Firewall rules and when they are applied?

[joshhboss]

So coming from the edge router world (ubiquiti) im used to dealing with rules once they are applied that are instantly working, I was struggling for about an hour yesterday trying to understand why i could still get into my router from within a network even after applying a rule, and then learned later that existing states stay alive until new ones are created. Is it possible to make the rules apply right away. will help while practicing with pfsense to know if im doing something right or wrong.

Thank you!

[Gertjan]

You can force things :
Diagnostics > States > Reset States

Check the box and hit the button.

Btw : you'll see that you will be thrown out of pfSense and that you have to re logon.