pfSense troubleshooting tools

The first step in our approach to troubleshooting involves gathering information, and we are fortunate in that pfSense provides a good deal of information that relates to the functioning of your network. This information can be extremely helpful when troubleshooting problems. Since the pfSense dashboard provides a good overview of the system, we will begin with it.

Dashboard

You can gather a lot of information from the pfSense dashboard. When you first log in to the web GUI, the default landing page is the dashboard; you can also navigate to it from anywhere else in the web GUI via Status | Dashboard on the main menu. This dashboard contains a generous amount of information about pfSense as it...