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    • J
      JHODZ
      last edited by

      Let me try that and give you the feedback and to answer your first question, when i disable it everything works just fine.

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan @JHODZ
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        @JHODZ

        When you installed pfBlockerNG, and activate it - without doing anything else - it does .... nothing.
        As there are no IP feeds loaded, and no DNSBL (I actually cant' recall if it is pre loaded with one small DNSBL).
        DNSBL feeds are not used by pfBlockerNG, they are fed to the local resolver, so it knows what host names not to resolve, and just return "127.0.0.1" or "0.0.0.0" as this indicated to the requesting device : "No A record found - host does not exist".

        Btw : You use pfSense 2.7.2 or pfSense 23.09.1, as any other, lower versions can/will produce major issues.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          JHODZ @JHODZ
          last edited by JHODZ

          @JHODZ I tried disabling IP and Putting no feed into the DSBL yet i cant access the internet and communication between interfaces becomes very slow (Non-responsive). Also my pf plus version is 23.09.1-RELEASE

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @JHODZ
            last edited by

            @JHODZ

            Just a wild guess : under Firewall > pfBlockerNG > DNSBL

            e1b432a0-79fa-4cb1-8e46-d29a1fb27590-image.png

            This IP doesn't conflict with any of your interfaces ?

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            • J
              JHODZ @Gertjan
              last edited by

              @Gertjan No Please. I have even changed it Screenshot 2024-02-22 091644.png

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @JHODZ
                last edited by

                @JHODZ

                Are you allowed to use 12.10.100.1 ??
                As stated : use an IPv4 that is RFC1918.

                Example :

                [23.09.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.tld]/root: ping 12.10.100.1
                PING 12.10.100.1 (12.10.100.1): 56 data bytes
                64 bytes from 12.10.100.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=236 time=123.601 ms
                64 bytes from 12.10.100.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=236 time=123.248 ms
                ^C
                --- 12.10.100.1 ping statistics ---
                3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33.3% packet loss
                round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 123.248/123.425/123.601/0.176 ms
                

                You have a huge security issue
                Or
                You are using an IP that you do not own [ I vote for this one ].

                The latter can/will create routing problems.

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                • J
                  JHODZ @Gertjan
                  last edited by

                  @Gertjan noted am reviewing this will give you the feedback but also if I may ask I changed my web interface port can it also cause any issue with pfblocker

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                    JHODZ @JHODZ
                    last edited by

                    @JHODZ I also checked from my logs and got this error
                    [1708589241] unbound[97875:0] error: bind: address already in use
                    [1708589241] unbound[97875:0] fatal error: could not open ports

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan @JHODZ
                      last edited by

                      @JHODZ said in pfBlockerNG blocks my entire network:

                      [1708589241] unbound[97875:0] error: bind: address already in use
                      [1708589241] unbound[97875:0] fatal error: could not open ports

                      That means that unbound was told to stop, but didn't (in time). then it get restarted, but it can't, as the previous instance is still shutting down, or even dead.
                      Solution : console or SSH, option 8, and :

                      ps ax | grep 'unbound'
                      

                      and kill all the lines like these :

                      17516  -  Ss     16:07.53 /usr/local/sbin/unbound -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf
                      

                      so

                      kill 17516
                      

                      and when done, start unbound in GUI.

                      @JHODZ said in pfBlockerNG blocks my entire network:

                      ask I changed my web interface port

                      Like :

                      48e10614-8735-4e42-9640-6bad7c384c39-image.png

                      why not.
                      ( as long as it isn't used by another process ^^ )

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JHODZ
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                        @JHODZ said in pfBlockerNG blocks my entire network:

                        No Please. I have even changed it

                        You didn't change it, but it lists 12.10.100.1 as its vip? That sure looks like it was changed to me.. Where it would it come up with such an address?

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                          JHODZ @Gertjan
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                          @Gertjan yes i dd changed it

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JHODZ
                            last edited by

                            @JHODZ yeah my bad, couldn't read this morning I guess.. but 12.something would be a really bad choice.. And points out it should be rfc1918..

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                              JHODZ
                              last edited by

                              Hi all, I got it to work by changing some of the ports, but I can't run DNSBL in python mode allthough unbound mode works fine. Please is there anything else am missing.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JHODZ
                                last edited by

                                @JHODZ said in pfBlockerNG blocks my entire network:

                                Please is there anything else am missing.

                                Missing what - you have given no info on how your setup..

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                                • GertjanG
                                  Gertjan @JHODZ
                                  last edited by Gertjan

                                  @JHODZ said in pfBlockerNG blocks my entire network:

                                  but I can't run DNSBL in python mode

                                  Because ?
                                  You don't want to ?
                                  Some other reason ?

                                  edit :
                                  "Python mode" is what the unbound authors advice to use when you want, for example, add dnsbkl type files. This 'mode' speeds up drastically the start and restart of unbound.

                                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                    JHODZ @Gertjan
                                    last edited by

                                    @Gertjan I meant I am unable to run dnsbl in Python mode. Webpages takes long time to load

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                                    • GertjanG
                                      Gertjan @JHODZ
                                      last edited by

                                      @JHODZ

                                      How much DNSBL feeds do you have :

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                                      c306e0a5-a521-40a4-9a23-c8464307fefa-image.png

                                      What does this log show you when you reload pfBlockerng like this :

                                      dee28981-7849-47e1-926e-58f7d2187797-image.png

                                      Do the test both in unbound and Python mode.

                                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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