Name: Netgate SG-3100
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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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