Firewall

The Firewall menu entries configure firewall rules, NAT rules, and their supporting structure.

Aliases:

Manages collections of IP addresses, networks, or ports to simplify rule creation and management.

See Aliases.

NAT:

Manages NAT rules that control port forwards, 1:1 NAT, and Outbound NAT behavior.

See Network Address Translation.

Rules:

Configures firewall rules. This page contains one tab for each configured interface, plus tabs for groups and different VPN types, when enabled.

See Introduction to the Firewall Rules screen.

Schedules:

Manages time-based rule schedules.

See Time Based Rules.

Traffic Shaper:

Manages traffic shaping/Quality of Service (QoS) settings.

See Traffic Shaper.

Virtual IPs:

Configure Virtual IP addresses which allow pfSense® software to handle traffic for more than one IP address per interface, typically for NAT rules or High Availability.

See Virtual IP Addresses.