[Solved/pfSense 2.02] Permanent outgoing PING to next internet gateway
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Since upgrading from pfSense 1.2.3 to 2.0.2-RELEASE, I noticed that "something" in pfSense is constantly sending a ICMP Ping Request to the internet provider's gateway (1 per second). The packet capture log looks like:
11:25:44.939758 IP [dyn IP 123.x.x.x] > [gateway IP]: ICMP echo request, id 8906, seq 25351, length 44
11:25:44.966965 IP [gateway IP] > [dyn IP 123.x.x.x]: ICMP echo reply, id 8906, seq 25351, length 44I went through all pfSense settings, but were unable to find anything that causes this ping. Setting NAT outbound to "manual" and disabling/changing all 127.0.0.0/8 rules didn't help either.
pfSense is set up with 1 WAN configured as PPPoE, and 1 LAN network.
What causes the constant ping, and how to disable it? I like to use the disconnect feature (idle timeout), but the pings render this feature useless.
Thanks in advance.
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Go to System->Routing. Edit your gateway. In the Edit Gateway screen, place a check mark next to Disable Gateway Monitoring.
That might do the trick.
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Thanks, that did the job.