Zero-trust purchase and pre-installation instructions:

1. Verify that you have a personal computer with a recent version of Microsoft Windows.

2. Verify that you have IPv6 connectivity, connecting via Wi-Fi if necessary, by clicking: https://test-ipv6.com/

3. For zero-trust installation, verify that you also have a USB Wi-Fi dongle.

4. Subscribe, and then wait for an email from IDEAFARM.COM to arrive.

5. Download the attached ".zip" file but do not open it.

6. Verify that the ".zip" file is really from IDEAFARM.COM.

   1. Click the Windows search icon (a magnifying glass) at the lower left, on the taskbar, and search for "Command Prompt".
   2. When you see "Command Prompt", click it.
   3. When the new window appears, paste into it:            certutil            -hashfile            some.file.name            SHA256
   4. Before pressing the Enter key, replace "some.file.name" with the file name, and then press and release the Enter key.
   5. Copy the value that certutil displays to the clipboard by double clicking on it and then pressing and releasing the Enter key.
   6. Paste that value into this box: . The hash value to validate is:
   7. Click to validate: []
   8. If no page is displayed, or if the page does not begin with "ACCEPTED", then the IDEAFARM.COM does not recognize the file, so DO NOT OPEN OR EXTRACT IT; instead, request assistance by emailing us.

7. For zero-trust installation, install VMWare Workstation Pro (Windows, Linux) or VMWare Fusion Pro (MacOS) and create a Windows 11 guest.

8. For zero-trust installation, open VMWare and the Windows 11 guest, plug the Wi-Fi dongle into a USB port, and, when prompted, select "attach to guest".

9. Verify again that you have IPv6 connectivity, connecting via Wi-Fi if necessary, by clicking: https://test-ipv6.com/