[GUIDE] Install pfSense on your S1

[pausenklaus]

I recently tested pfSense on my S1. I only commented this on the facebook group but i think it will be a lot easier to find here

Here is a rundown of the installation:

• Download pfSense AMD64 USB Memstick installer with console type set to VGA from here: https://www.pfsense.org/download/

• Extract the archive and use rufus to burn it to a USB drive. Insert the drive into your S1

• While booting pres the 'del' key to enter the BIOS and boot from your USB drive

• Follow through with the installation (i kept everything at default)

!!!!!! THIS WILL WIPE YOUR INTERAL DRIVE !!!!!

• Reboot after initial install. You will get an ACPI Firmware error because of a thermal sensor. To fix it just press enter twice to be in the root shell

• Enter 'vi /boot/loader.conf' to edit the loader.conf file

• Press 'i' to enter insert mode in vi and add the following line at the top:

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debug.acpi.disabled="thermal"

The error will continue to pop up but you can just continue typing!

• Press 'ESC' to exit insert mode and type ':wq!' to save and quit the file
  (feel free to open it again to check if your changes were written to the file, use 'clear' to clear the console output)

• reboot the device

Now you will be greeted with the initial configuration. I used re0 as WAN (the upper port) and re1 as LAN

You will be able to connect to the web interface from a device in your WAN network afterwards.
I measured 10-12Watts of power usage when working in the web interface which is not too bad.

Unfortunately the wireless card does not work out of the box and i have not been able to get it to work.

Enjoy your new powerful firewall!

*edit*
Thanks Suresh for correcting my error

[dragonpoo]

Hi break time! Thanks for posting this, I hope someone finds it useful. I actually installed pfsense on my T8pro (smaller system, also has two NICs) and eventually switched to OPNsense after reading about the two of them. I find they're comparable on features.

I did not encounter any thermal issues, so I didn't need that step on mine; I wonder what causes it on the S1. I encountered a similar issue with the T8pro wireless card not being recognised, which I researched but haven't found a solution for. I suspect it's due to the realtek wifi card being less popular than Intel ones, for FreeBSD driver support.

[Suresh]

ACPI Firmware error come continuously

Any other solutions?

[pausenklaus]

ACPI Firmware error come continuously

Any other solutions?

the solution is in the post

read the part below the red warning again. This shows how to disable the warning

[Suresh]

Like this

But is not working in my case or I make any mistake.

[pausenklaus]

yes this seems correct. are the errors still appearing?

[Suresh]

Yes

[Suresh]

Solved

[Suresh]

I recently tested pfSense on my S1. I only commented this on the facebook group but i think it will be a lot easier to find here

Here is a rundown of the installation:

• Download pfSense AMD64 USB Memstick installer with console type set to VGA from here: https://www.pfsense.org/download/

• Extract the archive and use rufus to burn it to a USB drive. Insert the drive into your S1

• While booting pres the 'del' key to enter the BIOS and boot from your USB drive

• Follow through with the installation (i kept everything at default)

!!!!!! THIS WILL WIPE YOUR INTERAL DRIVE !!!!!

• Reboot after initial install. You will get an ACPI Firmware error because of a thermal sensor. To fix it just press enter twice to be in the root shell

• Enter 'vi \boot\loader.conf' to edit the loader.conf file

'vi \boot\loader.conf' - this is wrong

'vi /boot/loader.conf' this is the right

Use forwardslash (/)
Now no error appear

-thank you

[pausenklaus]

I recently tested pfSense on my S1. I only commented this on the facebook group but i think it will be a lot easier to find here

Here is a rundown of the installation:

• Download pfSense AMD64 USB Memstick installer with console type set to VGA from here: https://www.pfsense.org/download/

• Extract the archive and use rufus to burn it to a USB drive. Insert the drive into your S1

• While booting pres the 'del' key to enter the BIOS and boot from your USB drive

• Follow through with the installation (i kept everything at default)

!!!!!! THIS WILL WIPE YOUR INTERAL DRIVE !!!!!

• Reboot after initial install. You will get an ACPI Firmware error because of a thermal sensor. To fix it just press enter twice to be in the root shell

• Enter 'vi \boot\loader.conf' to edit the loader.conf file

'vi \boot\loader.conf' - this is wrong

'vi /boot/loader.conf' this is the right

Use forwardslash (/)
Now no error appear

-thank you

Thanks! I corrected it in my first post