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    • Bob.DigB
      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @ciros55
      last edited by Bob.Dig

      @ciros55 A simple IPv6 NAT Portforward is looking like this, in my example it is an email service, change to your needs accordingly. The "host_mail" alias contains the ULA of the machine. This is enough for connecting from the outside to it via IPv6.

      Screenshot 2021-12-12 at 14-46-04 pfSense home arpa - Firewall NAT Port Forward Edit.png

      Capture22.png

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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @Bob.Dig
        last edited by

        @bob-dig said in Access my website from WAN IP:

        A simple IPv6 NAT Portforward is looking like this

        Please don't do that. There's no need for that on IPv6. The reason for NAT was to get around the IPv4 address shortage and it causes problems in the process.

        NAT is a curse on the Internet.

        PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
        i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
        UniFi AC-Lite access point

        I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        • Bob.DigB
          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JKnott
          last edited by

          @jknott said in Access my website from WAN IP:

          Please don't do that.

          I do because I can and pfSense is missing the DDNS- capability in this regard. ๐Ÿ˜‡

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig
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            @bob-dig said in Access my website from WAN IP:

            pfSense is missing the DDNS- capability in this regard

            Why would pfsense be needing to create a ddns entry somewhere for some IPv6 device, not a pfsense IP..

            Just have the client register its IP in whatever ddns you want.

            Trying to run a mail server off some dynamic IP is bad idea anyway, be it IPv4 or IPv6..

            Glad you found a work around that works for you natting IPv6 - but with jknott on this, there is no reason to do that.

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              ciros55 @JKnott
              last edited by

              @jknott said in Access my website from WAN IP:

              test-ipv6.com

              the result from test-ipv6.com is 10/10.

              the iPv6 Prefix = 64

              ISP changes IP every 24 hours.

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @ciros55
                last edited by johnpoz

                @ciros55 so your using ULA internally, because your isp does not provide any sort of IPv6 delegation? And you only have the one pfsense public IPv6? On the wan?

                Yet another ISP without a clue how to do IPv6 ;) And you think IPv6 is ready for prime time jknott, when ISPs do shit like that?

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                • JKnottJ
                  JKnott @ciros55
                  last edited by

                  @ciros55 said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                  ISP changes IP every 24 hours.

                  You mean the prefix? Did you check that setting? If you're running SLAAC on the local network, you will have up to 8 public addresses. One is consistent and there will be up to seven privacy addresses. You get a new one every day, with the oldest expiring after 7 days. As I mentioned, you use the consistent address for DNS.

                  If the ISP deliberately changes the prefix, they are a crappy ISP. There is no need to do that on IPv6 or IPv4 for that matter.

                  PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                  i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                  UniFi AC-Lite access point

                  I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                  • JKnottJ
                    JKnott @johnpoz
                    last edited by

                    @johnpoz said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                    when ISPs do shit like that?

                    Some ISPs should be shot! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                    PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                    i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                    UniFi AC-Lite access point

                    I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                      ciros55 @Bob.Dig
                      last edited by

                      @bob-dig
                      I've had tried that but it didn't work.

                      and I manage to break DHCP and DHCPv6 oopsie that was caused by me.

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                        ciros55
                        last edited by

                        Hi, again

                        I've managed to get @Bob-Dig solution to work. (finally)
                        (i know that I shouldn't do it like this but I only want one IP and connected to DDNS.)

                        Thanks, Everyone. Have a great day.

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                        • GertjanG
                          Gertjan @JKnott
                          last edited by Gertjan

                          @jknott said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                          There is no need to do ....

                          If I was an "ISP" I could have on my wish-list :
                          How can I make it difficult for my clients to host services ?

                          The why part easy is to understand :
                          The help desk can be short about questions like : 'My mail server ....".
                          The answer would fall trough right away to : you can't / not supported.

                          I presume most ISP sell 'access' to the net. Not some scheme where you could be 'part' of the Internet.

                          Btw : IMHO and me thinking out loud.

                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                          • Bob.DigB
                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                            @bob-dig said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                            pfSense is missing the DDNS- capability in this regard

                            Why would pfsense be needing to create a ddns entry somewhere for some IPv6 device, not a pfsense IP..

                            Just took a look again and there is no free and current or decent looking DDNS Client for windows that supports IPv6.

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig
                              last edited by

                              @bob-dig but how do you expect pfsense to register a ddns for an IP that is not its IP?

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                              • Bob.DigB
                                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
                                last edited by Bob.Dig

                                @johnpoz That is easy, if it has been given out by the DHCPv6 Service. There are even DDNS options already in it, but they are not usable with the DDNS-Clients in pfSense.
                                Also I know a router that already does this for you.

                                So it is doable and it looks like there is everything already there, it only has to be put together by some talented folks. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig
                                  last edited by

                                  @bob-dig said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                                  it only has to be put together by some talented folks

                                  so what you want is pfsense to register dhcpv6 entries into some ddns service.

                                  That would be a feature request or bounty..

                                  What about clients that are using SLAAC? ;)

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                                  • Bob.DigB
                                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
                                    last edited by Bob.Dig

                                    @johnpoz said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                                    @bob-dig said in Access my website from WAN IP:
                                    What about clients that are using SLAAC? ;)

                                    I don't think that DDNS and SLAAC are going well together and they don't have to. ;)

                                    Kinda off-topic: I run a teamspeak server where only a few chosen ones are allowed to join and I use their DDNS addresses in an alias for that. But I just saw in the log that Teamspeak on Windows will use the Temporary IPv6 Address too, so no chance to solve that via DDNS.
                                    IPv4 for the win, long live NAT. ๐Ÿ˜ฐ

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig
                                      last edited by

                                      @bob-dig said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                                      Windows will use the Temporary IPv6 Address too

                                      These are going to used more often then not for outbound connections. Its the whole privacy thing of IPv6 ;) hehehe

                                      If your wanting to lock down which IPv6s can talk to your service, its prob best to get their /64 prefix vs a specific IP. And allow the whole prefix. But problem is with many an ISP is these prefixes change all the time.

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                                      • Bob.DigB
                                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz Yes, that is the case with IPv4 and IPv6 here and it will stay like that I am sure.
                                        And I will not go out and get everyone a HE-tunnel. ๐Ÿ˜

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                                        • Bob.DigB
                                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
                                          last edited by

                                          @johnpoz said in Access my website from WAN IP:

                                          That would be a feature request or bounty..

                                          I am going with feature request. ๐Ÿ˜€

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