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    pfBlocker no longer blocking after setting up failover gateway group?

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      fabrizior
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      It’s been a few years since the last major network topology change and pfsense and pfBlocker have been working great for quite a while, upgrade after upgrade…

      Recently I added a second WAN connection and a failover gateway group.

      pfBlocker is no longer blocking as well as it was, if at all…

      I admit, I haven’t paid it any attention for many, many months other than the infrequent upgrade. Many users on our network have now complained about ads and such that have recently become a noticeable inconvenience.

      I’m going to go back and RTFM again and get myself back up to speed and start troubleshooting.

      Should I reconfig the pfblocker route rules to be floating? do I need to add rules for each wan gateway separately… What’s the right approach? Any direct recommendations would be welcome.
      not trying skip my own re-training and due-diligence, just asking for guidance to focus my efforts and speed this up as much as possible.

      Thank you.

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        SteveITS Rebel Alliance @fabrizior
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        @fabrizior What are you using? Block rules would go on LAN.

        DNSBL should also apply to LAN as a whole. Are you blocking DoH/DoT?

        Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, CPU, and/or disk speed.
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