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    Hello anyone could this scenario be possible in NAT outbound translation

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      Metu69salemi
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      If firewall #2 is not natting you can see original ip-addresses in pfsense#1 and so on you can decide isp's

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        Nachtfalke
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        @Metu69salemi:

        If firewall #2 is not natting you can see original ip-addresses in pfsense#1 and so on you can decide isp's

        And if firewall #2 is not using squid so that pfsense#1 can see the clients ip addresses and not only the proxy ip address.

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          Metu69salemi
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          @Nachtfalke:

          @Metu69salemi:

          If firewall #2 is not natting you can see original ip-addresses in pfsense#1 and so on you can decide isp's

          And if firewall #2 is not using squid so that pfsense#1 can see the clients ip addresses and not only the proxy ip address.

          Thanks for completing sentences ;)

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            kirlox_kitoy
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            Suppose if it has squid, will that be a big problem? is there a workaround,if there is squid residing in firewall # 2

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              Nachtfalke
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              Yes, it would be a problem because all client which are using the proxy alway have the same IP than the proxy. so it wouldn't be possible for pfsense#1 to decide which client initiated the connection - it is always the proxy.

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                kirlox_kitoy
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                @Nachtfalke:

                Yes, it would be a problem because all client which are using the proxy alway have the same IP than the proxy. so it wouldn't be possible for pfsense#1 to decide which client initiated the connection - it is always the proxy.

                Is there no work around with this? even outbound NAT and 1:1? or if you have any ideas.

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                  Nachtfalke
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                  just bypassing squid for source ip addresses.

                  This is what I know abou this. I do not know any way to see the real client ips after they passed a proxy.

                  Perhaps it would be possible to explain us more in detail what you want to realize with pfsense#1 and pfsense#2 and why there should be two pfsense boxes or why squid should run on box #2 and not on box#1

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                    kirlox_kitoy
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                    @Nachtfalke:

                    just bypassing squid for source ip addresses.

                    This is what I know abou this. I do not know any way to see the real client ips after they passed a proxy.

                    Perhaps it would be possible to explain us more in detail what you want to realize with pfsense#1 and pfsense#2 and why there should be two pfsense boxes or why squid should run on box #2 and not on box#1

                    The reason for having 2 pfsense boxes and segregating its because
                    a.) I am using 1.2.3 snapshot.
                    b.) When I try to load balance a Multi -Wan and Running together with squid package on the same box this gives me an Issue on the load balancer side.
                    Thats the reason why I segregate the boxes so that each boxes will be running its specific function as load balancer and as a squid proxy.

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                      Nachtfalke
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                      Then take a look at this thread/tutorial:

                      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37083.0.html

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                        kirlox_kitoy
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                        Will this work for 3 ISP's as to be load balanced, in his example he has only 2 ISP links.

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                          Nachtfalke
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                          LoadBalancing in general is working with more than two links. If i remember correct a user in this forum is LoadBalancing up to 8 lines.

                          Because I am not using LoadBalancing and squid on one machine I do not know if it will work with more than two lines but I think it would be possible.

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