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pfSense 2.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By : David Zientara
Book Image

pfSense 2.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By: David Zientara

Overview of this book

pfSense is an open source distribution of the FreeBSD-based firewall that provides a platform for ?exible and powerful routing and firewalling. The versatility of pfSense presents us with a wide array of configuration options, which makes determining requirements a little more difficult and a lot more important compared to other offerings. pfSense 2.x Cookbook – Second Edition starts by providing you with an understanding of how to complete the basic steps needed to render a pfSense firewall operational. It starts by showing you how to set up different forms of NAT entries and firewall rules and use aliases and scheduling in firewall rules. Moving on, you will learn how to implement a captive portal set up in different ways (no authentication, user manager authentication, and RADIUS authentication), as well as NTP and SNMP configuration. You will then learn how to set up a VPN tunnel with pfSense. The book then focuses on setting up traffic shaping with pfSense, using either the built-in traffic shaping wizard, custom ?oating rules, or Snort. Toward the end, you will set up multiple WAN interfaces, load balancing and failover groups, and a CARP failover group. You will also learn how to bridge interfaces, add static routing entries, and use dynamic routing protocols via third-party packages.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Configuring BGP using FRR


In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to configure Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) using the FRRouting (FRR) package.

How to do it...

  1. Navigate toSystem | Package Manager.
  2. Click on the Available Packages tab.
  3. Find frr on the list of available packages and click on the Install button for frr.
  4. Click on the Confirm button. Installation should take less than 2 minutes.
  5. Once the Package Installer indicates that installation is complete, navigate to Services | FRR BGP.
  6. Check the Enable checkbox to enable BGP routing:
  1. In theLocal AS text field, enter the Autonomous System router number (a 32-bit unsigned integer).
  2. In the Router ID text field, enter a router ID, or keep it blank to use the default.
  3. In the Timers section, you may adjust a series of timers:
    • TheKeep alive intervaldetermines how long BGP will maintain routes from a peer without getting a response. If a BGP peer misses three keepalives, its route information is suppressed.
    • Hold time determines how long a peer should wait...