pfSense started to become proprietary therefore OpnSense is now recommended. Reasonable specs: |Type|Description| |---|---| |Processor|1 GHz dual core cpu| |RAM|2 GB| |Install method|Serial console or video (vga)| |Install target|40 GB SSD, a minimum of 2GB memory is needed for the installer to run.| **Port Assignments** By default the system will be configured with 2 interfaces LAN & WAN. The first network port found will be configured as LAN and the second will be WAN. **IP ranges & DHCP** The WAN port will have a dhcp client and expects to be assigned an IP adress. The LAN port will have a dhcp server, a static ip of 192.168.1.1/24 and offers ip adresses in the range of 192.168.1.100-200. **Users & Passwords** Default user: **root** / password: **opnsense** **Also good to know** For security reasons ssh is disabled by default and the console access is password protected.