Port forward problems follow up

I'm gonna try to describe the tiny issues that bugged us so much and took so much time to fix as an attempt to help someone who does not have the expirience of working with pfSense and port forwarding, because even the simplest things need a lot of time when you don't know how they work.

I want to start with the adapter types.
KNOW WHAT TYPE ARE YOU USING AND BE SURE IT IS THE RIGHT ONE!
Otherwise a full load of cr*p may go wrong. Unfortunately we found out the hard way. Here are the problems we encountered when using an unsuitable adapter card:


DHCP does not give IP.


The adapter types not detected.


Now the port forwarding part. When you enter your rules choose the right network interface that ought to be used.

Otherwise the result may be painful. It is possible that the pfSense stops functioning, because, let's face it, you are playing with it's IP.


For other port forward troubleshooting problems see the link below.
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Port_Forward_Troubleshooting