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      Antibiotic @Jarhead
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      @Jarhead said in Firewall review:

      If it's from another interface on pfSense and blocked on that interface, it wouldn't be allowed from pfSense

      When you install pfsense this one is default rule on LAN
      7a0b112b-00fd-48f6-8759-f41079aaeb19-image.png

      Sorry protocol also any , it mean all allow out from interface LAN

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        Antibiotic @Jarhead
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        @Jarhead said in Firewall review:

        So then you have to block or allow the traffic on the interface attached to pfSense.

        tHAT WJY , ME ASKING CORRECT EXAMPLE TO ALLOW ONLY PORTS WHAT ME WANT TO COMMUNICATE ON SUBNETS AND COMMUNICATE WITH INTERNET. DO NOT HAVE A BIG EXPIRIENCE ,THAT ALL WHAT I WANT

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          Jarhead @Antibiotic
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          @Antibiotic It means allow all traffic from the LAN subnet to anywhere it wants to go.
          Once traffic is allowed into the firewall, it can then go anywhere.

          Don't know how else to say this, traffic is either allowed or blocked as it enters the interface from the network directly attached to that interface.
          If you're LAN is 192.168.1.0/24 and you have a pc at 192.168.1.2, and you want to block it from accessing the internet, you put the rule on the LAN interface, not the WAN.

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            Antibiotic @Jarhead
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            @Jarhead said in Firewall review:

            from accessing the internet

            i DO NOT WANT TO BLOCK INTERNET, JUST WANT TO RESTRICT TO PORTS NUMBERS WIHCH I WANT

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              Antibiotic @Jarhead
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              @Jarhead said in Firewall review:

              you put the rule on the LAN interface, not the WAN.

              My friend if you have a time and desire can you please just simple show 2 examples
              First allow only ports to use by local subnets which you set in your aliases

              Second allow to communicate with internet outside of pfsense with ports which you set in second aliases

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                Jarhead @Antibiotic
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                @Antibiotic said in Firewall review:

                @Jarhead said in Firewall review:

                you put the rule on the LAN interface, not the WAN.

                My friend if you have a time and desire can you please just simple show 2 examples
                First allow only ports to use by local subnets which you set in your aliases

                Second allow to communicate with internet outside of pfsense with ports which you set in second aliases

                I don't understand what you mean by either of those.
                Give an exact example of what you want.

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                  Antibiotic @Jarhead
                  last edited by Antibiotic

                  @Jarhead Yes , if possible and this action do not hurt you

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                    Jarhead @Antibiotic
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                    @Antibiotic No, I'm asking you to give an exact example of what you want to do.

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                      tedquade @Gertjan
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                      @Gertjan Actually "If you please"

                      Ted

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                        Antibiotic @Jarhead
                        last edited by Antibiotic

                        @Jarhead
                        Dude i think going communication between forest and sea. If you can read , I post what i want to do! If you do not want, than no problem

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                          Jarhead @Antibiotic
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                          @Antibiotic Ok. Good luck.

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                            Antibiotic @tedquade
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                            @tedquade

                            @tedquade said in Firewall review:

                            Actually "If you please"

                            @Jarhead said in Firewall review:

                            you put the rule on the LAN interface, not the WAN.

                            My friend if you have a time and desire can you please just simple show 2 examples
                            First allow only ports to use by local subnets which you set in your aliases

                            Second allow to communicate with internet outside of pfsense with ports which you set in second aliases

                            pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                            CPU: Intel N100
                            NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                            RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                            Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                            Brgds, Archi

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                              JonathanLee @Antibiotic
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                              @Antibiotic I never needed loopback rules for my system.

                              Make sure to upvote

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                                JonathanLee
                                last edited by

                                Wan you only need to set what you want coming in. Anything originating from LAN that is approved will get out. So a VPN port if needed would be an example of a WAN rule. But I have only 1 wan rule everything else is block, my LAN has the rules

                                Make sure to upvote

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                                  Antibiotic @Gertjan
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                                  @Gertjan said in Firewall review:

                                  (I presume you already removed the "LAN subnets" from Source)

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                                  Source LAN subnet going to WAN gateway, by NetGate docs rule. Why need to remove source?
                                  I'm understood that rule correct apply to interface belong, but totally can be LAN subnet only direct to WAN gateway or VPN gateway only?

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                                    Gertjan @Antibiotic
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                                    @Antibiotic

                                    This is an image from what ? LAN ? WAN ?

                                    5ec61d2b-dfaa-4158-a6de-637e79a88754-image.png

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

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                                      Antibiotic @Gertjan
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                                      @Gertjan

                                      This is LAN, first rule anti-lokout on LAN))) It mean possible to make rule where is LAN rule going to WAN gateway

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                                      CPU: Intel N100
                                      NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                                      RAM : 16 GB DDR5
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                                        Gertjan @Antibiotic
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                                        @Antibiotic

                                        IMHO, rules look fine to me.

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

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                                          Antibiotic @Gertjan
                                          last edited by Antibiotic

                                          @Gertjan Yea, I know that look fine because its from NetGate docs! Want to warry that as mentioned above you told that rule source LAN can not be for WAN)))

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