Hello. I have been recommended to install and use pfSense to replace my existing firewall, which is Firestarter running on an old and unsupported version of Debian Linux.
I have looked at the pfSense documentation, including the Installation Guide for pfSense, and I have the following two queries. Does installing pfSense, especially, using the "Quick/Easy Install option", allow for installation so as to allow for multiple boot options (being able to choose an alternative boot option)? Rather than obliterate the existing firewall installation, I would prefer, if possible, to be able to install pfSense "alongside" the existing firewall installation, so that, using a bootloader like GRUB, if I have any problems with operating or configuring pfSense, or, with the installation procedure, or, subsequent updating, of pfSense, I could revert to using the existing firewall installtion, to allow me Internet access, to be able to seek assistance. The second query is thus; from what I understand, the "pfSense Default Configuration" has "LAN is configured with a static IPv4 address of 192.168.1.1/24". Is it possible, with the "Quick/Easy Install option", to retain the current LAN configuration, where the network card that goes outside, uses DHCP, and the network card that interfaces with the LAN behind the firewall, uses a slightly different IPv4 address range; eg, if it instead used 192.168.3.1/99 ? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
