• New Setup Query - LAN Client IP on WAN

    Locked
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    2k Views
    M

    Thanks for your help. I will try this tomorrow and will post the result.

  • DHCP - out of inodes crash

    Locked
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    3k Views
    jimpJ

    You can check the inode usage from the shell with "df -i"

    You might also want to have a look at this thread I started for a similar issue:
    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,26626.0.html

  • MOVED: IPSEC Only

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • WAN does not renew DHCP?

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    1k Views
    P

    IIRC others have solve similar problems with a cronjob "/sbin/dhclient vr1"

  • Accidentally disabled Admin account, what are my options?

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    2k Views
    jimpJ

    From the physical console, reset the password.

  • Recommended reading for networking beginners?

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    S

    Really simple introductory would be the Head First Networking (an O'Reilley)
    Then maybe CBT Nuggets Jeremy Ciaora CCNA ICND1 (video lectures, very good and entertaining, not dry!)

  • Does RealTek NIC card work well in pfsense?

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    S

    I (and quite a few other people) have had real problems with those Realtek NICs.
    Nasty st-st-stuu-uu-uuttering action if you get my meaning.
    AS someone else said  "They give new meaning to the term 'low end' "
    Everyone recommends the Intel 1000's and so do I.

  • How to setup automatic DHCP server IP assignment?

    Locked
    8
    0 Votes
    8 Posts
    3k Views
    D

    well that is weird.  it sure sounds like the dhcp server is not running.  what does DHCP look like on the Status page?  If you try and fail to get an IP and set one manually, try looking at the firewall system logs to see if any error messages shed light.

  • PFSense dropping SSH when using alternative ports

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    A

    I am not sure if mortified is the correct word but basically I did not Auto fill from NAT and my firewall rule was pointing to incorrect IP address ….. It works like a charm when it is set correctly !!
    ;D

  • New to pfSense - any advises for my router ?

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    1k Views
    jimpJ

    Routing between the three LANs will happen automatically if this router is the gateway for each network. You can setup those firewall rules you describe with minimal effort.

    The other actions would be handled by the load balancing tutorial, with maybe the exception of FTP. If you need to use the FTP proxy, the interface for the FTP traffic must be WAN. The FTP proxy in 1.2.x isn't really compatible with Multi-WAN.

  • Strange MAC blocking

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    B

    What does this configuration look like? Do you mean you plug a system directly into the WAN interface of your pfSense? If so, depending on the NICs, you may need a cross over cable rather than a straight through cable. In the case with the allegedly "bad" MAC address, do both ends of the link see it as in the "running" state?

    No, over switch.

  • URL Log without Squid

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    2k Views
    jimpJ

    No. To get such a log you'd have to use a proxy, or manually process every port 80 packet and try to parse out the URLs, which would be very CPU-intensive.

    There may be some other software daemon out there which can do this, but if so, I haven't seen it.

  • Forced speed and duplex, now interface errors..

    Locked
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    1k Views
    jimpJ

    That isn't a proper empty tag, so you're making it an invalid XML file.

    Either delete the tags entirely, or use <media>and <mediaopt>. Deleting them is better.</mediaopt></media>

  • IPSEC logs to remote syslog on PFSENSE 2.0 SNAPSHOT

    Locked
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    jimpJ

    They happen constantly. Either one every day, or more often if there are commits to the code which trigger the builder.

  • MOVED: message to pfsense users

    Locked
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • How will PFSENSE increase or improve the speed of my internet connection?

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    8k Views
    A

    OK, thank you very much sir… You'd enlightened me...

    Anyways, i've got another question.
    Is it advisable to activate load balance if i have to different speed DSL (2.2mbps assigned in WAN1 and 1.3mbps assigned in OPT1)?

    I had activated my dual-wan connection, but not sure if i going to create load balance?

    I had read some threads saying that they don't prefer to load balance...

    Will load balancing help improve internet connections?

    Thanks!

  • Memory usage query

    Locked
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    K

    THANKS!

  • HTTP Chunking

    Locked
    10
    0 Votes
    10 Posts
    3k Views
    D

    Hmmm, could be, but whether it is fragmentation or TCP segments spanning packet boundaries, that is TCP and the postage meter is broken if it can't cope with this (although I have run into more than one application that was broken that way…)

  • Syslog'ing to remote syslog server- HOW?

    Locked
    6
    0 Votes
    6 Posts
    2k Views
    J

    In the past i used syslog on a linux box and have splunk pick up the logs so its in a nice and clean readable, so i didnt have to pay for splunk and have a few systems write to the syslog server.

    try splunk

  • Dropped packets with no logging

    Locked
    16
    0 Votes
    16 Posts
    15k Views
    S

    I tried to install 1.2.3 onto an old Pentium 4 1.6 but when it got to the part where it was attempting to FDISK the drive the bios was sending the correct head count and it kept saying the only valid number is from 5 - 1024 but free bsd wanted the number to be 5003. Changing this number did nothing it still failed with the same error. I skipped this part but without a format the boot-loader did not load.

    Using the original HP machine I did a clean install (I even chose the single processor option this time). No packages. I have the exact same result. Unfortunately right now I do not have another machine to install on.

    Since both machines have the same motherboard and different NIC cards, it comes down to this specific motherboard. It is the HP XW4300 using Intel 955X chipset dual core Intel Pentium D 840. I think I have checked the different hardware possibilities sufficient with these 2 separate computers to say either the software is not working (not likely) or the drivers are not playing nice with this motherboard.

    I do not know enough about Free BSD to install different drivers and try to make it work.

Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.