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Learn pfSense 2.4

By : David Zientara
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Learn pfSense 2.4

By: David Zientara

Overview of this book

As computer networks become ubiquitous, it has become increasingly important to both secure and optimize our networks. pfSense, an open-source router/firewall, provides an easy, cost-effective way of achieving this – and this book explains how to install and configure pfSense in such a way that even a networking beginner can successfully deploy and use pfSense. This book begins by covering networking fundamentals, deployment scenarios, and hardware sizing guidelines, as well as how to install pfSense. The book then covers configuration of basic services such as DHCP, DNS, and captive portal and VLAN configuration. Careful consideration is given to the core firewall functionality of pfSense, and how to set up firewall rules and traffic shaping. Finally, the book covers the basics of VPNs, multi-WAN setups, routing and bridging, and how to perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on a network.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Additional setup options

You can find several configuration options under System | General Setup. Most of these are identical to settings that can be configured in the Setup Wizard (Hostname, Domain, DNS servers, Timezone, and NTP server). There are two additional settings available:

  1. The Language drop-down box allows you to select the web configurator language.
  2. Under the Web Configurator section, there is a Theme drop-down box that allows you to select the theme. The default theme of pfSense is perfectly adequate, but you can select another one here. There are several new theme options available for version 2.4, so if you have not tried these, you may want to do so.

pfSense 2.3 added new options to control the look and feel of the web interface and 2.4 has added some more; these settings are also found in the Web Configurator section of the General Settings page:

  1. The top navigation...