One ISO, zero-interaction install. Boots straight into a working firewall, Kea DHCP server, and WireGuard VPN — no license key, no phone-home, no account to create.
Optional — the download above works with or without this. No account, no spam.
SHA256 d0e6a524129e51e9e5cdb3bef7d7b81649027e08d444c422459e18346322275f
Runs on commodity x86 hardware — the same Atom/N-series/Core-class boards NTPSense targets across the board.
At least 2 wired Ethernet ports — one LAN, one WAN. Bare metal or VM (VMware, Proxmox, VirtualBox all tested).
4GB RAM for the base gateway. Add more if you'll run Suricata IDS or Squid proxy alongside it.
20GB+ recommended. The installer uses the entire disk — back up anything on it first.
No prompts, no manual partitioning — write the ISO, boot it, and it configures itself.
Use dd on Linux/macOS, or Rufus/balenaEtcher on Windows. Any 2GB+ USB drive works.
The installer partitions the disk and configures the base system with zero prompts — just wait.
Connect a device to the LAN port, open https://10.252.1.100/, and sign in with admin / admin.
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
| NTPSense-InetGateway-CE-2eth-v1.1-amd64.iso | Full installer — bootable via USB (dd) or virtual CD-ROM. 2-NIC minimum hardware. |
| *.sha256 | Checksum file to verify your download completed without corruption. |
Site Mesh VPN across branches, multi-WAN failover, and centralized management.