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    • S
      sibyl
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I have 2 different pfSense running.

      First one is a fresh install of 2.1.5 and the second one was recently updated to 2.1.5.

      I have set some rules using pfBlocker the same way in both.

      Now the problem I have is occurring only in the fresh install of pfSense  : pfBlocker won't automatically set up rules in the "rules" menu. I have to go set the sources manually.

      Anyone know how to fix this ?

      Here is a screenshot of the rules that should be added automatically after adding them using pfBlocker.

      Thank you.

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        pfBlocker will only apply rules to an interface if there are rules defined. You can overcome that issue by adding a dummy rule to the interface where the rules are not being populated.

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        • S
          sibyl
          last edited by

          Thank you for the reply but I found what was the problem.

          In the Interface / Lan menu, I had the IPv4 configuration type set to "Track Interface" for some reasons.

          I set it to "None" and the rules got automatically added in the Firewall/Rules section after enabling pfBlocker.

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