Installing pfSense on a virtual machine

First and foremost, you need to download the installer files for pfSense.

  1. To download pfSense, navigate to https://www.pfsense.org/download/:

pfSense supports multiple platforms and flavors. It also has various editions and versions available. For the best results, always use the stable version. And, of course, unless you intend to purchase the supported version, opt for the free Community Edition. That is exactly what we'll do here as well.

  1. From the Version drop-down list choose 2.4.3, which is the stable version we are using. The Architecture specifies the target CPU architecture you intend to ...

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