Deactivate the DHCP server at the ISP router, then set up a static WAN IP address at the pfSense box, and let only the DHCP server from the pfSense working, not vice versa, please! And the bridge port option should be not used by you it often coming besides with other problems. Route where you can and bridge only if you must. I have a similar set up without any kind of problems reaching the devices in front of the pfSense and behind of them and on top also both WebGui interfaces of the both routing units. The double NAT will only "eat" 3% - 5% of the entire throughput, pending on the power your hardware. In my eyes your problem will be pointed to the both DHCP servers each in one network and the bridged port nothing else.

@andersons: Hi all! I was running some tests on squid when after a reboot, the webGUI access has been broken. The message that i get now when i try to access is: Fatal error: Call to undefined function gettext() in /etc/inc/priv.defs.inc on line 10 Any help? Thanks, Yes. http://php.net/manual/en/function.gettext.php So, a build in (PHP) function isn't there anymore …. Consider your box very broken.

@Gertjan: Web GUI on WAN == major security flaw. Try contacting web gui on LAN. Check if it is running (suing direct screen / keyboard access) or SSH acces. Restart it using option 11 and/or 16. Thanks for the reply.  If you look at my original post I stated: but the WebGUI will not load from the LAN. Also, tried option 11 and 16 as well as rebooted the entire system but that did not work.  I assume the process of the WebGUI is named: lighttpd in order to check if it is running?

Without more detail from the OP it's impossible to know if yours is related in any way, you should start a fresh thread for that rather than using this (potentially unrelated) one.

Figured it out.  By default, IE 11 runs any intranet sites in Compatibility mode.  To fix, click the Settings gear in the top-right corner.  Select Compatibility View settings.  Uncheck Display intranet sites in Compatibility View.  The page will immediately refresh and the graphs are now visible. Edit:  I suspect that this only applies if you have something in Control Panel - Internet Options - Connections - LAN Settings - Advanced - Exceptions, with Bypass proxy server for local addresses checked.

Yes, with this background I think you are right. When an intruder is on my firewall, the CA isn't very valuable any longer and the CA is only used for my own services. But who knows what exotic scenarios someone needs to do something. So for me it's ok not store it on my pfSense, regardless that it is not really more secure  ;) And with this one of my dozen unused USB sticks lying around is now in use again  :)

Edit the source, add it around here: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/RELENG_2_2/usr/local/www/guiconfig.inc#L55

@jimp: 2.3 does now have a hit counter on the rules view, though it was reworked a bit in the process. Great! Congrats for all! ;-) []`s Jack

re-installing the PHP might fix this issue.

For security reasons, you cannot access WebGUI via WAN by default.  Spin up a new VM on LAN and use that to access WebGUI.  What's up with the unnecessary poll with nonsense options?

In addition to previous post, I am using a eBox with 1GHz and 1GB RAM at home with pfSense 2.2.6 in nanoBSD mode (a 1GB image on SD card). My 2nd slice still have pfSense 2.2.5 and this behavior happens too (much less times, but still occurs). The pfSense box is not stressed at all. It handles a bare 2Mbit link with two internet boxes adding bandwidth together.

If I want to use Cron to restart apinger once every day. What's the commandline for the restart ? Never Mind google helped me :) https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=69533.msg442680#msg442680

We print out what the OS reports. IIRC some additional work happened on netstat for field widths though I'm not certain this case is handled better. That just made it into 2.3 yesterday I believe, you might give the beta a try to see if it works there for your case.

@SkyHawk: My problem might be unrelated to yours but I've lost connection to the webGUI too.  It started on the 20th of December.  Only changes made was updating FreeBSD to 2.2.6 .. so yea.. that's probably my cause.  I've had no problems prior to the upgrade and I was able to manage the system with the webGUI.  I'm afraid I have failed to follow my own note to self: don't install any updates until someone else beta test them for a month or so. Same for me on my pfSense slave. WebGUI not running after an update to the latest build. I can restart the webgui but it stops again soon after.