Newbie here, Install guide?

Started by greghi, September 03, 2021, 03:39:33 AM

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Well not new to computers but new to having a home based firewall other than what is available in my Asus Ac5300 router. I want to use a old HP I5 based min tower using 2 Asus 2.5gb nics which I think are Realtek based. I already have a 2,5gb network in the house.  Is there a step by step guide that everyone would recommend for a new person?  any guidance would be very helpful.  Thx Greg

Hi Greg, welcome to OPNsense!

I would start with the official docs: https://docs.opnsense.org/setup.html which will leave you with a basic firewall, not unlike what your Asus was like when you first set it up.

There are loads of YouTube videos as well. Look for 'OPNsense setup' for a few.

Bart...


does opnsense run on intel cpu's?  the getting started page says amd64 and no mention of intel cpu i5/i7? but the freebsd page mentions that it will run on intel cpu's. So I'm confused if this will run on my hardware or not.

Yes

Realtek NICs are not ideal however

yes understood about realtek but i cant find a 2,5 gb nic thats does not break the budget.  What does everyone else use for nics?   and do i need 4 nic ports? i have seen that mentioned as well saw it on the hardware opnsense sells?

Afaik most would use intel NICs. I have an I350-T4

Quote from: greghi on September 04, 2021, 02:26:58 AM
does opnsense run on intel cpu's?  the getting started page says amd64 and no mention of intel cpu i5/i7?
Yes, quite happily. AMD64 is an instruction set architecture classification (like ARM, i686, SPARC, etc.) and does not specify a manufacturer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#History_2

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