• "Poor man" home network first try

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    Thank you all for your answer. I am upgrading everything ( getting an i5-560m for AES support, ) and getting new antennas for the wifi card (because the internal antenna cables were cut (not intended) by its old owner unfortunately. I will use the Pfsense AP as a backup AP then just in case the main one does not reach (the house is not very big anyway) tomorrow cabling will be done (CAT6E , yes over overkillcables and they were so cheap for some reason and that's the only cables the guy had anyway)
  • eapol_test build with wpa_supplicant

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    I did not get a success authentication test yet, but I assume this is due to my configuration file or a cert. issue. Cheers, N
  • ansible pfsense modules

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    This is pretty interesting. Any chance You'll have the time to write a How-to? Also how would this work with more than 2 interfaces per firewall? I am guessing user with SSH rights to the box install python package I am also looking at https://github.com/ndejong/pfsense_fauxapi, however that would require me to write python modules for ansible.
  • pfSense WebUi issue

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    Does the firewall have Internet connectivity and working DNS? Check System > Routing, make sure you have a gateway set as default Check Diagnostics > Routes, make sure the default gateway is shown there Check System > General, make sure that you either have DNS servers set there or you have the DNS resolver setup in non-forwarding mode, with Disable DNS Fowarder unchecked. Try to ping an Internet site from Diagnostics > Ping Try to resolve an Internet site hostname from Diagnostics > DNS Lookup
  • WebGui Restore from backup only the User info?

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    There is not a separate section of the config for user/groups. You'd have to download complete backups from each site and copy/paste the relevant portions, then restore.
  • pfSense intermittent disconnects / hangs

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    I would try to catch whatever is doing it by running top -aSH at the command line. That is a high number of processes though even when it's running normally. If you have something that is hanging traffic every 30s though I would expect it to use a lot of CPU time and be clearly visible there. Steve
  • Restore an old configuration backup on a newer pfsense

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    Yes. You can always restore a configuration from an older version to a newer version. There is upgrade code that will adjust the configuration to the newer formats. You can't go backward, however.
  • Dropped packets in games? Looking for debug advice

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    Hi, 3 things to test, so you can isolate the problem. 1=> No more VM : go physical (did you read the other "HyperV" thread today / yesterday where the VM was freezing ?) 2=> Bridging physical NIC's : take a no-brain switch 3=> ntopng installed .... you are aware that that one only can bring pfSense to it's knees ....
  • Dynamic dns registration

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  • When creating self signed certificate, no prompts

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    All certs are stored in the XML... if you want to verify a cert, then you will also need to download the ca cert.. I used the files in the freerad dir because it couple other hot threads going on about it and certs an crls. For openvpn.. the .ca is the ca.pem an serverX.cert is the server .pem So for example [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@sg4860.local.lan]/var/etc/openvpn: openssl verify -CAfile server1.ca server1.cert server1.cert: OK No offense but you might want to understand the tools your using a bit more before you say stuff doesn't work ;) pem file can have any ext on it does not have to be .pem ;)
  • Rule not working with FQDN because it's not being resolved - Table empty

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    What I expect to see is all the FQDNs you have being resolved in the DNS log when you reload the filter. If you see nothing there that's a problem. If you see some and then an error that's a problem. Of you see them all resolved there and they still don't make it into the tables that's a different problem. Steve
  • Trying to create a openVPN monitoring script SOLVED

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    I see the attachment links are dead. I came here to get a copy of my old script having lost it myself and noticed the attachment links don't work. I started using this. https://www.foxypossibilities.com/2018/05/23/reestablish-pfsense-openvpn-clients-with-cron/ I like how it uses native capabilities to restart openvpn client, I might add a for loop to this so it doesn't restart the vpn on a single failure later when I have time.
  • Packet loss - PPPoE WAN

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    Hi everyone, The solution : replace "Dynamic" by "Hyper-V Port" protocol in the "Load balancing mode" of the Teaming properties. [image: 1540906270032-6caf606e-bfb8-4f2d-be98-d2982e788806-image.png] Everything work and no more packet loss !
  • Setting network home with open VPN

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  • Console Menu Missing after Password Protected

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    That worked! Thanks! I just needed to be sure I had some way to reset admin password in case of an emergency. I have another 'sudo' admin which /etc/rc.initial worked perfectly. I also considered opening up SSH, but that might just be one more opening that someone could exploit. Anyway, thank's again.
  • Gateways WAN_DHCP is Offline

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    stephenw10...Thank you for the response. Interestingly, I restarted a couple of times and now it's Online. I don't know why but it seems to be working now.
  • Getting IP but cant PING pfSense?

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    It was a NordVPN background service....
  • When choosing a private LAN address start here

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  • Losing WAN when receiving VOIP call

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    @chpalmer said in Losing WAN when receiving VOIP call: Then ask your ISP if anything about your circuit has changed on their end. Just to cover your bases. I already texted him :)
  • Avaliable Packages missing cant seem to find

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    https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/book/config/advanced-admin.html?highlight=ssh#secure-shell-ssh
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