Gateways: Difference Between EDIT and COPY?
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At System > Routing > Gateways, each gateway has both an "Edit Gateway" icon (a pencil) and a "Copy Gateway" icon (two pages overlapping). Silly me, I'd think Edit was for editing a gateway and Copy was for making a copy of it. As far as I can tell, they both edit a gateway. What's the difference?
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The lack of a reply to this question really worries me. Does it mean my question is so stupid that no one wants to even bother answering? Or, does it mean that there's a basic element of the pfSense interface that no on understands? I think I'd rather it were the first. On the off-chance it's the second, is there somewhere I should report it?
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At System > Routing > Gateways, each gateway has both an "Edit Gateway" icon (a pencil) and a "Copy Gateway" icon (two pages overlapping). Silly me, I'd think Edit was for editing a gateway and Copy was for making a copy of it. As far as I can tell, they both edit a gateway. What's the difference?
I have no experience with gateways but if it's anything like firewall rules I think everything you mention is to be expected. "Edit" edits in place and "Copy" creates a copy which you then need to rename/modify/etc & save since you can't have 2 exact copies.
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OK. So, since I haven't ever renamed the "copy" when I'm in there, it just doesn't do anything with it? I would have expected the "copy" button to generate a copy with "copy" or something appended, and then I'd have to edit that copy. Thanks.
EDIT: Confirmed it. The behavior is as you described. Thanks, again.
