Last update:
01/15/2014
Current version:
1.8.1
Latest beta snapshot:
1.8.2b576

Installation on a standard PC requires the following steps:

• download the raw CF/IDE image (generic-pc)
• write the image to a CF card (>= 32 MB) or an IDE hard disk, either with dd under FreeBSD or under Windows with physdiskwrite
  • FreeBSD:
    gzcat generic-pc-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 generic-pc-xxx.img | dd of=/dev/hdX bs=16k
    where X = the IDE device name of your HD/CF card (check with hdparm -i /dev/hdX) - some CF 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)
  • Mac OS X:
    gzcat generic-pc-serial-xxx.img | sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk[n] bs=64k
    where n = the disk device number of your CF card (check Disk Utility)
    (ignore the warning about trailing garbage - it's because of the digital signature)
  • Windows:
    (use the -u flag if the target disk is > 800 MB - make very sure you've selected the right disk!!)
    physdiskwrite [-u] generic-pc-xxx.img
    (you must use v0.3 or later!)
• put the CF card/HD into the target PC
• plug the PC into the network (LAN/WAN/...)
• power it up
• assign functions (LAN/WAN/OPT) to your interfaces (hint: use auto-detection, or let the MAC addresses tell you which card is which one)
• change the LAN IP address, 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