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    Firewall and Port Forward Rules for CARP Virtual IP

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      techmsn01
      last edited by

      Hello Everyone,

      I recently experiencing with PFsense CARP for HA. The setup is straight forward by following the setup guide Michael blog below. The failover functionality work great. However, I cannot figure out on how to setup port forwarding on the WAN Virtual IP? I do not see the CARP interface under the Firewall Rules page.

      Let say I have the webserver that sit behind NAT and setup port forwarding the domain on the PF Master WAN IP. This scenario would break if the PF Master node failed. I would think there must be a way to perform port forwarding rule on the WAN Virtul IP interface. However, the only available interface choice I see is LAN, WAN and SYNC interface.

      http://blog.thedarkwinter.com/2015/03/pfsense-ha-hardwaredevice-failover.html

      pfSense master
      install 3 network cards with below IP configuration

      WAN : 192.168.91.149 / 24
      LAN : 192.168.4.21 / 24
      SYNC : 192.168.10.21 / 24

      WAN virtual ip : 192.168.91.10 / 24
      LAN virtual ip : 192.168.4.10 / 24

      pfSense slave
      install 3 network cards with below IP configuration

      WAN : 192.168.91.150 / 24
      LAN : 192.168.4.22 / 24
      SYNC : 192.168.10.22 / 24

      I'm greatly appreciated if you can point me to the right direction.

      Thanks,
      //Jay

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        dotdash
        last edited by

        The interface is WAN. You change the destination from 'WAN address' to your vip via the dropdown.

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          techmsn01
          last edited by

          @dotdash:

          The interface is WAN. You change the destination from 'WAN address' to your vip via the dropdown.

          Ahh. I found it. Thanks

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