Disable packet filter

Publisher105 · Aug 2, 2008, 2:45 PM

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!

familyguy · Aug 2, 2008, 5:56 PM

@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,

blak111 · Aug 3, 2008, 5:33 AM

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.

Publisher105 · Aug 3, 2008, 6:27 AM

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!

blak111 · Aug 3, 2008, 8:47 AM

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.

cmb · Aug 3, 2008, 11:42 PM

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.