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      cpatte7372
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      Hello Community,

      I would like increase the memory allocated to pfSense, see image.

      However, in order to increase the memory I have to power down pfSense.

      Can someone let me know how to power down / up pfSense without losing my configurations? e.g WAN, LAN Interface configurations etc.

      Cheers

      Carlton
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        doktornotor Banned
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        I cannot see why they should get lost in the first place by power down.

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          cmb
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          Nothing will be lost unless you're just running it from the live CD. If that's the case, install it.

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            cpatte7372
            last edited by

            WRONG!

            I have just powered down and then powered up and now I'm having re-enter interface ip addresses and everything!

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              doktornotor Banned
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              I guess the "if running from Live CD, install it" part must be extremely hard to get…

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                cpatte7372
                last edited by

                I'm not sure what you mean …

                At the following screen what should I select if I want to retrieve all of my original configurations?

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                  kejianshi
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                  Well - We are all hoping that at some point in the past you have pressed "I" and followed the prompts…

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                  • DerelictD
                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                    last edited by

                    @cpatte7372:

                    WRONG!

                    Damn that cmb.  Wrong about everything pfSense. :P

                    Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                    A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                    DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                    Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                      cpatte7372
                      last edited by

                      OK, so I've pressed "I" and presented with the following screen

                      I have selected "Accept these settings"

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                        last edited by

                        So install it on a disk, eject the "CD" and configure the thing or restore from a back up config.

                        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                          cpatte7372
                          last edited by

                          I'm assuming at the the following screen I should choose "Rescue config.xml"?

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                            doktornotor Banned
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                            OMG. Install the damned thing on the virtual drive! There is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed… You have no config.xml, you need to redo everything from scratch obviously.

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                              cpatte7372
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                              I got the following screen

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                              • DerelictD
                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                last edited by

                                No.  Install the software. Then if you have a config.xml to recover from you can do it.

                                Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                                A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                                DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                                Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                                  doktornotor Banned
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                                  Oh yeah, "there is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed" is another hard one.

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                                    cpatte7372
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                                    @doktornotor:

                                    OMG. Install the damned thing on the virtual drive! There is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed… You have no config.xml, you need to redo everything from scratch obviously.

                                    First thing, calm down.

                                    I'm trying to understand why I lose my configuration when I power down pfSense. I was told that I shouldn't lose it. Therefore, I powered down, and it appeared as though I lost my whole configuration - but I wasn't sure.

                                    Therefore, I was going through the process that might allow me recover my configuration.

                                    So, why don't you relax. If my questions annoy you walk away.

                                    If you gonna help then help, but if you're going to be rude then why bother reply?

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                                      kejianshi
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                                      Let the learning begin!

                                      You lost your config because pfsense was never installed.

                                      Once you install, you should be well on your way.

                                      You will have to reconfigure it again after install but the install will be retained from then on if you do it correctly.

                                      Then CMB will be RIGHT!!!

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                                        cpatte7372
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                                        @doktornotor:

                                        Oh yeah, "there is nothing to rescue when there's nothing installed" is another hard one.

                                        Well I clearly don't know if there is any settings that can be rescued….

                                        Are all members of this community as nice as you guys??

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                                          doktornotor Banned
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                                          Dude, dunno… have you ever installed ANY OS?

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                                            cpatte7372
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                                            Look, I had a fully functioning pfSense firewall with the configurations shown in the image.

                                            I asked the question, if I power down the firewall will I lose all of those configurations. The answer that came back was no.

                                            I powered it down and everything has gone. I'm trying to ensure that before I reconfigure I'm able to recover if the device is powered down.

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