Index
A
- Access Control Lists (ACLs) / There's more...
- Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) / Introduction
- aliases
- using / Creating and using aliases, Using an alias
- creating / Creating and using aliases
- host(s) / There's more...
- network(s) / There's more...
- port(s) / There's more...
- URL (IPs) / There's more...
- URL Table (IPs) / There's more...
- URL Table (Ports) / There's more...
- editing / Editing an alias
- deleting / Deleting an alias
- multiple IP addresses, importing / Bulk importing aliases
- reference / Bulk importing aliases
- alternate DNS servers
- specifying / Specifying alternate DNS servers, How it works...
- DNS resolver, using / Using the DNS resolver
- WAN DNS servers, using / Using your WAN DNS servers
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) / Creating a captive portal with RADIUS authentication
- Authentication Header (AH) / There's more...
- authorized RSA keys
- generating / Generating authorized RSA keys, How it works...
- Autonomous Systems (AS) / How it works...
B
- bandwidth usage
- reference / See also
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- configuring, with FRRouting (FRR) / Configuring BGP using FRR, How to do it..., How it works...
- about / Configuring BGP using FRR, How it works...
- bridge
- Show Advanced button / There's more...
- bridging / Introduction, Bridging
C
- captive portal
- creating, without authentication / Creating a captive portal without authentication, How to do it...
- pages, customizing / There's more...
- creating, with voucher authentication / Creating a captive portal with voucher authentication, How to do it...
- Vouchers tab / There's more...
- creating, with User Manager authentication / Creating a captive portal with User Manager authentication, How to do it...
- creating, with RADIUS authentication / Creating a captive portal with RADIUS authentication, How to do it..., How it works...
- CARP failover group
- configuring / Configuring a CARP failover group, How to do it..., How it works...
- status, checking / There's more...
- Certificate Authority (CA) / There's more...
- Class-Based Queuing (CBQ) / There's more...
- Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP) / Introduction
- console menu
- used, for assigning interfaces / Assigning interfaces from the console, How it works...
- used, for configuring WAN interface / Configuring a WAN interface from the console
- used, for configuring LAN interface / Configuring a LAN interface from the console, How it works...
- used, for configuring optional interfaces / Configuring optional interfaces from the console, How it works...
D
- dedicated links / There's more...
- deep packet inspection / Introduction
- DeMilitarized Zone (DMZ) / Getting ready
- deployment scenario
- determining / Determining our deployment scenario
- DHCP6 server
- configuring / Configuring the DHCP6 server, How to do it...
- prefix delegation / Prefix delegation
- DHCP relay
- configuring / Configuring the DHCP relay, How it works...
- DHCP server
- configuring / Configuring the DHCP server, How it works...
- Deny unknown clients checkbox, clicking / Deny unknown clients
- DNS servers /
- Gateway edit box / Gateway
- domain name / Domain name
- default lease time / Default lease time
- maximum lease time / Maximum lease time
- failover peer IP / Failover peer IP
- static ARP / Static ARP
- dynamic DNS / Dynamic DNS
- additional BOOTP/DHCP options / Additional BOOTP/DHCP options
- Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) / There's more...
- distance vector protocol / Dynamic routing
- DNS resolver
- configuring / Configuring the DNS resolver, How to do it..., How it works...
- DNS Servers / How to do it...
- dynamic DNS
- configuring / Configuring dynamic DNS, How it works...
- alternative service. specifying with RFC 2136 / Specifying an alternative service using RFC 2136
- reference / Specifying an alternative service using RFC 2136
- dynamic routing / Dynamic routing
E
- EchoLink / Getting ready
- embedded image
- selecting / Choosing a standard or embedded image
- embedded platform
- pros and cons / Choosing a standard or embedded image
- installing, on desktop/server/laptop / Installing the embedded platform on a desktop/server/laptop
- Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) / There's more...
- End User Licence Agreement (EULA) / Introduction
- external logging
- configuring, with syslog server / Configuring external logging with a syslog server, How to do it...
F
- firewall rule
- creating / Creating a firewall rule, How to do it...
- options / There's more...
- source port / The source port
- ordering / Ordering firewall rules
- duplicating / Duplicating firewall rules
- advanced features / Advanced features
- schedule, setting / Setting a firewall rule schedule, How it works..., There's more...
- week dates or days, selecting / Selecting dates or days of the week
- first-in, first-out (FIFO) / Introduction
- floating rule
- creating / Creating a floating rule, How to do it..., Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- port redirection / Port redirection
- port redirection example / Port redirection example
- used, for configuring traffic shaping / Configuring traffic shaping using floating rules, How it works..., There's more...
- possibilities, for matching traffic / There's more...
- form factor
- selecting / Choosing a form factor
- embedded platform, installing on desktop/server/laptop / Installing the embedded platform on a desktop/server/laptop
- standard platform, installing on appliance / Installing the standard platform on an appliance
- form factor, types
- small form / Choosing a form factor
- desktop / Choosing a form factor
- server / Choosing a form factor
- FreeBSD
- reference / Choosing a standard or embedded image
- FRRouting (FRR)
- about / Configuring BGP using FRR
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), configuring / How to do it..., How it works...
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), configuring / Configuring OSPF using FRR, How to do it...
H
- hardware requirements
- reference / Determining our throughput requirements
- Hierarchical Fair Service Curve (HFSC) / There's more...
- high availability / Introduction
- hop / Using traceroute
I
- interface requirements
- determining / Determining our interface requirements
- Wide Area Network (WAN) / Determining our interface requirements
- Local Area Network (LAN) / Determining our interface requirements
- Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) / Determining our interface requirements
- wireless guest network (GUEST WIFI) / Determining our interface requirements
- interfaces
- assigning, console menu used / Assigning interfaces from the console, How it works...
- bridging / Bridging interfaces, How to do it...
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) / There's more...
- Internet Key Exchange (IKE) / Creating an outbound NAT entry
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) / There's more...
- Internet Service Provider (ISP) / Getting ready, Creating a captive portal with RADIUS authentication
- interoperability / Choosing the right VPN server
- intrusion detection system (IDS) / Configuring traffic shaping using Snort
- intrusion prevention system (IPS) / Configuring traffic shaping using Snort
- IPsec connections
- configurations / There's more...
- IPsec mobile client configuration
- options / There's more...
- IPsec OpenVPN server (peer-to-peer)
- IPsec settings page
- Pre-Shared Keys / There's more...
- Advanced Settings / There's more...
- IPsec VPN service
- connecting to / Connecting to the IPsec VPN service, Getting ready, How to do it...
- IPsec VPN service (client/server)
L
- L2TP VPN service
- configuring / Configuring the L2TP VPN service, How to do it...
- LAN interface
- configuring / Configuring a LAN interface, How it works...
- configuring, from console menu / Configuring a LAN interface from the console, How it works...
- Link-State Advertisements (LSAs) / How to do it...
- link state protocol / Dynamic routing
- Local Area Network (LAN) / Getting ready
M
- management information bases (MIBs) / Getting ready
- multiple WAN interfaces
- adding / Adding multiple WAN interfaces, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
- gateway, settings / There's more...
- gateway groups, settings / There's more...
N
- NAT-PnP
- enabling / Enabling UPnP and NAT-PnP
- reference / See also
- Netgate ADI / Choosing a standard or embedded image
- net neutrality / Introduction
- netstat
- about / Using netstat
- using / Using netstat
- Network Address Translation (NAT) / Introduction
- Network Address Translation (NAT) rules
- outbound NAT / Creating a NAT port forwarding entry
- about / Creating a NAT port forwarding entry
- one-to-one NAT entry / Creating a NAT port forwarding entry
- Network Prefix Translation (NPt) / Creating a NAT port forwarding entry
- network configuration
- interfaces, identifying / Identifying and assigning interfaces
- network interface card (NIC) / How it works...
- Network Interface Cards (NICs) / Determining our interface requirements
- network management station (NMS) / Getting ready
- Network Prefix Translation (NPt) entry
- creating / Creating an NPt entry, How it works...
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- about / Configuring NTP
- configuring / Configuring NTP, How to do it...
- hostnames / There's more...
- IP addresses / There's more...
- NTop package / Choosing a standard or embedded image
O
- one-to-one NAT entry
- creating / Creating a 1:1 NAT entry, There's more...
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- about / Dynamic routing, How it works...
- configuring, with FRRouting (FRR) / Configuring OSPF using FRR, How to do it..., How it works...
- OpenVPN service
- configuring / Configuring the OpenVPN service, How to do it..., There's more...
- connecting to / Connecting to the OpenVPN service, How to do it..., There's more...
- optional interfaces
- configuring / Configuring optional interfaces from the console, How it works...
- configuring, from console menu / Configuring optional interfaces from the console, How it works...
- outbound NAT entry
- creating / Creating an outbound NAT entry, How to do it..., There's more...
P
- PFS (Perfect Forward Security) / There's more...
- pfSense
- about / Introduction
- settings / Applying basic settings to General Setup, How to do it...
- interfaces, assigning / Identifying and assigning interfaces
- backing up / Backing up pfSense, How it works..., There's more...
- backup and restore documentation, reference / See also
- restoring / Restoring pfSense, There's more...
- updating / Updating pfSense, There's more...
- Upgrade Guide, reference / See also
- reference / Choosing a standard or embedded image
- pfSense Appliances
- reference / Installing the standard platform on an appliance
- pfTop
- about / Using pfTop
- using / Using pfTop, How to do it...
- ping
- about / Using ping
- using / Using ping, How to do it..., How it works...
- reference / See also
- Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)
- configuring / Configuring PPPoE, How to do it...
- RADIUS server, using / There's more...
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) / Introduction, Choosing the right VPN server
- port redirection
- security through obscurity / Port redirection
- single public IP address / Port redirection
- example / Port redirection example
- Priority Queuing (PRIQ) / There's more...
- problem solving
- structured approach / A structured approach to problem solving
R
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) / There's more...
- redundancy / Introduction
- Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
- about / Creating a captive portal with RADIUS authentication
- reference / See also
- Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) / Port redirection
- RIP
- configuring, with routed / Configuring RIP using routed, How to do it...
- Round Robin Database (RRD) / There's more...
- routing
- about / Introduction, Routing
- dynamic routing / Dynamic routing
S
- Security Gateways
- reference / Installing the standard platform on an appliance
- server load balancing
- configuring / Configuring server load balancing, How to do it...
- manual failover mode, enabling / There's more...
- Shrew
- reference / Connecting to the IPsec VPN service
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- configuring / Configuring SNMP, How to do it...
- trap server, specifying / There's more...
- reference / See also
- Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) / How it works...
- Snort
- used, for configuring traffic shaping / Configuring traffic shaping using Snort, How it works...
- packet sniffing mode / There's more...
- packet logging mode / There's more...
- network intrusion prevention mode / There's more...
- documentation, reference / There's more...
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) / There's more...
- SSH
- accessing / Accessing the SSH, How to do it...
- SSH access
- enabling / Enabling SSH access, There's more...
- SSH RSA key authentication
- stand-alone DHCP/DNS server
- configuring / Configuring a stand-alone DHCP/DNS server, How it works...
- Register DHCP Leases in DNS Resolver option / Register DHCP leases in DNS resolver
- standard platform
- pros and cons / Choosing a standard or embedded image
- installing, on appliance / Installing the standard platform on an appliance
- static DHCP mappings
- configuring / Configuring static DHCP mappings, How it works...
- static route
- adding / Adding a static route, How to do it..., How it works...
- asymmetric traffic, handling / There's more...
- syslog server
- external logging, configuring / Configuring external logging with a syslog server, How to do it...
T
- tcpdump
- about / Using tcpdump
- using / Using tcpdump
- tcpflow
- about / Using tcpflow
- using / Using tcpflow, How to do it...
- reference / How to do it...
- throughput requirements
- determining / Determining our throughput requirements
- traceroute
- about / Using traceroute
- using / Using traceroute, How to do it..., How it works...
- reference / See also
- traffic shaping
- configuring, traffic shaping wizard used / Configuring traffic shaping using the traffic-shaping wizard, How to do it..., There's more...
- configuring, with floating rules / Configuring traffic shaping using floating rules, How it works...
- configuring, Snort used / Configuring traffic shaping using Snort, How to do it..., There's more...
- traffic shaping wizard
- used, for configuring traffic shaping / Configuring traffic shaping using the traffic-shaping wizard, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
U
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) / Introduction
- UPnP
- enabling / Enabling UPnP and NAT-PnP, There's more..., Security warning
- reference / See also
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP) / Introduction
V
- Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- configuring / Configuring VLANs, How it works...
- about / Configuring VLANs
- configuring, at console menu / Configuring VLANs from the console, How to do it...
- Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- about / Introduction
- server, selecting / Choosing the right VPN server
- Voice over IP (VoIP) / Introduction, Determining our deployment scenario
W
- Wake-on-LAN
- enabling / Enabling Wake-on-LAN, How to do it...
- MAC address, adding / There's more...
- reference / See also
- WAN interface
- configuring / Configuring a WAN interface
- configuring, from console menu / Configuring a WAN interface from the console, How it works...
- Wide Area Network (WAN) / Configuring a WAN interface
- wireless access point
- Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) / Introduction