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    Port Forward does not work..

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      root1ng LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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      @johnpoz said in Port Forward does not work..:

      @root1ng if you see traffic sent to that IP.. Check on that device that actually listening. Netstat -an will show you ports being listened on.

      for example

      listen.jpg

      Some udp ports my windows box is listening on.. Do you see that 9987 listed?

      do a packet capture on the device, wireshark is free and 2 seconds to install, etc..

      The server is on linux (ubuntu), not on windows, I still ran the same command, I attach a picture below.

      Screenshot_5.png

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @root1ng
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        @root1ng so that is good its listening - so firewall is running, its not answering for some other reason, its sending return traffic elsewhere?

        So fire up wireshark or tcpdump and validate the traffic is getting there..

        Pfsense did its thing, clearly it sent the traffic.. It has no control to if it gets an answer or not.. Which from your packet captures it did not.

        edit: Oh wait - why does it not show Listen as state?

        nolisten.jpg

        edit2: my bad - its UDP ;) having a brain fart this morning that we dealing with UDP ;) sorry..

        Since you see pfsense sending it on, you need to sniff on the device itself - is it seeing it? If so does it answer to something other than pfsense? might have to validate what mac address is sending to if you see a response to that IP your checking from.

        Does it not see it at all - its getting lost between pfsense and your device.. Or its application just didn't answer, or some firewall on the device not letting the application see the traffic.

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          root1ng LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz said in Port Forward does not work..:

          @root1ng so that is good its listening - so firewall is running, its not answering for some other reason, its sending return traffic elsewhere?

          So fire up wireshark or tcpdump and validate the traffic is getting there..

          Pfsense did its thing, clearly it sent the traffic.. It has no control to if it gets an answer or not.. Which from your packet captures it did not.

          edit: Oh wait - why does it not show Listen as state?

          nolisten.jpg

          edit2: my bad - its UDP ;) having a brain fart this morning that we dealing with UDP ;) sorry..

          I don't know why he doesn't listen, I don't have a firewall on neither on the virtual machine nor on Proxmox, I don't know what else to do... the situation is too complicated...

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @root1ng
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            @root1ng see my edit, sorry about that - udp with netstat wouldn't show "listen" state.. like tcp does.. but you can see its listening.

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              root1ng LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz said in Port Forward does not work..:

              @root1ng see my edit, sorry about that - udp with netstat wouldn't show "listen" state.. like tcp does.. but you can see its listening.

              I don't really have anything to check on the device, everything is default, firewall off, the firewall for that virtual machine is off from Proxmox, I don't know what else to check and how..

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @root1ng
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                @root1ng on the VM install tcpdump.. sniff with that, depending on the distro you installed might be already installed.

                tcpdump.jpg

                You can set filters on it so only looking for your udp 9987 port.

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                  root1ng LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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                  @johnpoz said in Port Forward does not work..:

                  @root1ng on the VM install tcpdump.. sniff with that, depending on the distro you installed might be already installed.

                  tcpdump.jpg

                  You can set filters on it so only looking for your udp 9987 port.

                  That's about all it shows, nothing more, it's just me connected from a local PC (172.16.1.5)

                  Screenshot_6.png

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                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @root1ng
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                    @root1ng In Proxmox you have a Firewall Option for every VM and every vNIC. Have you checked both?

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                      root1ng LAYER 8 @Bob.Dig
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                      @Bob-Dig said in Port Forward does not work..:

                      @root1ng In Proxmox you have a Firewall Option for every VM and every vNIC. Have you checked both?

                      Hey,

                      VM Firewall:
                      Screenshot_7.png
                      NIC Firewall:
                      Screenshot_8.png

                      What I want to add is that, even with Firewall ON or OFF on the NIC, I still can't connect, I tried all the possible options, but without result.
                      The firewall is not active on all virtual machines, including the main node.

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                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @root1ng
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                        @root1ng Disable this checkbox on all the VM NICs, on your pfSense and your Linux Server.

                        I am running TS on a Linux VM (Debian) behind a pfSense VM on Proxmox too, it is running fine for me, just checked. 😉

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                          root1ng LAYER 8 @Bob.Dig
                          last edited by root1ng

                          @Bob-Dig said in Port Forward does not work..:

                          @root1ng Disable this checkbox on all the VM NICs, on your pfSense and your Linux Server.

                          I am running TS on a Linux VM (Debian) behind a pfSense VM on Proxmox too, it is running fine for me, just checked. 😉

                          Deactivated but without result..

                          edit: And I gave a restart to be sure of both

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                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @root1ng
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                            @root1ng Maybe the host firewall, what Linux are you using exactly?
                            Maybe a routing problem, you could show us your proxmox network.

                            In the beginning you had no hits at all on your rules. Have you fixed something or is your testing flawed otherwise? Send me your IP, I will check if I can connect.

                            Also show your rules on that VMs LAN.

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                              root1ng LAYER 8 @Bob.Dig
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                              @Bob-Dig said in Port Forward does not work..:

                              @root1ng Maybe the host firewall, what Linux are you using exactly?
                              Maybe a routing problem, you could show us your proxmox network.

                              In the beginning you had no hits at all on your rules. Have you fixed something or is your testing flawed otherwise? Send me your IP, I will check if I can connect.

                              Also show your rules on that VMs LAN.

                              Datacenter, Node and all VMs firewalls are disabled;
                              I am using Ubuntu Server Pro 22.04.03;
                              Proxmox network attached:
                              Screenshot_9.png
                              The idea is that traffic appears in pfSense to the rules in the firewall, but only when I check the ports.
                              My IP sent privately in dm.

                              TeamSpeak3 Server VM Networking:
                              Screenshot_10.png

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                                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @root1ng
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                                @root1ng Why is Firewall still checked? Disable it. Also show your pfSense LAN rules for that Linux VM.

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                                  root1ng LAYER 8 @Bob.Dig
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                                  @Bob-Dig said in Port Forward does not work..:

                                  @root1ng Why is Firewall still checked? Disable it. Also show your pfSense LAN rules for that Linux VM.

                                  I told you that I deactivated them earlier and I deactivate them for nothing. Nothing happens

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                                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @root1ng
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                                    @root1ng It looks like your linux VM is in the Management network?

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                                      root1ng LAYER 8 @Bob.Dig
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                                      @Bob-Dig said in Port Forward does not work..:

                                      @root1ng Why is Firewall still checked? Disable it. Also show your pfSense LAN rules for that Linux VM.

                                      This is what you are talking about?
                                      Screenshot_11.png

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                                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @root1ng
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                                        @root1ng Yep, that is good.

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                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @root1ng
                                          last edited by johnpoz

                                          @root1ng if your not seeing the test from the outside on your .6 box, but your seeing it from your local .5 box.. When clearly pfsense sent the traffic on.. then you have something filtering it..

                                          Even if the firewall on the vm was filtering it from the application, the sniff should still show it.

                                          Pfsense has no job other to send the traffic to the IP you say to send it too - it has no control after it puts the traffic on the wire.. Clearly its putting it on the wire from your sniff. If your not seeing it at the end device. Is its sending it to the correct mac, have to assume so since you say that other 33 port is working.

                                          Even had some firewall blocking it on pfsense on outbound direction, on your lan - the sniff you show on the lan side interface showing it was sent wouldn't show that if you had say a floating rule blocking it in the outbound connection..

                                          You have something preventing the 9987 from getting to your VM, if you sniff and see pfsense put it on the wire, but your VM never sees it. Even if the vm wasn't listening or had a firewall blocking it.. The sniff should show that that traffic got there. So maybe you have something in your VM host preventing from sending it on to the VM, or sending it to the wrong vm.. Or something else filtering traffic from getting there - acl on a switch? Something in wifi if that is in use..

                                          But if pfsense put it on the wire, pfsense job is done.. There is nothing else for pfsense to do..

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                                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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                                            @johnpoz Yeah, I could even connect to it, only OP can't do it to the public IP.

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