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0. Overview This guide will get you started with using aliases in pfSense to simplify your firewall rules (port forwarding, outbound NAT rules, etc). In the steps below, we will create a Host Alias. 1. What is an alia…

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0. Overview This guide will get you started on assigning static IP addresses for your hosts. 1. Why set a static IP? This should be obvious, but in case it isn’t, static IP address assignments keep your servers and se…

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Note: it seems the DuckDNS plugin for ACME has a bug - if you have domains on multiple accounts from them, you need to make different certs for each account. ACME attempts to use the first API key regardless of what you …

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If you are running a pfSense/any FreeBSD machine with a Realtek NIC, you may have noticed it randomly shits the bed when under load: re0: watchdog timeout re0: link state changed to DOWN Well, the default drivers in th…

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:stop_sign: :warning: :warning: :warning: This guide was written for pfSense 2.4.x with pfblockerNG 2.1.x. As of pfblockerNG v3.1.0 and later, included with pfSense v2.5.2 and later, this guide is now obsolete. pfblock…

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