Hello there,
Does anyone know why some firewall filter rules suddenly show as invalid ( red lines in winbox). The only way to reset them to normal color is to disable-enable them.
BTW do red lines mean really invalid ?
I’ve only seen this were the rules are attached to an Interface which is down (e.g. PPTP).
Regards
Andrew
Thank you Andrew for your response.
You were almost right. The filter rules were sitting on 2 pppoe interface that went down at a certain moment but were on again at the time I noticed the rules were invalid. I had to rest them nanually as I have explained.
try hitting f5 in winbox window next time to see if it refreshes. I have seen this help.
Also, make sure not to open those invalid items in winbox as the interfaces will get changed automatically to one that does exist, so if you hit Apply/OK you will overwrite rule with wrong info.
Sam
Great advice for winbox ! Thank you Sam.
Also I think I will ensure that my filters will be sitting on ethernet rather than any vanishing links such as pppoe or pptp.