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  • Discussions about packages which handle caching and proxy functions such as squid, lightsquid, squidGuard, etc.

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    Can I use pgblockerng aliases in Haproxy?

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    If it was a firewall rule, typing pfb would produce a dropdown to select.

    Here it has to be written, but will it work? Is it supported?

  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

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    @bmeeks So after upgrading to the newest PfSense 2.8.0 everything is now working like a charm!

    Suricata no longer seems to strip off tags like it did before! Which means I can now use my network segmented by VLANs and still use the benefits of Suricata Inline IPS! Very niiize!

    I checked in the Alerts section and it is indeed generating the correct alerts from the different VLAN sections, I put Inline IPS on the parent interface of all the VLANs.

    I assume this is because the FreeBSD version is also updated with the new PfSense 2.8.0 version?

    Because before, as soon as I selected Inline IPS mode, my entire VLAN tagging would break and nothing was reachable until I switched back to Legacy mode.

  • Discussions about packages that handle bandwidth and network traffic monitoring functions such as bandwidtd, ntopng, etc.

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    @pulsartiger
    The database name is vnstat.db and its location is under /var/db/vnstat.
    With "Backup Files/Dir" we are able to do backup or also with a cron.

  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

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    @Gertjan
    Hello,
    Thank you.
    I had exactly the same issue, and your solution helped me fix it.

    Ask ChatGPT

  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    dennypageD

    @jhg Please post the output of the following commands:

    pkg info | grep nut usbconfig dump_all_desc
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    @EChondo

    What's your pfSense version ?
    The instructions are shown here :

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    A restart of a service will start by re creating their config files. If a certificate changed, it will get included. When the process starts, it will use the new certificate.

    @EChondo said in Issue with ACME Certificates Refresh & Restarting HAProxy:

    I haven't been able to confirm if the above works(mine just renewed, don't feel like doing it again just to test), so we'll see in 60 days I guess.

    No need to wait x days.
    You can re test / renew right away, as you are 'allowed' to renew a couple (5 max ?) of times per week.

  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

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    I had a similar issue with Routed VTI over IPsec recently. FRR lost its neighbors after rebooting or when a tunnel went down. It never re-discovered it automatically. Only restarting FRR (either in GUI or via CLI) brought the neighbors back.

    When I manually added those under the OSPF neighbors tab in the GUI it seems to solve the problem as well.

  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    Hello,
    I am unable to get the Tailscale package to work. The page at VPN > Tailscale > Authentication is stuck. It displays the error "Tailscale is not online," but also shows a "Logout and Clean" button, with no option to log in.
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    This state persists even after performing the following troubleshooting steps:

    Rebooting the pfSense router.

    Completely uninstalling and reinstalling the Tailscale package multiple times.

    Clearing browser cache and using a private browser window.

    Toggling the main "Enable Tailscale" checkbox in the settings.

    Checking the logs, which show the service gets a "terminate" signal and shuts down cleanly; it does not crash.

    Manually trying to delete the state file with rm /var/db/tailscale/tailscaled.state, which failed because the file does not exist.

    It appears that the package's configuration is corrupted in a way that persists even after reinstallation. Can anyone advise on how to perform a complete manual cleanup of all Tailscale files and settings?

  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    I've read through some other posts about this, but they either didn't say whether the proposed solution worked or they were very convoluted and difficult to understand. Here is our scenario: We have 6 locations--Las Cruces (LC), Sunland Park (SP), El Paso (EP), Abilene (ABI), Fort Worth (FW), and Plano (PL). LC and ABI have software that is accessed by the other 4 locations via VPN. There are WireGuard VPNs set up between LC and those 4 locations (SP, EP, FW, PL), and ABI and those 4 locations (SP, EP, FW, PL). There is also a WireGuard VPN connection between LC and ABI. LC and ABI have 2 internet connections. SP, EP, FW, and PL each have one internet connection.

    If the primary internet connection goes down at either LC or ABI and failover occurs to the secondary internet connection, is there a way to set up the WireGuard VPN connections so that they also failover without purchasing some 3rd party application?

    Thanks.

  • NET-SNMPD Custom Options not saving new lines

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    Wow! Thank you. I'll be watching for next version.

  • Traffic Totals does not resolve all interface names on graphs

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    I'm not seeing that here at all. All of the interface names are correct, even for VLANS.

    Are you still seeing that now? Maybe try a 2.4.2 snapshot?

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    Multiple instances are not possible. Usually you'd setup some sort of CHECK-ITEM for users based on some attribute sent by the different access points or SSIDs so that certain users are only valid on certain places.

  • Squid antivirus - allows to download bad files after 2.4.1 upgrade

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    Its not risky at all so long as you have saved your config.

  • Apcupsd & ESXi Shutdown?

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    @Craash:

    The only odd thing I ran into was that I had to reboot my pfSense box after connecting my 2200 RM APC via USB.

    FWIW, this is a known issue. It's a permissions problem that happens only on first connect. You can solve it by disconnecting/reconnecting the USB connection or rebooting.

    There is a discussion of this issue here.

  • UPS (NUT) and snmp v3?

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    @Sn3ak:

    I can talk to my apc AP9617 via snmp v1, but snmp v3 doesn't work. Unfortunately there is no helpful error messages, just that the ups is unavailable.

    What do you see in Status / System Logs / System / General when you filter for nut?

  • Package Manager: Installed Packages not see because of DNS

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    @gklimeck:

    ….. Change DNS back to ISP or 8.8.8.8 and it should come back.

    Or change back to default : NOT the forwarder, but the RESOLVER and you'll be fine forever.

  • Tinc restart every 53 seconds, why?

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  • FREERADIUS3 and PFSENSE 2.4.1 bandwidth problem

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  • Any Way to Reinstall the OLSR Package?

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  • Random website timeout

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    also forgot to mention another behavior that may be connected
    I was unable to download certain (larger) iso from a mirror site (like centos mirrors) but the smaller iso would download
    not sure if that is related timeout or not

  • Haproxy ulimit raising

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    Should be able to add those tunables ,entioned on haproxy settings page, just make sure to leave some room for other processes:
      'kern.maxfiles'
      'kern.maxfilesperproc'

  • Iperf3 (SOLVED)

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    I have pfsense 2.4.1 and using web search returns only iperf2 but from CLI I can install it.

    Any reasons for the different behaviour? I find this at least confusing.

  • Quagga OSPF in a full mesh WAN

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    All right,
    After posting this, I spend some time not focusing on my doubts on how I set up quagga and found some information about pfSense specific "issues" and found some posts about rc.newwanip.
    Tried commenting out "send_event("service reload packages");" and all my troubled was gone..
    This is of corse no long time solution but quagga/ospf now seems to behave the way I pictured it.

    Anyone that knows if there is a possibility so disable the reload of a single package (quagga) when issuing the service reload packages?

  • AutoConfigBackup is dead with 2.4.x?

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    Thanks - turns out the problem is between the user and the keyboard (LOL) - I had changed my forum password in August and not realized that the same account controlled the Auto Backup.  Resetting the password in the Auto Backup has fixed this.

    However, note that I was getting a notification that the Backups were successful even though nothing was getting saved - you might want to look into this.  It would have been useful if the AutoBackup setup page included a verification that the data entered (access password) was functional when it was entered.

  • Running bind and DNS resolver at the same time

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    Thanks - so, just a matter of waiting then.

  • MOVED: snort - Blocked Hosts lost after upgrade/reboot

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  • Bind Setup issues

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  • Mail report command line output not working right

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    @jimp:

    @miquim:

    i have the same problem, the test mail in advanced settings works but on mailreport not work with this comand

    /usr/bin/grep /bin/date -v-1d "+%Y-%m-%d" /var/squidGuard/log/block.log | /usr/bin/grep -v in-addr

    I am using pfsense 2.4 and its works on comand line and with pfsense 2.3 before I updated to 2.4

    That box isn't meant for complex shell commands, odds are something is getting lost along the way or changed/escaped in an unexpected manner.

    Make a shell script (e.g. /root/mystuff.sh), make it executable (chmod u+x /root/mystuff.sh) and then run that script for the report instead

    I did this but when i test with Send Now buttom nothing hapen. I tryed exclude the comand and select a log and again don't work.
    I tryed to put simple```
    /bin/echo teste

    what i can try now?
  • Passing Custom Changes to ntopng

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