Last update:
11/12/2012
Current version:
1.34
Latest beta snapshot:
1.8.1b540

Installation on an embedded PC requires the following steps:

• download the raw CF image (embedded)
• write the image to a CF card (> 8 MB), either with dd under FreeBSD/Linux or under Windows with physdiskwrite
  • FreeBSD:
    gzcat embedded-xxx.img | dd of=/dev/rad[n] bs=16k
    where n = the ad device number of your CF card (check dmesg)
    (ignore the warning about trailing garbage - it's because of the digital signature)
  • Linux:
    gunzip -c embedded-xxx.img | dd of=/dev/hdX bs=16k
    where X = the IDE device name of your CF card (check with hdparm -i /dev/hdX) - some adapters, particularly USB, may show up under SCSI emulation as /dev/sdX
    (ignore the warning about trailing garbage - it's because of the digital signature)
  • Windows:
    physdiskwrite embedded-xxx.img
• plug the CF card into the board
• plug the box into the network (LAN/WAN/...)
• power it up
• make sure that your console speed matches the setting in the BIOS; m0n0wall will use the same speed as the BIOS
• assign functions (LAN/WAN/OPT) to your interfaces
• change the LAN IP address over the serial console, or use the default (192.168.1.1; m0n0wall acts as a DHCP server by default)
• access the webGUI (user: 'admin', default password: 'mono')
• make the necessary changes to the default configuration