Applying changes in pfSense can often cause us to lose access to the panel via the web or SSH. This happens because the firewall rules are not configured correctly.
To resolve this, go to your client panel and, in the servers tab, select your pfSense server to open the “Emergency Console”, click the blue bar, and select the “Shell” option by pressing 8. Once there, type “pfctl -d” to disable the firewall.
Now that the firewall is disabled, access pfSense via the web, go to Firewall > Rules and edit these 2 rules:
Under Source, select “Any”, and under Destination, select “WAN Address”:
Once you have modified the 2 rules, apply the changes by clicking the green “Apply Changes” button in the upper right. The rules should look like this:
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