• PPPoE over VLAN, pfSense doesnt see network

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    stephenw10S

    Hmm, well I imagine it's possible but I'd have to be a lot more familiar with that modem/router.

    Certainly pfSense has no problem doing that.

    Steve

  • Pfsense + External RADIUS (Caveats?)

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    stephenw10S

    What are you trying to authenticate against it exactly? Users logging into pfSense? VPN usesrs?

    I'm unfamiliar with RCDevs WebADM but after quickly searching I can't see anything Radius related only LDAP. You have a link to any documentation?

    EDIT: This?
    https://www.rcdevs.com/docs/howtos/pfsense/pfsense/

    Steve

  • Services Status widget broken?

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    stephenw10S

    Well I guess if you're testing that others don't have to. 😉

  • Howto start smartd service ?

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    stephenw10S

    The more recent replies on there seem relevant still.

    I would probably use a shellcmd to start smartd. That way it is included in the config.

    Steve

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    Bob.DigB

    @rottonpeech And the wan rule there in your picture, I don't think it is needed, although I am not sure.
    Once your vpn client is working, it is easy like described in my first post.

  • PHP Error Trying to Add to Revoked Certificates List

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    M

    Sorry, can't check anything regarding that any more. Company went bankrupt and was bought by another one. Moved over to their building.

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    @stephenw10 @JKnott

    Ok, so its still going down. These lines in the log look like the start of the problem:
    192.168.1.1 3/22/2020 19:21 local7 err dhcpd icmp_echorequest 192.168.1.218: Host is down
    192.168.1.1 3/22/2020 19:21 local7 debug dhcpd reuse_lease: lease age 346 (secs) under 25% threshold, reply with unaltered, existing lease for 192.168.1.204

    full log here: https://pastebin.com/zs2JhtCS

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    stephenw10S

    So only the mobile clients are failing?

    Do they connect direct or over VPN?

    How do they fail? No connections at all? Nothing logged at either end?

    Steve

  • Pfsense 2.3.4.1 to 2.3.5.2

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    stephenw10S

    Those pkgs are still there, even the 32bit versions. You should still be able to reach 2.3.5p2 from earlier versions.
    https://files00.netgate.com/pfSense_v2_3_5_amd64-core/All/

    You should absolutely upgrade to 2.4.X though. 2.3.X is obsolete.

    Steve

  • speed loss through pfSense (PPPoE)

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    stephenw10S

    Hmm, not seeing any easy details to compare there. The 825747 though is very common, I wouldn't expect to see any issues with.
    I would try swapping them to see if it changes anything.

    Steve

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    NollipfSenseN

    @stephenw10 said in Help setting up Pfsense in Virtual Box, I am getting no internet connection to my internal network.:

    @NollipfSense

    This is a common misunderstanding. The block private networks rule only prevents incoming connections to the WAN. You may well want it unchecked in this situation to access the webgui from the WAN side but it will not prevent access to the internet from LAN.

    Steve

    Ah, cool...I was trying to remember how I had it two years ago when I first used pfSense and VirtualBox.

  • Weird performance issue esxi6.5 multi-wan(pppoe) throughput multicore CPU

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    stephenw10S

    No significant difference really.

    There are some things that are still single threaded, like PPPoE. So fewer but faster cores can be help in some configurations.

    Steve

  • First network config.

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    stephenw10S

    For anyone reading can you confirm the fix?

    It looks almost certainly like it was because you didn't have the gateway on the WAN itself and therefore would have no outbound NAT. Switching to DHCP would also have added that gateway correctly.

    Steve

  • I can ping a host that should not exist!

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    johnpozJ

    If in your trace you had bounced around to other networks - then that would be a concern... But you look to just stay in the Turk Telekom network...

  • Help me understand a packet path inside of the pfSense please

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    @stephenw10 alright. I did switch the monitoring and monitoring actions(that was empty, but I'm not taking any chances)
    let's see if that will help.

    Thanks Steve! I really appriciate your time and effort!

  • How to stop logging/messages to the console?

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    jimpJ

    Or NET-SNMP with an external script which returns the gateway status.

    Or a similar agent like Zabbix or NRPE which could be scripted in similar ways.

  • When is a reboot or reconnect required?

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    stephenw10S

    Theoretically you should be able to import a config from any previous pfSense version. The upgrade scripts are cumulative so it should be updated to a current version complete with all the required chnages when you do.
    It's a relatively easy test. You can roll back to your current config from the console if it fails for some reason.
    If it fails yo boot to the console re-installing entirely is quite fast if you have the install media to hand. Particularly if you put the current config onto it so it boots up ready to go first time:
    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/automatically-restore-during-install.html

    If you WAN is wireless you should make sure you have tuned the monitoring to match that. It will almost certainly have higher layency and packet loss rates than other WAN types. You might just disable the WAN monitoring action for that gateway to be sure it's not triggering unnecessarily.

    Steve

  • Accessing my own backup service

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    Thank you!

    Solved it by enabling NAT reflection on the port forward rule. 😬

    /Tomas

  • rc.d startup script seems to keep running all the time

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    stephenw10S

    Yes, using shellcmd is easiest here and it then stores the command in the config file. However to run at rc.d script use /usr/local/etc/rc.d/.
    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/executing-commands-at-boot-time.html

    Steve

  • internet slow when enable squid guard

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    stephenw10S

    Use faster hardware?

    Try blocking using DNS via pfBlocker-NG instead maybe:
    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html

    Steve

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