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--- pfsense:pfblockerng:install_pfblockerng:increase_firewall_maximum_table_entries [2021/01/28 09:59] – peter
+++ pfsense:pfblockerng:install_pfblockerng:increase_firewall_maximum_table_entries [2021/01/28 18:38] (current) – peter
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 ====== PFSense - pfBlockerNG - Install pfBlockerNG - Increase Firewall Maximum Table Entries ======
+pfBlockerNG uses a lot of firewall entries.
+It is important that enough memory has been allocated to support all these firewall entries.
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 ===== Increase Firewall Maximum Table Entries =====
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 <WRAP info>
 **NOTE:**  Without increasing this value, DNS queries take much longer, causing webpages to load very slowly.
+If lots of blocklists are being used, then look at setting these slightly higher if you notice any slowness in DNS resolving.
+  * Be careful of setting this too high as it directly uses more RAM the higher you set it.
+  * In terms of RAM; 1 state == 1k of RAM, so 1 million states is 1GB of RAM.
 As a rough guide, set this value to the following, depending on how much memory there is.
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 |16GB|1200000|
 |32GB or Higher|2000000|
-If lots of blocklists are being used, then look at setting these slightly higher if you notice any slowness in DNS resolving.
-  * Be careful of setting this too high as it directly uses more RAM the higher you set it.
 </WRAP>
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-Return to [[PFSense:pfBlockerNG:Install pfBlockerNG|Install pfBlockerNG]] or continue to [[PFSense:pfBlockerNG:Install pfBlockerNG:Install pfBlockerNG|Install pfBlockerNG]].
+Return to [[PFSense:pfBlockerNG:Install pfBlockerNG|Install pfBlockerNG]] or continue to [[PFSense:pfBlockerNG:Install pfBlockerNG:Install pfBlockerNG Package|Install pfBlockerNG Package]].
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