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pfSense 2.x Cookbook

You're reading from   pfSense 2.x Cookbook Manage and maintain your network using pfSense

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789806427
Length 298 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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David Zientara David Zientara
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Initial Configuration 2. Essential Services FREE CHAPTER 3. Firewall and NAT 4. Additional Services 5. Virtual Private Networking 6. Traffic Shaping 7. Redundancy, Load Balancing, and Failover 8. Routing and Bridging 9. Services and Maintenance 10. Backing Up and Restoring pfSense 11. Determining Hardware Requirements 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Updating pfSense

Odds are that, at some point, you are going to want to update pfSense, whther it's to take advantage of bug fixes, security patches, or new features. In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to update pfSense.

How to do it...

  1. Navigate to System | Update.
  2. Click on the Update Settings tab.
  3. In the Branch drop-down menu, select the correct branch (choices are Latest development snapshots and Latest stable version):

You can select the branch from either the System Update or the Update Settings tab.

  1. If you want to disable the dashboard auto-check, uncheck the Dashboard check checkbox.
  2. Click on the Save button when you are done making changes.
  3. Click on the System Update tab.
  4. Take note of the current base...
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