#SETUP PFSENSE IN VIRTUALBOX FOR FREE#
#SETUP PFSENSE IN VIRTUALBOX HOW TO#

USB 3.0 NIC Adapter вЂ“ The cheapest (but likely not the most reliable) way to add a second NIC is to buy the USB 3 to Gigabit NIC adapter such as AmazonBasics USB 3.0 to 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Internet Adapter which costs around 20 dollars and can be plugged into USB 3.0 port on Intel NUC:Дў. I found the following options to accomplish the task.ДЎ. Intel NUC only comes with a single Network Interface Card (NIC), but we will need a second NIC in order to have one dedicated to the incoming WAN traffic from the providerвЂ™s router and another one for the outgoing LAN traffic going to WI-FI router. Option #1 вЂ“ Add a Second Network Interface

#SETUP PFSENSE IN VIRTUALBOX HOW TO#

There are essentially two options for how to go about the job of converting Intel NUC into pfSense, both of which IвЂ™ll outline below. I prefer this solution because it allows me to keep using Intel NUC for other purposes and given I have 16GB of RAM available to me, I can easily dedicate 4-8 GBs to pfSense virtual router. So, instead, IвЂ™ve decided to install Oracle VirtualBox on Windows 10 that is already running on this box and then install pfSense as a virtual router. I am currently using this device as a Windows media server and itвЂ™d be a waste of resources to turn the entire Intel Nuc mini-PC ($400 device) into a dedicated pfSense router. I own an older model 5 вЂ“ IntelВ® NUC Kit NUC5i5RYH with the following configuration: 240GB OCZ-Agility4 SSD, 16 GB of RAM and Intel Core i5-5250U CPU 1.60GH, which is running Windows 10 Professional.

#SETUP PFSENSE IN VIRTUALBOX FOR FREE#

My goal is to introduce a pfSense device in front of my Wireless access point allowing me to completely control my network and make use of many options that come for free when using open-sourced pfSense solution, such as run it as a state of the art Firewall and VPN device:Д¬onverting Intel mini-PC into PfSense Router It essentially allows anyone to turn an old PC into a network device that would otherwise cost serious money. It can be configured and upgraded through a web-based interface and requires no knowledge of the underlying OS system to manage.

What is pfSense? pfSense can be installed on a physical computer or a virtual machine to essentially create a dedicated firewall/router network device. This is my current network config that IвЂ™ll be putting behind a pfSense firewall. In this post, I discuss the process of converting an older IntelВ® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYH mini-PC into a virtualized pfSense router.

Setup pfsense in virtualbox