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Admin

1962

Troubleshooting 101 April 2026: Video and Slides

1962

Solved

inside

Explorer

2038

R82.10 fail to install on xcp-NG no drive detected

2038

Solved

inside

Advisor

969

VSX Migration 6400 → 9700 with Bond Redesign (4→2 Interfaces) – vsx_util Reconfigure Limitations?

969

inside

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2890

ChatGPT / HTTP2 parsing error / HTTPS Inspection

2890

inside

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789

Block Firewall Rule matched but still able to access page ?

789

Solved

inside

MVP Silver

820

sk156072 - Domain migration - SMS to DMS

820

inside

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2525

Sync Status: Off - SIC failure

2525

inside

Contributor

1087

IP Reputation exception is not working

1087

inside

Participant

534

Rules Migration from Smart-1 Cloud Management to Onpremise Management

534

inside

Explorer

749

On premise Datacenter objects within smart 1 cloud

749

inside

MVP Silver

445

Check Point Geo-Cluster: Active-Active Failover + Dynamic NAT Explained

445

Solved

inside

Explorer

1652

Recommended Jumbo Hotfix for R82 Recommended

1652

inside

Collaborator

694

First Time Access Issue- AWS Checkpoint Management Server

345

inside

Contributor

914

Identity propagation ClusterXl members

914

inside

Collaborator

1989

Email notification when backup fails

1989

Solved

inside

MVP Gold

767

Blink answers.xml and ElasticXL

530

inside

Employee

272

HTTPS Inspection Troubleshooting Evidence-Driven Runbook (Gateway CA, QUIC, pinning, proxy, and ws

9586

Solved

inside

MVP Diamond CHKP

24032

Certificate and CRL validation fails from March 1, 2026

24032

inside

Explorer

828

ISP Redundancy Load Sharing Issue w/ 2 BGP Peers (inactive route from one peer)

828

Solved

inside

Contributor

7051

Data received before SYN was acknowledged. Stripping all packet data

7051

Solved

inside

Participant

477

Upgrade to R81.20 from R81.10 - VSX Environment - is VSLS required?

477

inside

Contributor

3016

VPN Redundancy without using Dynamic Routing

3016

inside

Participant

570

DNS Resolution Issue for Spoke Firewalls over MPLS (Using External IP Instead of Internal)

570

inside

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803

Web Application Not Working whin using SSL VPN

803

inside

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1143

VSNext and TACACS+ authentication - defining TACP-15 for non-local Gaia admin user

1143

Solved

inside

MVP Diamond

3084

SIC Redundancy in Deployments with Internet-Based Management – Design Question

3084

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530

SSL VPN WITH STATICALLY NATED IP

530

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54422

Check Point Packet Trace Utility

54422

inside

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431

Smart1-Cloud Policy install fails on R82 SPARK gateways on first run or when running in parallel

431

inside

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7918

Funny IP on show configuration

7918

Solved

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1239

Maintenance and Upgrades Best Practices Americas May 2025 Video and Slides

2592

inside

Contributor

740

DynamicID integration with Internal SMTP Relay

740

inside

MVP Silver

1550

Updatable Geo Objects categorize IP as from the wrong country

1550

Solved

inside

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3088

It is necessary to select certain SNMP traps when working internal_snmp_trap

3088

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641

SNX not working after portal certificate change

641

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685

Unable to Boot R82 ISO in VMWare

685

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1061

Identity awareness - Linux bastion users

1061

Solved

inside

Participant

3443

Quantum spark ipsec tunnel using vti interface

3443

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Contributor

500

Core protection "SMTP STARTTLS Command"

500

Solved

inside

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1477

Configuring DynamicID to use Internal SMTP server

1477

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323

Handling Log Exporter in Management HA with dual "Primary" log servers.

323

inside

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683

Cannot establish SIC between VSX gateway and SMS in ElasticXL VSNext setup R82

683

inside

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667

Manual NAT with Port Forwarding on Check Point Virtual GW

667

inside

MVP Silver

547

Check Point ISP Redundancy Explained | Dual Internet Setup + Failover Demo

547

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767

Services don't work on Quantum Spark 1600

767

Solved

inside

Contributor

9338

Zero Phishing and IOS 18.4: Captive Portal Problem

9338

inside

Collaborator

3119

Change interfaces of a bonding group

949

inside

Contributor

330

Issue with routing based on ABR/PBR

330

inside

Participant

555

Different compliance check rules can be set up for SSL VPN

555

inside

Participant

703

What's New in R82.10 April 2026

3597

inside

Collaborator

1631

Export Objects - Applications / Categories and Network Objects

1631

inside

Explorer

1868

Help on process to export historical VPN users

1868

inside

Participant

1455

Packet Loss and Traffic Drops Caused by ARP Table Overflow in Layer 2 Core Topology

1455

Solved

inside

Explorer

1697

Unable to find reason for RX_DRP

1697

inside

Employee

2163

Introducing LogHub: Unified Log Aggregation for Quantum Gateways

2163

Solved

inside

Contributor

1055

Issue with mobile access client connecting to 3rd party ipsec vpn servers

1055

Solved

inside

Advisor

1565

Issue running management via Harmony SASE

1565

Solved

inside

Participant

5125

LDAPS connections from the gateway will be downgraded to the legacy certificate validation.

5125

inside

Explorer

566

Issue faces in integrating Open ldap v3 in checkpoint firewall

566

Solved

inside

Advisor

1598

Export Specific Rules to CSV for a given object

6069

inside

Contributor

344

MANUAL-NAT ON CHECKPOINT VIRTUAL GW

344

Solved

inside

Contributor

1106

Block MobileAccess/VPN Client Access from unwanted countries

1106

inside

Contributor

745

SMS & Security Gateway Upgrade

745

inside

Participant

1280

Recommended method of Upgrade of Management Server from R81.20 to R82 - VSX

1280

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Participant

2444

SmartConsole Unknown Error (0x2ee2) and Gaia Login Stuck

2444

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MVP Gold

569

R82, VSX Main, Maestro, and MLM logging - sanity check

331

inside

Admin

1005

Check Point plans for TLS Certificate Lifetime Reduction

1005

Solved

inside

Participant

3008

The IP quantity limit of a NetworkFeed

3008

inside

Participant

1012

Quantum Spark 2560 failover after every configuration change

1012

inside

MVP

794

🚀 Web SmartConsole – Take 164, 165 & 167 Updates + What’s Coming Next

794

Solved

inside

Advisor

1364

GAIA WebUI Login Events Not Visible in SmartConsole Audit Logs

6812

Solved

inside

Participant

1742

Unexpected fwFullyUtilizedDrops with low CPU – how to identify the source?

1742

Solved

inside

Participant

932

Persistent fwFullyUtilizedDrops on 26000 appliances (R81.20) – Is disabling SMT a valid next step?

932

inside

Collaborator

483

Management Network for remote site (dark fiber)

483

Solved

inside

Participant

3045

Can we use Dell R760 as Open Server?

3045

inside

MVP Diamond

407

How to Mass Create Users, Groups, and Policies on Linux – Step by Step Script Walkthrough

407

Solved

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Advisor

16175

Disable expert mode audit log/notification nagware/adware

16175

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MVP Diamond

406

How to Automatically Backup Device Configurations – Step by Step Script Walkthrough

406

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MVP Diamond

351

Creating Interoperable Devices via CLI with an Interactive bash

351

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MVP Diamond

342

Simplifying Meshed VPN Community Creation with an Interactive Bash

342

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MVP Silver

774

Automating Static Route Redistribution into BGP with an Interactive Workflow

305

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Participant

291

Starlink High Performance Integration

291

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MVP Diamond

257

Check Point Host Batch Creator for Efficient Object Management

257

inside

Explorer

886

A Practical Quantum Approach to Automation: Built, Tested, and Shared

295

inside

MVP Diamond

299

Simplifying Interface Configuration on GWs Quantum

299

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Contributor

842

R81.20 Failed to resolve VPN MEP gateway

842

inside

Explorer

355

🚀 Web SmartConsole Take 155 - Coming This Week!

6592

inside

MVP Diamond

702

IPS: How to Filter Events by CVE/Protection and Troubleshoot Signatures (Real-Time + Historical)

702

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1493

Why the IPS blade prevent Checkpoint update.

1493

Solved

inside

Contributor

607

Compliance poor security - VPN114

607

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Participant

366

After upgrading management to R82, nat hitcount does not work on gateway on R81.20

366

Solved

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Participant

862

BankBot banking trojan got into Google Play again, this time embedded in a game called ‘Jewels Star Classic’.

2121

inside

Explorer

434

SIC error 325 on Install Policy — R82.10 Cross-AZ Cluster in AWS

1604

inside

Advisor

2016

Sending Syslog to logging server pt 2

2016

inside

MVP Diamond

572

DynamicID with email OTP not sending OTP

899

inside

Collaborator

595

Customize Field/Column Suggestions for Log Search?

856

Solved

inside

Collaborator

1217

Threat Emulation policy action "Send"

1217

inside

Collaborator

3133

Checkpoint Backup using SolarWind NCM

3133

inside

Collaborator

1362

Multi-Domain (MDS/DMS) — HA, Sync, and Advanced Troubleshooting (Field Runbook)

615

inside

Employee

456

Bash script for IP Address Report Generator

456

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Employee

372

Bash application to copy CMA policy with the MDS command line

372

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Explorer

379

Adding Exception Source have multiple IP

379

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Explorer

338

Question regarding cloning Microsoft_AD profile to limit impact of SupportOldSchema parameter

338

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MVP Diamond

1341

Can't route another network to my site to site VPN tunnel

1792

inside

Explorer

1079

Restrict external access to the Management Server

1005

inside

Explorer

857

HTTPS Inspection Best Practices March 2026: Video and Slides

791

inside

MVP Diamond

318

Passo a Pasos da instalação de um Multi Domain Checkpoint R81.20

318

inside

Explorer

542

Unable to bypass Non Compliant HTTP protection over VPN on R82.10

542

Solved

inside

Explorer

892

Need guidance on requesting All-in-One Evaluation license in User Center

892

inside

Collaborator

529

Identical R82.10 GWs with different options for set ssh server mac and set ssh server kex

529

inside

MVP Diamond

2621

Practical Advanced VPN Troubleshooting (Check Point)

2621

Solved

inside

Advisor

579

Gaia WebUI becomes inaccessible when URL Filtering is enabled (SMS without internet access)

837

inside

Participant

366

Migrate single cluster and policy to new domain (CMA)

366

Solved

inside

Contributor

981

Enabling 2FA on Remote Access VPN Gateway for Vendors

981

Solved

inside

Advisor

2912

Logging for GAIA portal and SSH access

2912

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Participant

588

Checking for usage of global objects in local policies

588

Solved

inside

MVP Diamond

14026

Changing ssh port on CP firewall

14026

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MVP Silver

721

Simple eBGP Configuration Between Cisco Router and Check Point Firewall

721

inside

Contributor

694

R82 Smart Console Extensions - install Fails

694

inside

Advisor

1986

Smart-1 Cloud and Enterprise vs SPARK licensing equivalents (need product mgmt insight)

1986

inside

MVP Gold

1646

29000 NIC Slot Population Guidelines

1646

Solved

inside

MVP Diamond

624

Automating Object Creation in Check Point SMS Using Available Services

624

Solved

inside

MVP

3950

🚀 This Month’s Spotlight - 3 Features You Should Start Using Today - September 2025

3950

Solved

inside

Contributor

1981

R82 - ElasticXL 3920 Appliance - Member Join Issue

1981

Solved

inside

Participant

1646

Running First Time Wizard in CLI for Secondary SMS

763

inside

Explorer

802

NAT Help: How to NAT to "Remote" internal subnets (not directly connected) on a 2500 Appliance?

802

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MVP Diamond

352

Migrating Trunk from SMS on CheckPoint Quantum

352

inside

Contributor

3883

Disaster after Management Server Upgrade from R80.20 to R80.40

3883

inside

Advisor

1102

Grouping multiple Access Roles into a single object

1102

inside

MVP Diamond

826

GW Password Recovery with SmartConsole Script

826

inside

Explorer

624

Update failed. Gateway can not access internet

624

inside

Collaborator

317

Blink upgrade Smart-1 appliance from R81.20 to R82 fails

8371

inside

Participant

1270

ElasticXL (R82) vs ClusterXL Load Sharing — o que muda na prática (arquitetura, tráfego, sync e oper

303

inside

Contributor

1240

R81.20 IPS Log Parsing Bug: Multiple Real Source IPS Displayed as 0.0.127.190

1240

Solved

inside

MVP Gold CHKP

75119

How to manually delete an entry from the Connections Table

75119

inside

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1172

Extended logging info in log export

1172

Solved

inside

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902

Default policy installation failed in vsx gatewa

837

Solved

inside

Explorer

1106

Migration Plan from 5100 series HA using Smart-1 410 to 9100 series HA using Smart-1 700 series

1106

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MVP Diamond

5688

FULL TIPS for VOIP Passing Through Check Point

5688

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406

sk105239 article not working when ISP redundancy configured in load sharing mode.

5191

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3555

Filter by DNS query the DNS requests

3555

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MVP Diamond

467

Creation of a Gateway user with SHA-256/SHA-512 hash and verification in SmartConsole

467

inside

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3370

VMSS Azure – Is it possible to customize or replace default Load Balancer?

331

Solved

inside

MVP Gold

1244

Remotely Activating Locator Beacon LED

1244

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3381

Sending email from GAIA Gateway to Office365

794

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8580

Difference between CPSB-VS-10-VSLS and CPSB-VS-10 blades

8580

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MVP Gold

2926

application control categories

2926

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893

how to import bulk ip addresses or domains to spark 1900 using smartconsole ?

893

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572

snmpd: checkLowVoltageTrap: error parsing current voltage of sensor VCC 5V [artificial trap sent]

572

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2179

Connections to Checkpoint native services do not encrypt within the VPN for firewall management

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1092

Identity Awareness Best Practices March 2026: Video and Slides

1092

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3004

R82 Mgmt Server Updated to HF-60 Cannot Renew Cluster/Gateway IPSEC Certs

3004

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1237

Migration from old firewall to new firewall

1237

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1780

Enhanced Link Selection Route Based IPSEC VPN

1780

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MVP Gold

588

Smart-1 cloud and gateway behind WebProxy

588

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1619

The updatable object HTTPS services - optional bypass not found

1619

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744

Access Remote Network over Remote Access VPN

744

Solved

inside

Collaborator

2942

Checkpoint Firewall R82.10 - Simplified Route-Based VPN

1117

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Collaborator

975

On-Prem SMS. New firewall in Azure. How to connect?

1753

Solved

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5256

Slow page loading issues and errors Internal system error in HTTPS Inspection due to categorization

5256

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5881

CheckPoint GAIA - Cisco ISE - TACACS+

1298

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Explorer

1424

Gateway is natting using interface IP for GTW to MGMT communication

1424

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4650

Check Point Update Services down? -- Connection Error, FDT - Unexpected error code

4650

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1143

Web Filtering Best Practices March 2026: Video and Slides

765

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Participant

1626

Checkpoint Security Gateway R82.10 // Lokal PBX Issues with RTP Traffic

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3047

HTTPS Ispection - Certificate Validation Failure

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6289

Ordered Layers vs In-Line Layers

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1930

Inbound NAT to a server in DMZ with GW public IP

1930

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848

SmartConsole Change Report Printouts - Any tips?

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1346

Can we do mix and match between 5000 and 9000

1346

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6501

Upgrade Experience: Log Server & Management Server from 81.20 → R82.00

6501

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714

Check and to enable Memory/CPU Resources in VSX Environment

714

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571

HTTPS Inspection and Multiple Ingress Interfaces

571

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2502

Whitespace characters in object names

2502

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510

Replacing a disk that was part of a RAID

510

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1208

Detect and prevent NTLM traffic

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3473

Necessary Rules for IPv6 Basic Networking

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GAIA appliance backup

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