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      Techsanity
      last edited by

      I have only been using pfSense a couple weeks now and I installed pfBlockerNG to use for ad blocking. That has been working fine.
      Then I saw you could also use it to block other countries using GeoIP. I watched a quick video on setting it up / using it. Highlight what you want then choose the list action and then save.
      after doing this I started seeing a red notification bell and these are an example of the errors I'm getting

      Filter Reload
      	•	There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:30: cannot define table pfB_Top_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [30]: table <pfB_Top_v4> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v4.txt"
@ 2018-08-08 19:23:48
      	•	There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:30: cannot define table pfB_Top_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [30]: table <pfB_Top_v4> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v4.txt"
@ 2018-08-08 19:25:01
      	•	There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:30: cannot define table pfB_Top_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [30]: table <pfB_Top_v4> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v4.txt"
@ 2018-08-08 19:26:32
      	•	There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:30: cannot define table pfB_Top_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [30]: table <pfB_Top_v4> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v4.txt"
@ 2018-08-08 19:30:09
      	•	There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:30: cannot define table pfB_Top_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [30]: table <pfB_Top_v4> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v4.txt"
@ 2018-08-08 19:30:38
      	•	There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:32: cannot load "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v6.txt": No such file or directory - The line in question reads [32]: table <pfB_Top_v6> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v6.txt"
@ 2018-08-08 19:31:58
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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        In pfSense > System > Advanced > Firewall & NAT > "Firewall Maximum Table Entries"

        The package should default that to "2000000" entries.

        Follow that with a Filter Reload

        "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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          Techsanity
          last edited by Techsanity

          That setting was default to 400000. I'll change it and try again.
          Thanks
          Edit: Tried and works without errors now.
          Thanks

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            BrainLinq @BBcan177
            last edited by

            @BBcan177 said in pfBlockerNG errors when GoeIP enabled:

            In pfSense > System > Advanced > Firewall & NAT > "Firewall Maximum Table Entries"

            The package should default that to "2000000" entries.

            Follow that with a Filter Reload

            Hello,

            I have 2 new Netgate firewalls and they both had this issue. I set the "Firewall Maximum Table Entries" as directed on both... the problem is resolved on one and is still occurring on one.

            Error:

            There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:48: cannot define table pfB_Top_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [48]: table <pfB_Top_v4> persist file "/var/db/aliastables/pfB_Top_v4.txt"
            @ 2019-08-20 10:26:33
            
            

            Any other ideas?

            Thanks!

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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS @BrainLinq
              last edited by

              @BBcan177 said in pfBlockerNG errors when GoeIP enabled:

              In pfSense > System > Advanced > Firewall & NAT > "Firewall Maximum Table Entries"

              The package should default that to "2000000" entries.

              Follow that with a Filter Reload

              Increase Firewall Maximum Table Entries again.

              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
              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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                BrainLinq @RonpfS
                last edited by

                @RonpfS said in pfBlockerNG errors when GoeIP enabled:

                @BBcan177 said in pfBlockerNG errors when GoeIP enabled:

                In pfSense > System > Advanced > Firewall & NAT > "Firewall Maximum Table Entries"

                The package should default that to "2000000" entries.

                Follow that with a Filter Reload

                Increase Firewall Maximum Table Entries again.

                I increased it to 3000000 and had the same issue when reloading the filter.

                What is the maximum upper limit?

                The systems are:
                Netgate SG-3100
                ARM Cortex-A9 r4p1 (ECO: 0x00000000)
                Multiprocessing, Thumb2, Security, VMSAv7, Coherent Walk
                2 CPUs:
                SOC: Marvell 88F6820, TClock 250MHz, Frequency 1600MHz
                Crypto: Marvell Cryptographic Engine and Security Accelerator
                2028 MiB memory

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                • RonpfSR
                  RonpfS @BrainLinq
                  last edited by

                  @BrainLinq Did you ran a Force Reload All ?
                  2GB isn't much memory if you are using DNSBL.

                  2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                  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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                  • BBcan177B
                    BBcan177 Moderator @RonpfS
                    last edited by

                    After changing the "Max Table Entries", try a Reboot.

                    "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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