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    • vallum
      vallum last edited by

      Thank You doktornotor,

      I want to restrict Bandwidth and At the same time URL filtering for LAN users .

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        doktornotor Banned last edited by

        Well then stick with 2.1.5 until fixed.

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          Supermule Banned last edited by

          Just a thought…. in 2.2.x they introduced Unbound as the default resolver.

          Could it be related to that?

          If changing DNS forwarder to the former one also available in the GUI, will it work??

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            doktornotor Banned last edited by

            Hmmm? Not really sure how's this related to unbound, or even any resolver at all? When I put limiters on a NAT firewall rule, the traffic stop flowing. As simple as that.

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              gringo13 last edited by

              I have same problem.
              Firstly i am sorry for my english.
              I install squid+transparent mode. Filter active and  everything works good.
              When i do limiter activate, then i cant internet access.

              In proxy server, disable transparent mode; then internet can access and works fine limiter. But filter doesnt works.
              What is problem and what can i do?
              Help pls.  Regard.

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                doktornotor Banned last edited by

                @gringo13:

                What is problem

                It is broken! Did you read the thread?

                @gringo13:

                and what can i do?

                Ditch the proxy, or wait, or get debugging and coding.

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                  gringo13 last edited by

                  @doktornotor:

                  @gringo13:

                  What is problem

                  It is broken! Did you read the thread?

                  @gringo13:

                  and what can i do?

                  Ditch the proxy, or wait, or get debugging and coding.

                  Problem is at the same time transparent mode and traffic shapper doesnt works.
                  If i disable limiter then no block internet. But i enable limiter block internet.
                  Or i disable transparent mode and enable limiter then works fine but doesnt work filter.

                  What do I need to work both at the same time?

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                    doktornotor Banned last edited by

                    @gringo13:

                    What do I need to work both at the same time?

                    Go re-read the previous reply a couple of times.

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                      Riroxi last edited by

                      This issue persists on 2.2.2? Oh Crap :(

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                        Skegton last edited by

                        I also noticed this yesterday. After limiters added to pass all rule and logging enabled, the rule blocks all traffic for that interface and fills up the System logs.

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                          doktornotor Banned last edited by

                          Your "fills up the System logs" non-issue has nothing to do with the topic here. When you log ALL passed traffic, then yeah, your logs are going to fill up, limiters or not.

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                            eri-- last edited by

                            @doktornotor:

                            Hmmm? Not really sure how's this related to unbound, or even any resolver at all? When I put limiters on a NAT firewall rule, the traffic stop flowing. As simple as that.

                            This should be fixed in 2.2.3 snapshots.

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                              doktornotor Banned last edited by

                              Thanks, will test as soon as nanobsd becomes usable again…  :D

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                                cwagz last edited by

                                @ermal:

                                @doktornotor:

                                Hmmm? Not really sure how's this related to unbound, or even any resolver at all? When I put limiters on a NAT firewall rule, the traffic stop flowing. As simple as that.

                                This should be fixed in 2.2.3 snapshots.

                                I am seeing this problem on 2.2.3-DEVELOPMENT (amd64) built on Fri Jun 19 14:25:29 CDT 2015 FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p13.  No traffic with limiter and transparent proxy.

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                                  doktornotor Banned last edited by

                                  Yeah this is still broken. Don't use limiters on NAT.

                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4596
                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4590

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                                    NABAMB last edited by

                                    Still not working on Pfsense 2.2.3 final release. I need both, limiter and  transparent squid proxy to work together for my scenario.

                                    Regards,

                                    Nabeel

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                                      Alfanetindo last edited by

                                      I have been having this problem also. It's a BIG problem actually for me. Does anyone know if it's been fixed yet, and if not if it's been brought to the developers attention ?

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                                      • Derelict
                                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

                                        Apparently the changes to fix this are significant so they have pushed it to 2.3.  I see they're planning a 2.2.5 first so you're looking at months (at least) before limiters are usable again. Use 2.1.5 and hope no significant vulnerabilities appear since they have stated they will not be patched.  Or evaluate other options, as I am.

                                        2.2 is, for the most part, useless if you rely on dummynet limiters.

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                                          Abhishek last edited by

                                          @doktornotor:

                                          Well then stick with 2.1.5 until fixed.

                                          Can any1 share 2.1.5 v pfsense usb image ?

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                                          • Derelict
                                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

                                            That's a pretty good question.

                                            I just clicked around and couldn't find a 2.1.5 download.

                                            You might want to start thinking about other products/distros if you can't wait months for the functionality you need.

                                            I <3 pfSense but this limiter shit is getting old.

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                                              doktornotor Banned last edited by

                                              @Derelict:

                                              That's a pretty good question.

                                              I just clicked around and couldn't find a 2.1.5 download.

                                              You clicking skills suck.  ;D :P

                                              Just click on the "Just show me the mirrors" on the download page. Select one, and go to "old" dir.

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                                              • Derelict
                                                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

                                                Didn't see the old dir.  Knew it was there somewhere.  Thanks.

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                                                  Alfanetindo last edited by

                                                  SOLVED*

                                                  I managed to find a simple fix. All I needed to do was create a pass all firewall rule on the (LAN) interface for port 3128 (my proxy port).

                                                  IPv4 TCP * * * 3128 * none   Rule to allow transparent proxy to work

                                                  It worked and the speed limiter still works also.

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                                                    Abhishek last edited by

                                                    @Alfanetindo:

                                                    SOLVED*

                                                    I managed to find a simple fix. All I needed to do was create a pass all firewall rule on the (LAN) interface for port 3128 (my proxy port).

                                                    IPv4 TCP * * * 3128 * none   Rule to allow transparent proxy to work

                                                    It worked and the speed limiter still works also.

                                                    anyone else tested this ?

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                                                      gringo13 last edited by

                                                      @Abhishek:

                                                      @Alfanetindo:

                                                      SOLVED*

                                                      I managed to find a simple fix. All I needed to do was create a pass all firewall rule on the (LAN) interface for port 3128 (my proxy port).

                                                      IPv4 TCP * * * 3128 * none   Rule to allow transparent proxy to work

                                                      It worked and the speed limiter still works also.

                                                      anyone else tested this ?

                                                      Limiter still not working!

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                                                        techgs last edited by

                                                        I can confirm that the issue solved 100 %

                                                        My configuration :

                                                        1.  Pfsense Version :  2.2.4-RELEASE (amd64)
                                                        built on Sat Jul 25 19:57:37 CDT 2015

                                                        2.  Packages Installed :  A.  Squid :  2.7.9 pkg v.4.3.6  ( Do not install squid3 – its very buggy )
                                                        b.  Squidguard : 1.9.14  -- squid configured as a transparent proxy on lan interface  - rest are default settings.

                                                        3.  Memory : 1 GB

                                                        4.  Bandwidth Available :  4 MB

                                                        5.  Limiter applies for testing :  only to 1 ip  ( 256 kb download and 1 mb upload )

                                                        6.  Result  tested with speed.net  (  Worked exactly as expected )

                                                        7.  All test carried when no one else using internet ( doubly confirmed )

                                                        Please mark that this issue is fully resolved.

                                                        Kudos and special thanks to  Alfanetindo  for a simple but a great solution.

                                                        Steps need to be taken...

                                                        1.  Following rule must be first rule

                                                        IPv4 TCP    *    *    *    3128    *    none        Rule to allow transparent proxy to work

                                                        2.  Then you can apply the limiter rule.






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                                                          djzort last edited by

                                                          the order of the actual pf rules must be the issue then, perhaps someone can post the pf rules of working 2.1.5 and not working 2.2.x

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                                                            Ecnerwal last edited by

                                                            Not "solved" and the rule change does not "solve" it. Looks like it just bypasses the limiter.

                                                            Tried on 2.2.4, squid 3 (what was installed, has not been transparent since I decided that limiter fairness beat the heck out of squid caching if I had to pick only one of those) - traffic limited at 10 and running 10.6 shot above 12, quality shot from 40 to 1500 ms.

                                                            Uninstalled squid 3, installed 2.7.9.

                                                            Traffic again shot above 12, quality went to 400, then 1200 ms.

                                                            Turned off transparent and disabled firewall rule. Traffic remained high, quality low, so I reset states as well to flush it out.

                                                            Back to 10.4 and 27 ms.

                                                            Guess I'll have to find a second box to run an independent squid instance between pfSense and the rest of the LAN, since this is not remotely working (on older versions I could have both work, but only when cache hits were shaped, which was NOT the point, and the workarounds some claimed to work for that always left me with a locked up system and no network access.

                                                            I have been running the limiter (and basically no squid, or only non-transparent squid which is functionally like no squid) since last spring with excellent results on getting fairness while allowing most of the BW to be used (one user gets it all (minus limiter overhead to make the limiter work at all), two users share evenly, 80 users share evenly) and holding quality to a reasonable level.

                                                            "Quality to a reasonable level" is basically tuning the main limiters' in/out values that are then divided among users.

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                                                              debianxp last edited by

                                                              Finally the only way to fix this was installing the old version of pfsense 2.1.5. I tested with squid transparent mode, dansguardian and Limiters and everything works fine. I was reading the pfsense Digest and there are many security issues and bugs from the old version 2.1.5 to the last version 2.2.4, like a multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were found in the pfSense WebGUI, and OpenSSL “FREAK” vulnerability (If packages include a web server or similar component, such as a proxy, an improper user configuration may be affected. Consult the package documentation or forum for details.)

                                                              My question, is there any secure way to keep this old version for remote access?

                                                              Regards!

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                                                                chris4916 last edited by

                                                                That's a pretty strange technical debate here about rule handling access to port 3128 while idea is to use transparent proxy which is, by design, implemented in such a way that proxy port is unknown browser side and accessed only internally.

                                                                Not reading even further, when I saw such proposal in term of FW rule associated with transparent proxy, I was…  :o ???....  ::)

                                                                If issue is with transparent proxy only, why don't you move to explicit proxy with is definitely far better, in any case?

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                                                                  Ecnerwal last edited by

                                                                  Explicit proxy is fine for my fixed machines that won't be on another network; and it's set up on them, in fact.

                                                                  Setting up explicit proxy on mobile machines tends to break them when they go elsewhere. The user base not being all that savvy, various possible schemes of network settings to implement explicit proxy here that they would change away from when elsewhere might work for 2% of them. And it would be a pain for that 2%, even - Oh, I switched networks. Now I need to switch network settings. Oh, Joy.

                                                                  Auto Proxy discovery is a delightfully kludgy old process (netscape - that brings back memories) and not turned on by default for most systems.

                                                                  So, for effective proxy that actually works for the majority of a mobile user-base, transparent is useful (when it works.)

                                                                  Your environment may differ.

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                                                                    killmasta93 last edited by

                                                                    Also just want to point out that limiter also break NAT Reflection mode for port forwards  :-[

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                                                                      JDvD last edited by

                                                                      Has it been solved for the new version 2.2.4?

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                                                                        killmasta93 last edited by

                                                                        nah not sure  maybe for 2.2.5 :)

                                                                        I would love to have limiter to work with NAT reflection

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                                                                        • Derelict
                                                                          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

                                                                          As far as I know this problem is punted to 2.3, unfortunately.

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                                                                            killmasta93 last edited by

                                                                            So on 2.2.2 Limiter does not have any issue with NAT reflection? on 2.2.4 still theres issues

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                                                                              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

                                                                              I think it's 2.2.X.

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                                                                                Ecnerwal last edited by

                                                                                @JDvD:

                                                                                Has it been solved for the new version 2.2.4?

                                                                                I'm having the problem on 2.2.4, so, no.

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                                                                                  foresthus last edited by

                                                                                  Hi there,

                                                                                  I have got the same problem. Version 2.2.4 (64Bit) does not work with transparent proxy anymore. In version 2.1.5 it worked fine. In that version (2.1.5) it was also possible to change the port of squid to a port beneeth 100. This is not working in 2.2.4 aswell.

                                                                                  I guess this must be a bug.  ??? :-\

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                                                                                    cmutwiwa last edited by

                                                                                    7 months later and this issue has not been addressed yet?…not complaining tho', SmallWall has kept me happy so far.
                                                                                    I hope this issue will be addressed tho' would like to use pf.

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