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    NAT reflection still broken???

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      Supermule Banned
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      Anybody else experiencing problems with NAT reflection on 2.0 beta4?

      I cant get it to work at all. No matter what.

      Running PFSense in a test VM. Latest snap doesnt solve the issue.

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        jlepthien
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        It works…

        First you need to uncheck the box at Advanced->Firewall/NAT->"Disables the automatic creation of additional NAT redirect rules for access to port forwards on your external IP addresses from within your internal networks."

        Then just set up a port forward and test on your external IP. Note: You can't test that from the ip address the NAT is redirected to though! You need another client of course...

        | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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          Supermule Banned
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          I have done it all…..even enabled it manually on each port forward.

          No luck....it redirects me to the pf login page with NAT reflection enabled. It looses the packages if not. It has been rebooted.

          Done a clean install asf. No luck....

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            jlepthien
            last edited by

            Perhaps it is related to the VM somehow. It is working fine here, just tested it. With latest snap on embedded….

            | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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              Supermule Banned
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              The VM is running on E1000 nic's …so hardware issues should be of a minimum. And the install shows no errors.  The only thing adapting during install is the installer itself when noticing VMware....

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                jlepthien
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                Well there must be something there. It is working and others have reported so as well. Did you really try from a different client? Try a web port forward and then try from that other client with http://EXTERNAL_IP and see if that works. That's what I've done.

                | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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                  Supermule Banned
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                  Everything is tested on several different clients…. :S

                  Thats why it is so frustrating. The only option left, is to change to bare metal and test it on a physical machine......

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                    jlepthien
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                    That's what I told u b4 ;)

                    | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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                      Boolah
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                      Just tested NAT reflection on the following two builds:

                      2.0-BETA4 (amd64)
                      built on Tue Dec 21 16:10:15 EST 2010

                      and

                      2.0-BETA4 (i386)
                      built on Tue Dec 21 12:44:54 EST 2010

                      Didn't have any trouble with either the i386/amd64 builds and both were running in VMs.

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                        Supermule Banned
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                        Which version of Vmware?

                        And can you post your VM config in here?

                        :)

                        @Boolah:

                        Just tested NAT reflection on the following two builds:

                        2.0-BETA4 (amd64)
                        built on Tue Dec 21 16:10:15 EST 2010

                        and

                        2.0-BETA4 (i386)
                        built on Tue Dec 21 12:44:54 EST 2010

                        Didn't have any trouble with either the i386/amd64 builds and both were running in VMs.

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                          Boolah
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                          Actually, they were both running in Hyper-V.  I've got VMware Workstation (v7.1.3) which I can test on as well.  Don't have VMs setup for pfSense in VMware, but I'm installing them now and will let you know what I find…

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                            Supermule Banned
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                            Thx mate!! Very kind of you :)

                            Merry christmas!

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                              Boolah
                              last edited by

                              I only tested the i386 build in VMware, but NAT reflection worked there too.  Below is the VMware config (which is very basic):

                              .encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
maxvcpus = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1024"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "pfSense-000003.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "E:\Downloads\pfSense-i386.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
svga.autodetect = "FALSE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "pfSense"
guestOS = "freebsd"
nvram = "pfSense.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
extendedConfigFile = "pfSense.vmxf"
ethernet1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
ethernet2.present = "TRUE"
ethernet2.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet2.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet2.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:08:f9:17"
ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:08:f9:21"
ethernet2.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:08:f9:2b"
uuid.location = "56 4d a5 1b bd 36 0e ac-db 0f e5 e6 db 08 f9 17"
uuid.bios = "56 4d a5 1b bd 36 0e ac-db 0f e5 e6 db 08 f9 17"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
ide0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ethernet2.pciSlotNumber = "35"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "37"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "38"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"
ethernet2.generatedAddressOffset = "20"
vmci0.id = "-620168937"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"
sound.present = "FALSE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
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                                Supermule Banned
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                                Thx again :)

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                                  Supermule Banned
                                  last edited by

                                  Still not working….updating to latest snapshot 12/23 03:37

                                  :'(

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                                    Boolah
                                    last edited by

                                    @Supermule:

                                    No luck….it redirects me to the pf login page with NAT reflection enabled. It looses the packages if not.

                                    Have you tried with a factory-default config of pfSense (without any packages)?

                                    What about the target system (that you're redirecting to) - it isn't running a software firewall that might be blocking the traffic?

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                                      Supermule Banned
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                                      Nope…its an ISA. FW it is, but the same config on 1.2.3 runs no issues.

                                      Funambol sync on the mobiles cannot connect on 2.0 but stops at logging on the mailserver. Running 1.2.3 no issues. Its like the packets never get there.....or they are empty. I havent got a bloody clue of whats wrong....i cant see anything in the logs...nothing is blocked.

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                                        Supermule Banned
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                                        Still broken for me in a totaly clean install. I havent got a bloody clue….............

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                                          Boolah
                                          last edited by

                                          Does anything show up in a packet capture on your LAN interface for the reflected ports?  If not, is it possible that something else is blocking the traffic (like a layer 3 switch)?

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                                            Supermule Banned
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                                            They are both sitting on the same Vswitch and its not L3 capable.

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