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« on: July 10, 2012, 06:49:56 »
M *
Posts: 20

Perhaps someone can point me toward a VMWare ESXi + m0n0wall guide? I have limited (read: desktop) visualization experience. My first exposure with m0n0wall was accompanied by a great guide that explained hardware types, recommended hw tweaks, hw tests,  and m0n0wall install. Has anyone put something like this together for ESXi?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2012, 17:14:22 »
Mad Medicine *
Posts: 10

Its not really hard.
1) Download the generic-pc iso (not serial, no use for it) of monowall.

2) Upload the iso to a datastore, unless you want to use Client Device feature of vsphere client.

3) create a new VM. Select 32bit Freebsd for the OS. remove unesscary hardware like the floppy and add as many NICs as you need (atleast 2, 1 for WAN, 1 for LAN, add extra NICS if you need separate LANs). I suggest 256MB for ram, don't think you should use less than 128MB ...50-100MB harddrive but you can make it 1 gig if you have the room to spare (Mine is set to 128MB for harddrive in my lab)

4) Hope you have a managed switch or multiple NICs in your ESXi. Don't use the vlan settings inside m0n0wall.


« Last Edit: July 11, 2012, 17:19:38 by Mad Medicine »
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2013, 14:07:42 »
My-life *
Posts: 3

I've installed m0n0wall on ESXi but I cannot get the network working.

It lists the two E1000 network adapters als valid network connections and shows '(up)' but when I use autodetect to select a network connection it does not detect them.
If I select them manually the network doesn't seem to come up. The image can't be pinged and can't ping something else on the network either.

Any ideas?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2013, 21:14:45 »
Lee Sharp *****
Posts: 517

Autodetect can never work since you can not set link state. (Plug and unplug cables)  You will have to set it manually.
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 11:20:36 »
My-life *
Posts: 3

You can 'plug and unplug' cables using VMware simple by checking the 'Connected' box of the NIC.

However I did set it manually but it still didn't work.
 
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