Comments on: How to allow ping on pfSense WAN? https://geekistheway.com/2020/08/01/how-to-allow-ping-on-pfsense-wan/ Trying to learn just a bit! Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: lkdsjflkdsj https://geekistheway.com/2020/08/01/how-to-allow-ping-on-pfsense-wan/#comment-299 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:27:00 +0000 http://crepaldi.us/?p=411#comment-299 mmmh, actually the destination should be “WAN”, not “This firewall”, unless you want to change the title of this post!

]]> By: Jake https://geekistheway.com/2020/08/01/how-to-allow-ping-on-pfsense-wan/#comment-163 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 06:34:03 +0000 http://crepaldi.us/?p=411#comment-163 >>By default, pings are not allowed and actually not recommended.

There are cases where echo requests to the WAN/firewall are beneficial and sometimes mandatory, such as tunneling IPv6 over IPv4.

Also, on your firewall rule, the destination should be “This Firewall” instead of “any”.

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