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    How do I Open port 80 and 443 on pfsense ?

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      branyster
      last edited by

      Hi, I am trying to open IE from my 2012 windows home server. And also do some MS updates. But PFsense is blocking this.

      How do I Open port 80 and 443 on pfsense ?

      Thank You in advance

      Nicholas

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        The default lan rule in pfsense is any any - all ports outbound would be open.  Are you wanting to forward public traffic from the internet to your server on these ports.  For example I would be able to access it if I knew your public IP?

        If so that is a port forward.  But that would not be required for your server to get windows updates from MS.

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          branyster
          last edited by

          Yes my issue is I cannot get out onto the Internet from my Server. Is it easy to create a Port Forward in pfsense ?

          I never used it before but I've managed to install it on a VM.

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            doktornotor Banned
            last edited by

            Getting out to Internet from LAN has exactly zero in common with port forwarding.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Post up your lan firewall rules..  If your saying your browser can not get to the internet - first thing I would think of is has proxy set that is not available.  Do other browsers work?

              Can you ping pfsense, can you ping say 4.2.2.2 ?  What does a traceroute show?

              C:>ping 4.2.2.2

              Pinging 4.2.2.2 with 32 bytes of data:                                                           
              Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=59                                                   
              Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=59                                                   
              Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=59                                                   
              Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=59

              Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:                                                                     
                  Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),                                         
              Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:                                                   
                  Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 10ms

              C:>tracert 4.2.2.2

              Tracing route to b.resolvers.Level3.net [4.2.2.2]                                               
              over a maximum of 30 hops:

              1    1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  pfSense.local.lan [192.168.1.253]                               
                2    18 ms    9 ms    9 ms  24.13.snipped                                                 
                3    9 ms    9 ms    9 ms  te-0-5-0-8-sur04.mtprospect.il.chicago.comcast.net [68.85.180.133]
                4    11 ms    10 ms    11 ms  68.87.230.53

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                branyster
                last edited by

                Yes I can Ping pfsense firewall.

                ping 10.1.1.10

                Pinging 10.1.1.10 with 32 bytes of data:
                Reply from 10.1.1.10: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
                Reply from 10.1.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
                Reply from 10.1.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
                Reply from 10.1.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

                Ping statistics for 10.1.1.10:
                    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
                Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
                    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms

                tracert 10.1.1.10

                Tracing route to 10.1.1.10 over a maximum of 30 hops

                1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  10.1.1.10

                Trace complete.

                Not Tried installing another web browser.

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  can you ping 4.2.2.2?

                  Tracert to IP you just pinged on the same segment doesn't tell us anything.. Also what are you lan rules?

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                    branyster
                    last edited by

                    YES. Amazing It works.

                    C:\Users\Nick>ping 4.2.2.2

                    Pinging 4.2.2.2 with 32 bytes of data:
                    Request timed out.
                    Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=50
                    Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=50
                    Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=50

                    Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:
                        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
                    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
                        Minimum = 34ms, Maximum = 39ms, Average = 36ms

                    C:\Users\Nick>tracert 4.2.2.2

                    Tracing route to b.resolvers.Level3.net [4.2.2.2]
                    over a maximum of 30 hops:

                    1    3 ms    2 ms    2 ms  BThomehub.home [192.168.1.254]
                      2    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms  217.32.144.161
                      3    10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  217.32.144.190
                      4    14 ms    12 ms    12 ms  213.120.181.206
                      5    12 ms    12 ms    12 ms  217.41.169.249
                      6    14 ms    14 ms    15 ms  217.41.169.109
                      7    12 ms    12 ms    12 ms  acc2-xe-0-3-0.sf.21cn-ipp.bt.net [109.159.251.20
                    1]
                      8    18 ms    19 ms    19 ms  core1-te0-0-0-4.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.25
                    1.25]
                      9    17 ms    17 ms    18 ms  transit2-xe11-0-0.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.200
                    .122]
                    10    17 ms    16 ms    16 ms  t2c4-xe-9-2-0-0.uk-eal.eu.bt.net [166.49.168.57]

                    11    17 ms    17 ms    17 ms  5-1-4.ear2.London2.Level3.net [212.187.201.133]

                    12    18 ms    18 ms    17 ms  ae-234-3610.edge5.london1.Level3.net [4.69.166.5
                    3]
                    13    18 ms    20 ms    18 ms  ae-234-3610.edge5.london1.Level3.net [4.69.166.5
                    3]
                    14    35 ms    37 ms    32 ms  b.resolvers.Level3.net [4.2.2.2]

                    Trace complete.

                    C:\Users\Nick>

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                      branyster
                      last edited by

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                      • B
                        branyster
                        last edited by

                        I still cannot get out onto the Internet from my Server. Using IE

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                        • DerelictD
                          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                          last edited by

                          How about you post the same debugs from the server you're having trouble with?

                          Looks like everything's fine from that host.

                          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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                            branyster
                            last edited by

                            Whoops !

                            C:\Users\Administrator>ping 4.2.2.2

                            Pinging 4.2.2.2 with 32 bytes of data:
                            Reply from 10.1.1.10: Destination host unreachable.
                            Reply from 10.1.1.10: Destination host unreachable.
                            Reply from 10.1.1.10: Destination host unreachable.
                            Reply from 10.1.1.10: Destination host unreachable.

                            Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:
                                Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

                            C:\Users\Administrator>tracert 4.2.2.2

                            Tracing route to 4.2.2.2 over a maximum of 30 hops

                            1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  pfSense.localdomain [10.1.1.10]
                              2  pfSense.localdomain [10.1.1.10]  reports: Destination host unreachable.

                            Trace complete.

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                            • DerelictD
                              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                              last edited by

                              Looks like pfSense doesn't have a default gateway set.

                              Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                              A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                              DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                                branyster
                                last edited by

                                Oh Boy !  Now after adding in my gateway 192.168.1.254 and clicking add my Mac Address. Something about Spoof.

                                Im locked out of pfsense, my ESXi Host and my Lab !  Yikes !

                                Please No Applause !

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                                  riahc3 Banned
                                  last edited by

                                  Can you tell us a bit about your network?

                                  What is the IP address of your Gateway? The server? Subnet mask?

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  pfSense.localdomain [10.1.1.10]
                                      2  pfSense.localdomain [10.1.1.10]  reports: Destination host unreachable.

                                    Why is your second hop pfsense itself?  Do you not have a gateway on wan?  Did you set one on lan..  We see this a LOT where users for some unknown reason when it cleary says not to set a gateway on LAN, point the gateway to pfsense or something out of the blue, etc..

                                    LAN interfaces do not have gateways set!!!  If you set them, they become wan interfaces ;)

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                                      branyster
                                      last edited by

                                      Restarted ESXi Host. I was then able to vsphere client back onto Host. Then Disabled pfsense NIC's. Reset to Factory and I went through the Wizard and configured the LAN and WAN DNS everything works on my Server side now too. IE and MS Updates

                                      Thanks Guys. Nick Branson

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        future ref.. If your running pfsense on vm infrastructure you might want to mention that in your original post ;)

                                        But can not really tell if pfsense is on the esxi host, or your 2k12 client?

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