Netflix being filtered..
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Ok so Im running pfsense 2.1.5, Squid 3.1.20, and Squidguard 1.4_4. I have created a target category with the following domains: netflix.com nflximg.com roku.com nflximg.net 108.175.38.174
And I checked Log to enable logging for this ACL. Under both Common and Groups ACL I created entries whitelisting that category and enabled logging again.When I hot my Roku device, open a movie in Netflix it will play.. for about 50% then it 'loses connection'. Trying to restart that movie results in connection lost issues. I check the Squid and Squidgaurd logs and nothing it logged about either of those two ACL's so I'm a bit lost right now.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
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I have no experience wirh Netflix, but Squid appears to have issues with streaming providers. You might try to nypass netflix in Squid, not in SquidGuard.
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In SquidGuard \ Common ACL do you have 'Do not allow IP-Addresses in URL' enabled?
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Nope.. do not allow ip addresses in URLs is NOT enabled.
Klaws, can you give me a pointer on that? I thought I did have Squid (not squid guard) whitelisting netflix.
I added those same domains to the ACL under proxy server whitelist, and under the General tab for Bypass proxy for these destination IPs.
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It's been a while.. I know. I don;t watch Netflix so I had to wait for the kids to give it another try and the changes I made apparently resolved it. Woot.
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The netflix player uses IP address to pull content, so your ACL's by domain name may not work once the player gets going.
See my reply in a similar thread about Netflix streaming and how to find the CIDR range to bypass in squid:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=94812.0