Beginner Question

Getting Started with IPFire
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Hello! I am a new IPFire user. Installed ipfire-2.25.x86_64-full-core142. Everything went smoothly, but during the initial setup I did not see two very important and one critically necessary setup:
Important: 1) I want to configure the link aggregation in the home network - combine 2 network interfaces into one, 2) I want to set the operating system to RAID.
Necessary: ​​in order for the network to work, I need the ability to manually specify the MAC addresses of network cards (at least in the red zone).
Another point - choosing IPFire with the idea of ​​complete control over the equipment, I noticed that without my explicit instructions the firewall is trying to reach out (this is just what I noticed on the command line without connecting to the network and additional tricks) to the 0.ipfire.pool.ntp.org site.
In connection with these issues:

  1. How to specify the desired MAC ?
  2. Means for RAID and link aggregation ?
  3. How to gain control over your equipment, which is designed so that no one gets into where it is not necessary without my permission? In other words, how should I act, starting from the installation, to be sure that the system designed to protect my network will not fly away the information before it is installed?
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Hello Uncle_Dima - welcome to the IPFire Community.

Go to the menu Network → Assign MAC Address

See IPFire Wiki - assign MAC-adresses for information.

Sorry I know little about the other items on the list. I searched for “raid” in the IPFire Wiki and found these items:

https://wiki.ipfire.org/search?q=raid

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Thanks for the answer! I ask you to consider the previous post the first impression of the installation (I think this can be of some interest to developers). I have not connected via the web interface yet. In a few days, I will share my impressions of the experience of real implementation.

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Hi,

fetching the time via NTP is necessary in order to perform DNSSEC and X.509 validation. Since some systems come without sufficient RTCs, this step is inevitable.

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answer to 2:
IPFire is Linux and does not use RAID in the BIOS/UEFI. If you disable RAID in PC settings, then IPFire installer has RAID-awarness and might find yours.

answer to 3:
There is no need to connect a LAN to green0 during initial install - your data is safe then. After that, a single workstation, connected to green0, suffices to complete the configuration. If you are still concerned about that then use a workstation having zero or unimportant data. A Linux workstation is good for this purpose, because it could readily be re-installed later. Better still, download and run TENS from a DVD:

https://www.tens.af.mil/download.htm