PFSense - Gateway - Gateway Monitoring

To monitor the Gateway to check it is up.

Navigate to System → Routing → Gateways → WAN_PPPOE:

NOTE: This allows pfSense to make sure the WAN_PPPOE connection is up.

  • Not all Gateways respond to ICMP request so this gets around that issue.
  • This is needed to control what happens when your connection goes down.
  • You can use any reliable IP you want.
  • Make sure you check the IP responds to a PING manually so you know it will work for the monitor.
  • pfSense creates a static route to 9.9.9.9, which is hidden.