It's a known issue. http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1572

I upgraded to the latest 2.0 snapshot and the problem is still there. After a reboot I still have to set my WAN interface to 'none', save and then reset it to PPPoE with the proper credentials. After that the PPPoE connection comes up immediately. Below an excerpt of my logfile: Jul 30 19:34:29    ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 42 in 4 seconds Jul 30 19:34:29    ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: Down event Jul 30 19:34:29    ppp: [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event Jul 30 19:34:29    ppp: [wan_link0] can't remove hook mpd8424-0 from node "[11]:": No such file or directory Jul 30 19:34:29    ppp: [wan_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[11]:"->"mpd8424-0" and "[f]:"->"left": No such file or directory Jul 30 19:34:29    ppp: [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 41 I also compared the /cf/conf/config.xml from the appliance at my work and the appliance at home. They are running exactly the same version 2.0RC 3 Fri Jul 29 22:08:01 EDT 2011. The only differnce between the two installations is that the appliance at home is upgraded from 1.2.3 to 2.0 RC3 and the appliance at my work is a preinstalled 2.0 appliance updated to the latest 2.0 snapshot. config WAN interface / pppoe home: <wan><enable><if>pppoe0</if>       <blockpriv><blockbogons><spoofmac>00:00:c0:7a:bc:47</spoofmac>       <ipaddr>pppoe</ipaddr></blockbogons></blockpriv></enable></wan> <ppp><ptpid>0</ptpid>       <type>pppoe</type>       <if>pppoe0</if>       <ports>fxp1</ports>       <username>xxxxxx@yyyyyy</username>       <password>hdgvcfdr</password></ppp> config WAN interface / pppoe work: <wan><if>pppoe0</if>       <blockpriv><blockbogons><disableftpproxy><bandwidth>100</bandwidth>       <bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>       <enable><spoofmac><ipaddr>pppoe</ipaddr></spoofmac></enable></disableftpproxy></blockbogons></blockpriv></wan> <ppp><ptpid>0</ptpid>       <type>pppoe</type>       <if>pppoe0</if>       <ports>vr1</ports>       <username>xxxxxx@yyyyyy</username>       <password>ksdfghkkldjsf</password>       <bandwidth></bandwidth></ppp> Looks like on my device at home I'm missing some fields in the wan and ppp part of the XML config file. Can this be the cause of the PPPoE problems? Erik

Typically when you change your ADSL modem from router to bridge mode you need to also change the corresponding pfSense interface from DHCP and enable pppoe on it: Interfaces -> (assign), click on PPP tab, add a PPP interface, go back to Interfaces -> (assign), add the ppp interface, assign it to WAN (or whatever) then add the username and password that had previously been configured in the ADSL modem for ppp. I don't know if that applies to your service.

Exactly, I expected that - just showing that its not pfsense not handling a torrent.

I'm going to install this on hyper threaded p4,4 gigs of ram, and an 80 gig sata is this enough horse power or do I need another box? The reason I ask is because it seems like most of the UTM firewalls such as Untangle or Astaro pretty much need core 2 duo to quad core systems and I'm sure some some are using I3, I5 or I7. I'm concerned about the hardware because as stated I have a 60 meg internet connection I don't want any slow downs. BTW rodymcamp what are you running on and what all services have you added to PFsense?

So you're saying if i did a non-transparent proxy, and set MSN (for example) to use the proxy, i can see on lightsquid MSN Audio/Video calls' bandwidth?

Thanks for the replies I will give this a go this weekend

Check here: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Main_Page http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Category:Howto http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi_WAN_/_Load_Balancing http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Category:Multi-WAN

Thanks, that makes me more relaxed about the CF issues and writes ;)

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OpenDNS can do something like what you have requested. You can use OpenDNS as your DNS server and configure it to block various categories of web sites. If I recall correctly, its possible to do some configuration of how the user is notified their access attempt has been blocked. More details are at http://www.opendns.com You could configure pfSense to be the name server for your LAN, use OpenDNS as name server and add firewall rules to block access from LAN to other name servers.

Yeah, the underlying software supports it, we just don't have any code in the GUI to do that. I thought there was a ticket in redmine marked "future" for that but now I don't see it at the moment.

I thought someone did some work on it recently to make it work, though I haven't tried it myself.

Not easily, but you can get the same effect, more securely, by using a VPN. Setup OpenVPN, route your traffic for that site through the VPN tunnel, and you should be able to access it from the firewall's IP that way since you'll get NAT applied outbound. (Should be fairly automatic on 2.0) PPTP would also work for the same effect.

Hi , I am new to pfSense and I am having some trouble setting up my box. I have 2 link ADSL 1.0 Mbps with dynamic IP and SDSL 1.5 Mbps with static IP. Plan to setup in load balancing mode so that I can get total speed of 2.0 / 2.5 Mbps . The ADSL link is successfully setup and can pass traffic. The problem is I can't get the SDSL to work. If I connect my PC directly to the SDSL modem router I can access Internet with full speed (1.5 Mbps upload/download) but when I connect it to the WAN 2 port it cannot pass any traffic. try to ping from WAN to to Internet also not success. Have tried google but still cannot get it to work Any idea on how to setup in this situation or maybe Kinder could u please show me how to setup since I think your setup and mine are more or less similar? Any help is appreciated TQ

The problem has been solved. Thank you,