System logs

To access the system logs, navigate to Status | System Logs. There are several tabs in this section, but the default tab is System. Note that different subcategories (for example, Firewall and DHCP) have their own tabs where you can view log entries related to such activity, which simultaneously makes it easier to find log activity for a specific subcategory and also reduces clutter on the System tab. The System tab is itself divided into several subcategories: General, Gateways, Routing, DNS Resolver, and Wireless.

pfSense logs are stored in such a way as to not overflow the available disk space. The logs have a binary circular log file format; these log files are a fixed size and they store a maximum of 50 entries. If the limit ...

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