Questions tagged [pfsense]
A free firewall based on Packet Filter (pf) and FreeBSD 6.
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How to limit bandwidth used by an IP in the penalty box in pfSense
We're trying to use the pfSense traffic shaping feature known as the Penalty Box. We are interested in limiting the bandwidth of a particular IP to 2%.
Note: There is a four-year-old bug in pfSense ...
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pfsense 2.0 traffic priority - set full priority for single host
I have a network with several computers all on the same network and since I have very limited bandwidth I would like to prioritize traffic almost like a CPU scheduler prioritize processes.
Example: ...
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iPhone states it has IP address A. Access point says iPhone has IP address B. What gives?
I have an iphone, a unifi AP and a pfsense router. I set pfsense to give out static IP addresses. My iPhone is supposed to receive 10.12.1.144.
Well according to my iPhone, the Ip address it ...
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pfSense, nginx reverse proxy and letsencrypt
I need help configuring letsencrypt to work with an nginx reverse proxy and pfSense firewall / gateway.
Setup is as follows:
-> 192.168.0.4 ...
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VMWare VM as router for windows host
Goal - use virtual machine as router/firewall for host VM is running on.
I created VMWare VM and installed pfSense. Configured two network adapters for WAN (bridged, VMNet0) and LAN (host-only, ...
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Switch between TWO different WAN providers on schedule
I have two internet providers at home, the one offers an uncapped service from 23H00 to 18H00 the following day, and the other provider is an LTE provider to use between 18H00 to 23H00 daily
I'm ...
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Control Port Forwarding on Second Router
Basically, I want my WAN 1 connection port forwarding to be managed entirely by PfSense. Please note there is no option/possibility for me to remove the ISP router for WAN 1. Will it be possible if I ...
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Pass port traffic from home router > pfsense VM > gaming server
I want to setup a gaming server on a physical host I have at home. I am having trouble passing traffic through my home router to the pfsense VM, to the gaming host.
My network looks like this:
Home ...
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New to Active Domain/Windows DNS, using pfSense resolver for external DNS and routing?
I have some questions about setting up Active Domain with pfSense. I'm pretty new to this and I haven't found any posts specifically dealing with these questions, and I've been scouring for hours.
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How do I get pfsense WAN IP after I set it up on DHCP?
I just installed a FreeBSD 64-bit virtual machine with pfSense 2.3.2 with VMware Workstation 12, but with VMware Workstation 11 hardware compatibility.
I booted and standard-installed pfSense and got ...
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Squid3 Reverse Proxy - Force Cache and Suppress Version
I have been using pfSense for about 2 years now and I love it. One of my favorite features has come to be Squid2 and Squid3. Right now I am using Squid3 to run both proxy and reverse proxy.
There are ...
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Block other workstations on WAN network accessing LAN of pfSense
I am using VMware ESXi to create a network with a test domain running Exchange 2007.
I'm using pfSense as the firewall between my physical network (which I am using as the WAN) and the VM internal ...
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How to setup pfSense 2.0 for TunnelBroker.net?
What is the procedure to create an IPv6 tunnel in pfSense 2.0?
pfSense 2.0 (RC3) supports creation of a GIF tunnels:
The help is pretty generic, and pretty unhelpful:
In pfSense 2.0, GIF ...
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pfSense: Have router connect, and route, to a PPTP server?
i have a main office running a PPTP VPN server (Microsoft Remote Access Services). Is it possible for the pfSense router at a satellite location to automatically route traffic destined for the main ...
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Fordwarding all incoming traffic to a specific dest IP through OpenVPN tap0 interface
Can anybody help me out on how I am supposed to make sure, my VPS accepts all traffic to 1.1.1.1/30 (sample IP) and forwards it to my pfSense instance?
I've got the following setting:
I have a VPS ...
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