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      mikeyh
      last edited by

      Thanks again for the screen shot. I had the settings like that already. I've been reading all of the information I could find before asking for help. I flushed the configuation out again and re-set it back up and it still doesn't work.

      I have the 1:1 set as: 69.38.85.173/32 –> 192.168.0.1/32 then:

      Port Forward I have:

      If                Proto            Ext. port range                NAT IP              Int. port range                      Description

      WAN          TCP/UDP            80 (HTTP)                  192.168.0.1                                                    Web 1
                                                                          (ext.: 69.38.85.173)        80 (HTTP)

      Rules WAN

      Proto      Source        Port            Destination            Port            Gateway          Schedule            Description

      TCP/UDP      *              *              192.168.0.1          80 (HTTP)          *

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
        last edited by

        Is 192.168.0.1 the IP of your server?
        The NAT IP has to be the IP of your server.

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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          mikeyh
          last edited by

          Internal IP of the server is:  192.168.0.1
          External IP of the server is:  (ext: 69.38.85.173)

          The external IP shows up in brackets in the same box but, below the internal IP

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            Perry
            last edited by

            Some lan nic info could be nice maybe a diagram too…..

            /Perry
            doc.pfsense.org

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            • GruensFroeschliG
              GruensFroeschli
              last edited by

              Just to be sure: your clients have as DNS the pfSense right?

              We do what we must, because we can.

              Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                mikeyh
                last edited by

                Our main server has always been the DNS server for all of our internal computers. It is configured in the DHCP services on that server. It has 2 entries that point to my ISP's DNS servers.
                Should I remove these entries and just put the one for the pfSense in their place?

                One of the NIC cards (LAN side) is on the mother board. The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX110. The other is a US Robotics 10/100/1000.

                Again, thank you guys very much for ALL of your help!!!

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                  hoba
                  last edited by

                  You can manually add the dns-entry to your local dns server as well to resolve it to the internal IP instead of forwarding the request to the external dns servers which resolves the public IP. Check the manpages of your dns server how to do that.

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                    mikeyh
                    last edited by

                    I added the internal IP address of the pfSense to the DNS Server list in my SBS 2003 and still the same result…

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                      hoba
                      last edited by

                      That's not the same like entering the pfSense dnsforwarder as forward dns lookup. If it's just an additional DNS and not the frst one it will ask the first DNS server and as that resolves to the public IP it won't ever ask the pfSense dns forwarder.

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                        mikeyh
                        last edited by

                        Update on DNS issues. After removing my real DNS server entries from my SBS 2003 and adding the pfSense as the only entry, and following the previous instructions of adding the internal Web Servers local names and addresses in the DNS Forwarder area of the pfSense, all is well.

                        Thanks again very much.

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