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How to assemble a low cost firewall with professional capabilities

Time to assemble our firewall...

Firewall Installation pfSense
Firewall Installation pfSense

 

The first assembling step is to completely unscrew the serial screws from the motherboard like the photo below

Unscrew The Serial Screws
Unscrew The Serial Screws

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now insert the motherboard into it's case ...

Inserting Motherboard Into Case
Inserting Motherboard Into Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screw the serial screws

Screw Serial Into Case
Screw Serial Into Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now use the four screws in order to stabilize the motherboard down to it's case and use the rubbers to fill the holes.
Stick the four adhesive pads at the bottom of the case. Do not screw the top part of the case since we want to have access at the CF socket.

Firewall Final Result Top
Firewall Final Result Top
Firewall Final Result Bottom
Firewall Final Result Bottom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this tutorial we have seen how to assemble from scratch a pfSense firewall with really small effort.
In the next article we will see how to install and configure the software part of our pfSense firewall.