Tag: basic

As you might have read on my homelab page I’m starting to rebuild my test environment from scratch
(I like to call it my homelab).

To start off I’ll be installing pfsense as a temporary router.

pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. More information can be found on the pfsense website

Since I’m building my homelab on a ESXi server I’ll need to create a virtual server with following specifications:

• 1 vCPU
• 256 MB Ram
• Hardisk 1GB
• Network to your operational lan (for me LAN-test: VLAN 8)
• Network to your ISP (for me WAN-ISP-Telenet: VLAN 6)