pfSense 2.4.5 Installation & initial Configuration

This video tutorial shows pfSense 2.4.5-RELEASE Firewall Installation, Configuration and Review on VMware Workstation step by step.
This tutorial is also helpful to installing pfSense 2.4.5 on physical computer or bare-metal server hardware.(Firewall hardware)

Steps:
1- Create Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation 15.5
2- Start pfSense Installation
3- pfSense 2.4.5 Initial Configuration via Web GUI
4- Install the LAN DHCP server
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What is pfSense Open Source Firewall?
pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD specifically tailored for use as a firewall and router that is entirely managed via web interface. In addition to being a routing platform, pfSense includes a long list of related features and a package system which allows further expandability. pfSense is installed on a physical computer or a virtual machine to make a dedicated firewall/router for a network and has been noted for its reliability and offering a range of features. It can be configured and upgraded through a web-based interface, and requires no knowledge of the underlying FreeBSD system to manage. pfSense is commonly deployed as a perimeter firewall, router, wireless access point, DHCP server, DNS server, and as a VPN endpoint. pfSense supports installation of third-party packages like Snort or Squid through its Package Manager.

[ephraimbiruru]

i would like to know if we must be connect on internet?

[lukeeKkkkk]

Hi please help how do you get out of the last menu in booting with the 16 options whenever I manually turn off PC it goes automatically back to this pfsense and won't let me go to the desktop