= Advance Configurations =

Maintaining a pfSense can be problematic if the configurations are not fine tuned to meet your network requirements.

== pfSense Advanced Settings ==

The advanced settings available under System > Advanced. There are there for additional tweaking or for those who need the functionality given. 

=== Admin Access ===

==== webConfigurator ====

These will change settings related to web interface of your pfSense instance

- Protocol: HTTPS
- TCP Port: defaults to 443 but you may change to a non-common port in production
- Max Processes:  2 (number of webConfigurator processes to run allowing more users/browsers to access the GUI concurrently), and many more...

==== Secure Shell ====

You need to enable ssh to access its CLI remotely. SSH key methods and port number can be configured

==== Serial Communication ====

If you desire to use serial communication as of a router or a switch you may configure these options.

==== Console Options ====

If you dont tick the option, it will allow anyone to access the physical console of the pfSense server