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| | 31 | === Firewall & NAT === |
| | 32 | |
| | 33 | In production, depending on number of hosts and concurrent connections, you may need to increase values of '''Firewall Maximum States''' or '''Firewall Maximum Table Entries'''. |
| | 34 | |
| | 35 | If you tick '''Disable Firewall''' option, it will convert the pfSense in to a normal routing device, remember it will remove NAT functions as well. |
| | 36 | |
| | 37 | === Networking === |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | You may control IPv6 capabilities of the pfSense from this section and enable/disable IPv6 on the device. |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | > We recommend not to touch this. |
| | 42 | |
| | 43 | By any chance, if you need to change WAN interface addresses regularly, it is a good option to tick '''Reset All States''' |
| | 44 | |
| | 45 | === Notifications === |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | In production environment, it is a good idea to configure SMTP settings for your pfsense. |