Hi guys

I have a strange situation with a number of RB4xx boards. Whenever the routerboard is not shut down properly (i.e. power outage), a default web proxy access rule is activated which then prevents users browsing the net.

These are the rules;

/ip proxy access
add action=deny comment="block telnet & spam e-mail relaying" disabled=no \
dst-port=23-25
add action=deny comment=\
"allow CONNECT only to SSL ports 443 [https] and 563 [snews]" disabled=no \
dst-port=!443,563

I can disable them, remove them, scream at the routerboard but it makes no difference, they will be there after a unauthorised power cycle.

Any ideas please? There are no scripts running other than one for changeip nor are there any scheduled tasks other than the changeip one.

Please help me before I decide to book myself into the loony bin.

BTW version is 3.11

Thanks
Hilton

no scripts?

what about - disable the rule, make a normal reboot, and then try power outage? maybe it will somehow save the state after you normal-reboot it ...

Thanks for the feedback Normis.

I don't have any scripts running apart from one that updates the dynamic DNS address using changeip.


I will do as you suggest and report back. I have also upgraded the version to 3.20 on the one router to see what happens.

I did as you suggest Normis but the rules appear again after a power failure.

See the graphic. Anyone else experiencing this? Happened to two of my routers today.
Now even after I reboot normally, the rules reappear.

Very very frustrating. I'll have to stop using the proxy at this rate.