PFsense not allowing rdp ports to open however works when open to any
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I have set rdp tp be open inbound to certain ips however it does not work but when i set any port it works any ideas anyone?
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@auroramus
Maybe the destination devices are blocking your access from another network segment. Check its firewall. -
@auroramus said in PFsense not allowing rdp ports to open however works when open to any:
i set any port it works any ideas anyone?
With the 'any' rule activate, reset all states.
Now, connect to the RDP.
Check the states : one of them is your source device and used port, and destination and used port.Normally, it should be : default RDP port for the destination port (protocol UDP, not TCP).
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Hey Guys thanks i have sussed the issues it seems to be my fault as source needed to be any port but destination needs to be 3389 i initially set source as 3389 and destination as 3389 but source seems to throw out random initial ports hence why it wouldnt work.
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@auroramus said in PFsense not allowing rdp ports to open however works when open to any:
throw out random initial ports hence why it wouldnt work.
This isn't something new, its how tcp/ip works.. It is very rare for the source port to be anything other than Ephemeral port, ie something above 1024..
There are some instances where this is not always the case.. But pretty much always you would set source port to be any..
