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    Firewall will forward RDP but not anything else

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      NotJohn @Bob.Dig
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      @bob-dig use it for work purposes but understand the implications. Judgement on my decisions unrelated to the post probably isn't what's meant to be here.

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        michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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        @notjohn Have you allowed RDP through firewall rules?
        If so do you see that rule being hit in the system log?
        Provide screenshots.

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          NotJohn @michmoor
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          @michmoor I dont see the rule being hit on my system log but i can rdp into my public IP so its open and i can scan to see that its open

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            michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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            @notjohn When you scan for 25565, is it open? If its not then there is a good chance you have no firewall rule for it.

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              NotJohn @michmoor
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              @michmoor 95660958-b4d2-4bdc-a9a2-90821f7828a0-image.png

              But i do
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              They match perfectly

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                NotJohn @NotJohn
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                @notjohn
                and this shows what im seeing when i check the port
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                but then 25565
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                same thing happens when using a 3rd party tester

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                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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                  @notjohn ahhhhh ok the last screen shot is the one i like
                  Doesnt seem that port 25565 is open on the server.

                  On the server run the following
                  netstat -ano | findstr 25565

                  If the port is listening my second question is do you have Windows Firewall enabled.

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                    NotJohn @michmoor
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                    @michmoor i turned off my windows firewall to solve this and it has not been turned back on yet

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                      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
                      last edited by michmoor

                      @notjohn
                      On the server run the following
                      netstat -ano | findstr 25565

                      Is the port listening?

                      edit: Turning off windows firewall resolved this?

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                        NotJohn @michmoor
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                        @michmoor
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                          michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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                          @notjohn you execute the command on your Windows box - the same one you have RDP enabled on.

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                            NotJohn @michmoor
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                            @michmoor so i need to run this directly on the server's shell?

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                              michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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                              @notjohn Yes.
                              For example on my Windows 10 client

                              netstat -ano | findstr 5353
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    16988
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    16988
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    21312
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    21312
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    3424
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    21312
                                UDP    0.0.0.0:5353           *:*                                    16988
                                UDP    192.168.40.1:5353      *:*                                    3100
                                UDP    192.168.50.241:5353    *:*                                    3100
                                UDP    192.168.80.1:5353      *:*                                    3100
                                UDP    [::1]:5353             *:*                                    3100
                              
                              

                              Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                              Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                              Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
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                                NotJohn @michmoor
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                                @michmoor fc732572-f9f8-4ef6-b503-a4ed7f10fbf4-image.png
                                the above is my test on 3389 so no its not listening for 25565

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                                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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                                  @notjohn hence your problem. Im not a minecraft expert here so dont know why your application isn't listening on the intended port but PFsense is not at fault.

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                                    NotJohn @michmoor
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                                    @michmoor seems strange though because its just a port to open its not specific to minecraft, just the default port the game uses, so the fact it isnt getting through is fishy

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                                      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @NotJohn
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                                      @notjohn Im not sure you understand whats happening here.
                                      The port is not open on your server. If the port is not open then why expect any outside connections to it to work?
                                      Port 3389 is open on your server. The port is allowed on the firewall. Hence RDP is working.
                                      Port 25565 is not open on your server. The port is allowed on the firewall. How can traffic be redirected to a port thats not open? You need to fix that.
                                      Not a pfsense issue

                                      Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                                      Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                      Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                                      Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
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