Security Gateway Manual
SG-3100
• Default Password:
pfsense
1.2.1 The Setup Wizard
The following steps will step through the Setup Wizard for the initial configuration of the firewall.
Note:
Ignore the warning to reset the ‘admin’ account password. One of the steps in the Setup Wizard is to change
the default password.
1. Click
Next
to start the Setup Wizard.
Fig. 3: Click
Next
2. Click
Next
after reading the information on Netgate Global Support.
3. On the General Information page, use the following as a guide to configure the firewall.
Hostname
Any desired name can be entered. For the purposes of this guide, the default hostname
pfsense
is used.
Domain
The default
home.arpa
is used for the purposes of this tutorial.
DNS Servers
For purposes of this setup guide, use the Google public DNS servers (
8.8.8.8
and
8.8.4.4
).
4. Use the following information for the Time Server Information page.
Time Server Hostname
Use the default time server address.
Timezone
Select the time zone for the location of the firewall. For this guide, the Timezone will be
set to
America/Chicago
for US Central time.
5. The WAN interface is the Public IP address the network will use to communicate with the Internet. Use the
following information for the WAN configuration page.
DHCP
is the default and is the most common type of interface for home cable modems.
Default settings
for the other items on this page should be acceptable for normal home users.
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