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