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Learn pfSense 2.4

You're reading from   Learn pfSense 2.4 Get up and running with Pfsense and all the core concepts to build firewall and routing solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789343113
Length 346 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with pfSense FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing pfSense 3. Configuring pfSense 4. Captive Portal 5. Additional pfSense Services 6. Firewall and NAT 7. Traffic Shaping 8. Virtual Private Networks 9. Multiple WANs 10. Routing and Bridging 11. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 12. Assessments 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Troubleshooting

If your firewall rules are not doing what you expect them to do, you will need to troubleshoot them, and odds are that it will happen at some point. The obvious first step is to diagnose the problem. For example, nodes on a particular network may not be able to access the internet. Narrowing the scope of the problem is important. If the problem is limited to a certain interface, or certain application/service or protocol, then it will help us in pinpointing the source of the problem.

It is good practice to start by checking the Floating Rules tab. This is because floating rules can take precedence over rules for an individual interface, and if the problem is a floating rule, we can save time that would have been spent checking (and probably double-checking) an interface’s ruleset.

If you are running a proxy setting, you may want to check the settings on...

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