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      ACalcutt
      last edited by ACalcutt

      Hi Everyone,

      I have a Netgate 3100. Since upgrading to 23.01 I have been getting lots of this rule error

      There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:95: syntax error - The line in question reads [95]: rdr on $WAN1 proto ipv6 from any to any -
      

      When I look at Firewall rules on WAN1 I don't see any ipv6 rules. Is there another way for me to see what this rule is?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        That's a NAT rule, a port forward. And it looks like it's only partially configured so is invalid.
        Not sure how that might have happened.

        Steve

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          ACalcutt
          last edited by

          Seems like it is these nat rules I had put in place for xbox. I disabled them and that rule error seems to have stopped. strangly, I went into them and made them ipv4 family only and I still got the 'pv6 from any to any' message.

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            ACalcutt @ACalcutt
            last edited by

            After more time testing I wanted to mention, disabling those rules did not fix my issue and I ended up putting them back. I was getting the error in my OP either way.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Are you still seeing the same errors in 23.05?

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                ACalcutt @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10

                yes they are still happening in 23.05

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @ACalcutt
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                  @ACalcutt and what do you show in your port forward rules - a rdr is a port forward. You shouldn't be port forwarding IPv6

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                    ACalcutt @johnpoz
                    last edited by

                    @johnpoz

                    My WAN1 is a IPv4 only interface.

                    Like these port forwarding rules under NAT?

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                    Or the rules for that interface?
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                      SteveITS Galactic Empire @ACalcutt
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                      @ACalcutt from https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/firewall.html#ruleset-failing-to-load:

                      The ruleset can also be verified from the console or Diagnostics > Command in the Shell Execute box by running:

                      pfctl -f /tmp/rules.debug

                      And/or view the rules.debug file.

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @ACalcutt
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                        @ACalcutt well seems like something is stuck there - maybe from before doing something would look into what @SteveITS points out and clear up that entry in your rules - because it sure shouldn't be there anyway.

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                          ACalcutt @SteveITS
                          last edited by ACalcutt

                          @SteveITS said in error loading rules proto ipv6 from any to any:

                          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/firewall.html#ruleset-failing-to-load

                          In the rules.debug generated I see this line, which I assume is what it is complaining about

                          # TFTP proxy
                          rdr-anchor "tftp-proxy/*"
                          rdr on $WAN1 proto ipv6 from any to any ->
                          

                          I don't recall setting up a tftp proxy... any idea where that is set up? how do I actually get rid of it?

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @ACalcutt
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            @ACalcutt tftp is not the problem..

                            I don't have tftp enabled - that rule is going to be there by defult.. But you shouldn't have that rdr for ipv6

                            Here is that section of mine for example

                            # TFTP proxy
                            rdr-anchor "tftp-proxy/*"
                            # NAT Inbound Redirects
                            rdr on igb1 inet proto tcp from $pfB_AllowPfb_v4 to 209.snipped port 23040 -> 192.168.9.10 port 32400
                            rdr on igb2.4 inet proto { tcp udp } from 192.168.4.0/24 to any port 53 -> 192.168.3.10
                            no nat on igb2.4 inet proto tcp from (igb2.4) to 192.168.4.0/24
                            nat on igb2.4 inet proto tcp from 192.168.4.0/24 to 192.168.3.10 port 53 -> (igb2.4)
                            

                            I snipped out my public IP.

                            I would prob do an export of your rules xml via diagnostics backup and restore.. Do you see that bad entry in there, edit the xml to remove it and then restore the xml.

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                              ACalcutt @johnpoz
                              last edited by

                              @johnpoz

                              Looking through the backup config xml I don't see a rule on wan that is source and destination any. I was looking for a rule on wan that had both

                              <source>
                              	<any></any>
                              </source>
                              <destination>
                              	<any></any>
                              </destination>
                              

                              The closest was the icmp rule that relates to my ipv6 tunnel , but that rule is only ipv4 when i look at it

                              I tried just reloading the config, but no luck there. there error is still happening.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @ACalcutt
                                last edited by

                                @ACalcutt My bad - this is a issue with rdr, so its prob in your nat part of your config.. Download that section and look for the section of the xml that has the bad info.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  You have any NPt rules?

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                                    ACalcutt @stephenw10
                                    last edited by

                                    @stephenw10 , no no NPt rules

                                    @johnpoz looking though the nat section I'm not seeing where this rule comes from. Maybe it is an auto generated one? I attached my nat config
                                    if someone wanted to give it another set of eyes....I really only have a few entries for PS4/XBOX and some entries for FTP

                                    nat-config-pfSense.eiri.lan-20230604135911.xml

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      If it's an auto generated rule I'd check the NAT reflection settings. Either globally or for each forward.

                                      However it's unlikely either of those would be v6 or any/any.

                                      Where does that rule actually appear in the generated ruleset?

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                                        jpmchia @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        I've encountered / still experiencing the same issue and after 3 clean reinstalls have managed to identify the cause.

                                        It's being generated by the: "Enable IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling" option.

                                        Unchecking it clears the error but have experienced a number of issues with IPv6 functionality since doing so - we have both direct IPv6 uplinks but also use 6in4 tunnels.

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                                          ACalcutt
                                          last edited by

                                          I am also using IPv6 over IPv4 here, so that makes sense.

                                          I ended up moving back to 22.05 and restoring my backup from before that upgrade for now. This error was annoying, but what pushed me was a spent a day trying to get multiwan failover that was working before working in 23.05 and just couldn't get it to actually fail over like it should. worked instantly in 22.05 . maybe after a few more releases I'll give 23.x another shot, but for now I just need this to work as expected.

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