For testing purposes I’m using PFsense to allow my clients to PXE boot using the FOG TFTP server.
This are the settings which are working :
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Next server | IP Address of FOG Server |
| Default BIOS file name | undionly.kpxe |
| UEFI 32 bit file name | ipxe32.efi |
| UEFI 64 bit file name | ipxe.efi |
You can find these settings in the PFsense DHCP service menu.
For some testing in my lab environment I needed PXE boot to work. This is how I configured PfSense to support PXE boot. In this scenario I wanted some Windows and Linux devices to boot to an imaging environment. For the Windows devices I needed option 66 en 67 but somehow when I specified those settings in PfSense I didn’t got it to work. The solution was very simple :
Log on to the Webinterface of PfSense, go to services/dhcp server.
Specify the following options :
Save these settings and you’re all set! You don’t have to specify the 66 and 67 settings!
In this scenario I would like to allow SMTP traffic to my internet provider so that an application in my test environment is able to send notification messages. In this environment I use pfSense.
For this to work, you have to create a port forwarding rule on the LAN interface forwarding traffic to any IP with port 587.
Open the pfSense interace and go to Firewall rules:
Then create a new rule as follows:
Make sure you use the right (internal) IP address of the server which is sending the emails.