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    Introducing Netgate Nexus: Multi-Instance Management at Your Fingertips.

    Whats the 'ID' row fo'?

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    • S Offline
      senser
      last edited by

      Just wondering if the 'ID' row in the firewall rules-table is supposed to show the pf rule number or something? Sadly it's all empty for me (v2.0.2). Thx

      We use the mighty pf, we cannot be fooled.

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        I think originally it was supposed to be the ID of the linked NAT rule, but those IDs are far too long to print there and nobody really needs to see them.

        It should probably just be removed.

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          senser
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          IC. How about using the row for something else then?

          When you look at the filter logs via ssh or the serial console (option 10) Filter Logs), there are some rule numbers shown close to the beginning of each log entry (eg 12/0). Seems like those are the internal (kernel) pf rule numbers. I think it would be nice to display those in the GUI, if possible.

          We use the mighty pf, we cannot be fooled.

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            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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            Those numbers are dynamic and unpredictable, and it would be a lot of work to try to match them up for very little benefit.

            You can click the action icon by the logs (or on 2.1, turn on the rule display in the log settings) and it can match them up that way.

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