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    Pfblocker -> Click to view these packets in Alerts tab ?

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    • BBcan177B
      BBcan177 Moderator
      last edited by

      The pfBlockerNG Alerts tab collects the logs from the pfSense Firewall Log.

      In pfSense > Status > System Logs > Settings:

      You can increase the "Log file size" so that more data can be retrieved in the Alerts Tab… I would also recommend unchecking "Log packets matched from the default block rules" as that can fill your firewall.log.

      While there, check the "Where to show rule descriptions" and change that to "Display as column"

      "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

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        pfsense_user12123
        last edited by

        thx for your support.
        i have modified and saved the settings you told me. Do i have to restart any service to apply the changes?

        thx4all

        MB: Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F/F
        RAM: 8GB
        HD: 120 GB SSD
        Switch: Cisco SG 200-08
        AP: TP-Link AP500

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        • BBcan177B
          BBcan177 Moderator
          last edited by

          Not really… You could Force Reload - All for good measure tho... That will reload all the Alias/Groups at once...

          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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            pfsense_user12123
            last edited by

            ok, i did a force reload in pfblocker for safety reasons!

            I'm curious about what is changing now.  ;)

            thank you!!

            MB: Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F/F
            RAM: 8GB
            HD: 120 GB SSD
            Switch: Cisco SG 200-08
            AP: TP-Link AP500

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              pfsense_user12123
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              So I did also a restart of the firewall and waited until I got a new entry in the pfblocker widget.
              I clicked on this counter Link but again nothing. the result of the roles, listed in the role number field are not displayed even if i click on apply filter.
              the file size of the log files are now each increased to 10mb -> In bytes of course. so, that can´t be the problem.
              -> see the screenshots

              This function does not work :-(

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              MB: Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F/F
              RAM: 8GB
              HD: 120 GB SSD
              Switch: Cisco SG 200-08
              AP: TP-Link AP500

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS
                last edited by

                There is a note under the settings :

                NOTE: Log sizes are changed the next time a log file is cleared or deleted. To immediately increase the size of the log files, first save the options to set the size, then clear all logs using the "Reset Log Files" option farther down this page. Be aware that increasing this value increases every log file size, so disk usage will increase significantly.

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                Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                  pfsense_user12123
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                  @RonpfS:

                  There is a note under the settings :

                  NOTE: Log sizes are changed the next time a log file is cleared or deleted. To immediately increase the size of the log files, first save the options to set the size, then clear all logs using the "Reset Log Files" option farther down this page. Be aware that increasing this value increases every log file size, so disk usage will increase significantly.

                  After saving and reseting the logs, same problem again.
                  Can anyone reproduce that?

                  Thx

                  MB: Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F/F
                  RAM: 8GB
                  HD: 120 GB SSD
                  Switch: Cisco SG 200-08
                  AP: TP-Link AP500

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                    pfsense_user12123
                    last edited by

                    Am i the only one who has this problem ?  :(

                    MB: Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F/F
                    RAM: 8GB
                    HD: 120 GB SSD
                    Switch: Cisco SG 200-08
                    AP: TP-Link AP500

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                    • BBcan177B
                      BBcan177 Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @pfsense_user12123:

                      Am i the only one who has this problem ?  :(

                      Do you use Adv. In/Out rule settings?

                      Maybe this issue:
                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=99929.0

                      "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                      Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                      Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                      Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator
                        last edited by

                        If you goto the pfSense firewall log, do you see these alerts?

                        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                        Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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