and take around one minute. When you are prompted for manual configuration, select No.
Step 22
Shut down the machine when prompted to reboot the system. Then, remove the ISO from the virtual drive. If you do not remove the file, the installation will begin again.
Task 3: pfSense Network Configuration
Step 1
Identify the WAN and LAN addresses of pfSense.
Step 2
Type 2 and press Enter to enter the interface IP address configuration.
Step 3
Type 2 and press Enter to select the LAN interface.
Step 4
Type the IP address 10.0.0.1 and press Enter.
Step 5
Type the subnet bit count 24 and press Enter.
Step 6
For the upstream gateway address, press Enter while the field is empty.
Step 7
For IPv6 configuration, leave the field empty and press Enter.
Step 8
Type y and press Enter to enable DHCP server.
Step 9
Enter the starting address 10.0.0.2 and press Enter. Enter the ending address 10.0.0.20 and press Enter.
Step 10
Type n and press Enter for the HTTP webConfigurator protocol. Press Enter again to return to the menu content.
Step 11
Verify that the address was updated to 10.0.0.1 on the LAN interface.
Step 12
Type 7 and press Enter to perform a ping for internet connectivity check. Type the IP address 8.8.8.8 and press Enter. Verify that the ping was successful.