Install pfSense Qemu Guest Agent Rumi, February 24, 2023 Software Versions The following software versions were used in this post. pfSense Community Edition – 2.6.0 QEMU Guest Agent – 5.0.1 Install the qemu-guest-agent package. pkg install -y qemu-guest-agent Once installed, there is a note on how to setup the agent. Modify your `/etc/rc.conf` by adding these settings qemu_guest_agent_enable=”YES” qemu_guest_agent_flags=”-d… Continue Reading
Extreme slow internet speed pfsense over proxmox Rumi, February 16, 2023 For a qemu proxmox guest PFSense acts weriedly with the network speed- it gets extremely slow. So her goes the little tweaks that worked for me- First, I chose Intel E1000 Interfaces instead VirtIO. Second, in the PFSense webconsole- In pfSense GUI, System > Advanced > Networking > Tick on-… Continue Reading
pfSense firewall rules for WhatsApp Rumi, January 28, 2023 For simplicity, you can also follow the step by step instructions from your pfSense WebGUI below: 1. Create a PORT alias: Firewall -> Aliases -> Ports -> + AddName: WhatsAppPortsTCP Port: 443 -> + Add PortPort: 5222 Save (bottom) -> Apply Changes (top right) 2. Create a URL alias: Firewall -> Aliases –… Continue Reading
Mount CDROM to Pfsense Rumi, November 19, 2022 Go to a shell. Make a directory to mount the CD at: mkdir /tmp/cdrom Mount the CD: mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /tmp/cdrom or mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /tmp/cdrom CD is now mounted at /tmp/cdrom. When finished unmount: umount /tmp/cdrom * Note: If your cdrom device is not acd0, check the bootup messages for the… Continue Reading
Running pfSense in a XenServer with xenguest Rumi, November 19, 2022 If you deploy pfSense on a XenServer, you may be shocked at the performance loss-specially on interface speed! But wait, there are some tweaks to make this usable. Installing pfSense Go ahead and setup pfSense like normal, and when you are done, perform the following tweaks. (the day till it’s… Continue Reading
Set Up a Radius Server on pfSense Rumi, November 2, 2022November 5, 2022 Installing the Package The pfSense 2.X package manager includes both FreeRadius and FreeRadius2 as installation options. For this example, I’m going to be using FreeRadius2 since it has some additional features not found in the previous version. Only one version of radius can be installed on pfSense at a time…. Continue Reading
PFSense SNMP Configuration Rumi, September 9, 2022 Open a browser software, enter the IP address of your Pfsense firewall and access web interface. In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser: https://192.168.15.11 The Pfsense web interface should be presented. After a successful login, you will be sent to the Pfsense Dashboard. Access the Pfsense… Continue Reading
Allow Ping on PFSense WAN interface Rumi, September 9, 2022 This article shows you how to allow ##ping## on the WAN side of your pfSense firewall. By default, ping to WAN address is disabled on pfSense for security reason. However, you may want to allow ping for different reasons, here is how: # Login to pfSense # Open Firewall >… Continue Reading
Build PPPoE server using PfSense Rumi, June 29, 2022 Before building a PPoE system, it is estimated to assume that we’re building it on the following principal and prerequisite conditions- It’ll be a NAT PPPoE router At least 2 Interface we’ll be needing- 1 for WAN/Internet/Uplink and the other for LAN/PPoE user. A reserved LAN IP for PPPoE server… Continue Reading
Testing Freeradius of Pfsense Rumi, April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 FreeRADIUS offers an easy to use command line tool to check if the server is running and listening to incoming requests. Aninterface, a NAS/Client and a user must all be configured: Add a User with the following configuration:Username: testuser Password: testpassword Add a Client/NAS with the following configuration:IP-Address: 127.0.0.1 Shared… Continue Reading