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      Publisher105
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      Hi everybody!
      I want to turn Pfsense in a routing platform only, and disable packet filtering.
      Right now i'm using pfsense with load balance over 4 dsl (wan-opt1-opt2-opt3), version 1.2.1-RC1 07-31-2008.
      Can this be done?

      Thanks!

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        familyguy
        last edited by

        @Publisher105:

        Hi everybody!
        I want to turn Pfsense in a routing platform only, and disable packet filtering.
        Right now i'm using pfsense with load balance over 4 dsl (wan-opt1-opt2-opt3), version 1.2.1-RC1 07-31-2008.
        Can this be done?

        Thanks!

        In the System tab choose "advanced" and there is a checkbox to disable all packet filtering.

        It will also turn off NAT.

        Best,

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          blak111
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          If you want to keep the ability to filter packets based on firewall rules, go to NAT >> Outbound and change it to Manual and delete the rule it creates. This will give you a routing platform that can act as a firewall and it works very well.

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            Publisher105
            last edited by

            Ok. thanks
            but if i turn off the packet filter do i have to set nat manually? how do i do that?
            Can i set up nat manually with my current load balancer setup (4 wans)?
            All i want to do is turn my pfsense box in a "load balance" system only, no firewall needed, no port forward, just load balance.
            If somebody can help me….
            Bye!

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              blak111
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              I think you still want network address translation if you are load balancing between ISP's. Do you just want to disable firewall rules? You could just put a rule on each interface that allows everything from every direction.

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                cmb
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                You can't disable the filter without disabling NAT, they're done by the same thing. If you don't want to filter traffic put allow all rules on all your interfaces.

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