On boot, you should eventually see a menu identical to the one seen on the CD version, with the boot multi or single user options, and other options. After a timeout period, the boot process will continue and you will get an Options menu. If the default interface assignments are unsatisfactory, select 1 from the menu to begin interface assignment. This is where the network cards installed in the system are given their roles as WAN, LAN, and optional interfaces (OPT1, OPT2, and so on).
If you select this option, you will be presented with a list of network interfaces. This list provides four pieces of information:
- pfSense's device name for the interface (fxp0, em1, and so on)
- The MAC address of the interface ...
