On 2.2 there is a knob in the GUI to change the file size for logs. I don't know if it could work being that large or not. I wouldn't expect it to. If you manually resize it on 2.1.x then it would probably get reset any time the file was recreated (clearing the log file, etc)

Ran the command $ ps -ax |grep snort 22022  ??  S      0:00.04 sh -c ps -ax |grep snort 2>&1 22305  ??  S      0:00.02 grep snort 82654  ??  Ss    0:27.14 /usr/pbi/snort-amd64/bin/snort -R 3755 -D -q -l /var/ @bmeeks: Maybe you have already, but did you reboot the firewall itself again? To rule out a problem with Snort itself, you can either try starting it from the icons on the SNORT INTERFACES tab or you can open a console session and execute the start script directly like this: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh start It should sit there a few seconds and then drop back to the command line prompt.  Snort should then be running.  You can check with this command also from the console: ps -ax |grep snort Bill

Thank you for your responses. I think I will avoid the widescreen patch as my Wife works from home. I realize that I have lost the flexibility of fooling around with my firewall as I did when I first installed Smoothwall years ago and we were not so dependant on our internet connection.

If we had true Layer7 in PFsense then you could block them on the word "facebook" alone….

You also mentioned LACP. I'm assuming that it's not configured in a way that it spans both switches, correct?

Quick - backup your config!!!! haha

the issue fixed it self… i dont know how

I agree that ESF would be far more knowledgeable and detailed however, I need tutorials over the phone with some basic and moderate techniques of configuration. I think it will take about an hour, and won't cost $400. At some point I may be willing to spend that money but right now I need to try this way and see how far I get

Interesting… JimP says "netgate guys" as though there is really any difference between the companies. The VPC wizard is not going to be in the "community edition" of pfSense anytime soon.

if it was a problem, we would have released a new version by now.

if it was a problem, we would have released an updated version by now.