Loss of connection when Unblocking ports ISP side.
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Hey guys I have an interesting one. Im with Aussie Broadband and have a dedicated Static IP under a business plan (DHCP, still has a 30min lease but you just get the same IP again) and a single Framed Route Static IP /32.
I've been using the framed route IP as public access IP for some services, it works great when forwarding ports for game servers. However im attempting to run a https webserver so I need to unblock the ports from my ISP side.When I do pfsense can no longer connect to the internet. The gateway goes into an unknown state. The WAN interfaces shows that its up but IP/Gateway is not given. Rebooting pfsense does nothing.
Pinging both my IPs from an external source shows nothing is exposed to the internet (My framed route has as DNS record so thats returning a temp down or permanently moved error.)
pfsense is running on a SuperMicro server so my first attempt I accidentally exposed IPMI as it would failover to the first active port GG... So a few password changes and disabling failover that wont happen again (Its in it own little network separated from the rest of my network.).
After the disabling the port blocker from my ISP I have tried releasing the connection from my ISP, releasing the connection from pfsense. As soon as I re-enable the port blocker on my ISP pfsense will connect right back to the internet in about 1min. Im scratching my head here.
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Hmm, what exactly are you changing at the ISP? I assume that's a user accessible setting, you don't have to request the ISP make that change?
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@stephenw10 Yes its on the users side. I can do things like unblock ports, terminate the current connection, force a release and check the service line status. For some reason the only thing I can't see is what device (MAC) is actually connected to the service.
I still have access to the adapter thats passed though via PCI-E and the link is up. Just not connected.
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@stephenw10 Problem solved. ABB wasn't properly terminating the previous connection. As soon as they unblocked the ports and kick me through their internal tools the connection was established again.
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