Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    A way to get around a proxy server

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General pfSense Questions
    6 Posts 3 Posters 1.5k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • P
      pfsenseguru
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I am trying to download the packages for pfsense but I am not able to do so as my office network is behind a proxy connection. So it would not let my WAN interface connect to the internet as the proxy server blocks the connections. That being said, I was wondering whether there is any way around to bypass the proxy connection for the WAN interface?

      Thanks

      Regards
      Ehsan

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        you can setup a proxy for pfsense to use to download packages.

        advanced, misc

        An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
        If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
        Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
        SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • P
          pfsenseguru
          last edited by

          Thanks for the reply!

          I tried going down that road. When I setup the proxy in Advanced > Miscellaneous with a proxy url and port, I get the version update message in the dashboard but it still doesn't connect to the "Available packages" to be able to download the packages. For some reason, the proxy doesn't let the connection access that ftp to download packages. Not only that, I cannot even ping any dns servers.

          So I was wondering if I could wrap around the whole proxy connection…

          Thanks

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            well that is way outside the scope of this forum - your asking how to circumvent a companies security policy.

            Not sure why you would think a proxy would have to do with pinging anything?  Does your work proxy support ftp?  I would really suggest you get with your company network/security guys to allow your pfsense out direct, etc.  Why you would be running pfsense inside a company network that you do not manage the network for is beyond me ;)

            An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
            If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
            Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
            SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • N
              NOYB
              last edited by

              System: Advanced: Miscellaneous - Proxy support

              Does it, or can it be made to, support SOCKS proxy.  If so would that eliminate the protocol barrier (ftp, http, etc.)?

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • N
                NOYB
                last edited by

                Perhaps you could create an OpenVPN connection to an external site, such as your home.

                A pfSense OpenVPN Client, configured to use your companies SOCKS proxy if they have one, that connects to an external pfSense OpenVPN Server, at say your home.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • First post
                  Last post
                Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.