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    Do these port forwards look correct based on these requirements?

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      Yes a port forward says hey something hitting my public IP, that I did NOT ASK for.. ie its not return traffic..  Just some random IP on the public internet going to your public IP on 3389 would be forwarded to your 10.0.0.15 box.

      BTW - not really a good idea to have rdp open to the public internet.

      You could prob get rid of those bottom 5 rules - I find it highly unlikely that launcher that has proxy support needs inbound traffic.  Everything should be in answer to something the launcher requested and thus allowed by the state the firewall creates when you went oubound and created the connection.

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        opjohnny
        last edited by

        I deleted the RDP rule and disabled the launcher rules.

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        Celeron C1037U MiniPC(HDD, current)
        VIA C7 miniITX(HDD, retired)
        Firebox x750e(CF, retired)
        Dell PowerEdge 2950 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
        Dell PowerEdge 860 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
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          opjohnny
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          I found a possible fix for this game, but I'm not sure if this is opening up security holes for me…

          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=73012.0

          I know my NAT type was labeled "Strict" by the PC version of Call of Duty : Advanced Warfare and someone in The Crew subreddit mentioned my NAT may be the issue here.  I followed that guide, rebooted my pfSense box, loaded up the game and tested.  I'm seeing players and getting quick PVP matches now so the issue appears to be fixed.

          Anything I should be aware of with this "fix?"

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          VIA C7 miniITX(HDD, retired)
          Firebox x750e(CF, retired)
          Dell PowerEdge 2950 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            What using UPnP?

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              opjohnny
              last edited by

              Apparently this game is.  All my networking issues in the game have disappeared after opening NAT.

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by

                Huh?  Dude no opening ports to your console is not a security issue.  Now what ports are actually listed as being used..  Look under status UPnP and it will show you what ports were opened.

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                  opjohnny
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                  @johnpoz:

                  Huh?  Dude no opening ports to your console is not a security issue.  Now what ports are actually listed as being used..  Look under status UPnP and it will show you what ports were opened.

                  This is to my PC, no consoles here. Here us UPnP status while The Crew is running…

                  3074 udp 192.168.1.10 3074 DemonwarePortMapping
                  18857 udp 192.168.1.10 18857 Skype UDP at 192.168.1.10:18857 (2897)
                  18857 tcp 192.168.1.10 18857 Skype TCP at 192.168.1.10:18857 (2897)

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                  Celeron C1037U MiniPC(HDD, current)
                  VIA C7 miniITX(HDD, retired)
                  Firebox x750e(CF, retired)
                  Dell PowerEdge 2950 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    well sure looks like only 3074 udp to me.. that other port is skype - are you running skype?

                    3074 is not listed in your first port forwards.  So that would explain why its now working with UPnP, you had the wrong ports open.

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                      opjohnny
                      last edited by

                      @johnpoz:

                      well sure looks like only 3074 udp to me.. that other port is skype - are you running skype?

                      3074 is not listed in your first port forwards.  So that would explain why its now working with UPnP, you had the wrong ports open.

                      Those ports I opened were directly from Ubisoft's website.  They never mentioned 3074.

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Well they missed it clearly ;)  Not the first time KB articles about what ports to use are completely nonsense.  Like how they state 80 and 443 and 53, etc..  And make it seem like those need to be inbound vs just outbound ports.

                        Clearly UPnP opened 3074, no other ports are listed other than that skype, turn off skype and see if that goes away. Just play your game and look what ports are forwarded.. Then turn off UPnP and forward the port(s).

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                          opjohnny
                          last edited by

                          Those two skype ports and the 3074 port are the only ones showing up in the list.  I turned the UPnP back off, set the NAT Outbound back to auto, created a new port forward for 3074 UDP, and launched the game.  I can't tell if this is affecting the game yet.

                          pfSense Boxes-

                          Celeron C1037U MiniPC(HDD, current)
                          VIA C7 miniITX(HDD, retired)
                          Firebox x750e(CF, retired)
                          Dell PowerEdge 2950 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
                          Dell PowerEdge 860 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
                          Firebox x700(CF, for a coworker)

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                            opjohnny
                            last edited by

                            I'm only seeing one person on the map.  After a few minutes that did not change, so it looks like I need all that other stuff set in pfSense.  I'm not seeing any traffic going out over 3000 or 3074 in firewall log, only 3001.

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                            VIA C7 miniITX(HDD, retired)
                            Firebox x750e(CF, retired)
                            Dell PowerEdge 2950 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
                            Dell PowerEdge 860 w/ ESXi v5.5(Retired)
                            Firebox x700(CF, for a coworker)

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Dude - remove all your forwards.  Enable UPnP - does it work now?  What parts are in use.

                              Disable UPnP and put in the forwards manual.  Or just leave UPnP on.. You do not need both for it to work.. either UPnP will work, or you correctly forward the ports.  You do not need both.

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