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    [RESOLVED] https through virtual IP

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      Metu69salemi
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      can you give screenshots and remove your public ip information

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        artgug
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        Sure,
          Here they are.

        My goal is simple.

        I have a two web servers.
        One was dedicated only for http
        The other for https
        But I want to have a second https server
        For testing purposes, I simply set the http server to also serve https.
        Internally it all works just fine.
        I want the second https (the newer one) to be accessible from outside.  So I created the x.x.x.163 ipalias so I could direct the https traffic to that server, while using only one nic that is hooked up to the external router.

        After it didn't work I also created a nat entry for port 80 on that virtual IP to see if it was an SSL issue.  I got the same result, the same block, except that it says port 80 in the log.

        Thanks,

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          artgug
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          and the other two that didn't fit in the post.

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            Metu69salemi
            last edited by

            try without destination alias
            how do you have public ip's? are you having continous block or something else?

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              artgug
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              Ok, I changed the entry to replacing the alias with the Ip of the server.

              Same result.

              Yes, it's a block.  (162-165) And I'm reaching the firewall from the outside wold with the .163 because I get the Firewall block entries at the exact time I try to access from the outside world.  The .162 is the regular address.  I used the 163 in the past (hooked up to another physical firewall), I stopped using it for a while, it is possible that the provider changed something, but I doubt it.

              I haven't posted the entry itself in NAT.  Here is the screenshot of that.

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                artgug
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                It's fixed!

                Thank you, when you asked about the block, I kept thinking, so I went and rechecked everything, duhhhh, how stupid of me, the subnet mask was WRONG.

                Geez,

                Thank you!

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                  Metu69salemi
                  last edited by

                  It's ok, but you're showing again your public ip's

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                    artgug
                    last edited by

                    So I set everything back to how I wanted it originally, and for the record having the destination Alias works fine.

                    Thanks for the Public/IP warning.  I'll take it out again.  Thanks.

                    Is there a way one can mark threads as "Answered" here?

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                      Metu69salemi
                      last edited by

                      edit your first post subject with [SOLVED]

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                        artgug
                        last edited by

                        Nevermind, it isn't solved.  Having the same problem again.  I have no clue as to why it started working and after a while it stopped working.

                        Any ideas of what else too look for?

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                          artgug
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                          Well I Fixed it again.

                          I think I found a bug.

                          Whenever you make and changes to the System Advanced Firewall/NAT window, it changes the IP Alias to Network, rather than the Single address, which of course breaks this.  Uggh…

                          Anyways, messing around the screen, I can't remember what the defaults where for this was, can someone remember me which ones should be check?

                          Disable NAT Reflection for port forwards:
                          Disable NAT Reflection for 1:1 NAT :
                          Automatically create outbound NAT rules...:

                          Thanks,

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                            artgug
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                            I was wrong, changes in the System Advanced screen do not change the label Network.  The label Network is changed whenever you use anything other than a /32 mask.

                            It turns out that it works just fine with the mask /32

                            Whenever I re-save the Virtual IP it starts working again.

                            But I just noticed something else I got the log entry:
                            kernel: arp: 00:1e:58:39:1a:1e is using my IP address 200.XXX.XXX.163 on vr0!

                            So I guess the provider did change something and that IP is assigned to something else, that would explain the weird erratic behavior.  The provider was absorbed by another provider, so I think that's the origin of the problem.

                            Anyhow, thanks and please do let me know what the defaults are for:
                            Disable NAT Reflection for port forwards:
                            Disable NAT Reflection for 1:1 NAT :
                            Automatically create outbound NAT rules…:

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                              Metu69salemi
                              last edited by

                              @artgug:

                              Disable NAT Reflection for port forwards:
                              Disable NAT Reflection for 1:1 NAT :
                              Automatically create outbound NAT rules…:

                              I'm not sure if i have default settings, but working settings: check, check & uncheck

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                                artgug
                                last edited by

                                Thanks!

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