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    • chpalmerC
      chpalmer
      last edited by

      Change destination to "Wan Address" from the list.

      Triggering snowflakes one by one..
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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        kejianshi
        last edited by

        I've done this with VMs numerous times out of necessity for a few minutes to make some changes before blocking it.

        Make a NAT rule under firewall > NAT
        When the rule pops up, leave most of it alone.

        go to destination range and type in 443 in both blanks

        redirect target ip - enter the pfsense lan IP (192.168.1.1 is default)

        redirect target port - 443

        Thats about it…

        You should delete your existing rule that you posted earlier.

        After you try this rule you just made you should probably delete it pretty fast also (-;

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          cpatte7372
          last edited by

          Kej

          I followed your instructionns.

          Are you now saying I should be able to access my Web GUI from any internet connection?

          Cheers

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            cpatte7372
            last edited by

            Kej

            I tried your suggestion, but I wasn't able to access my web gui with address https://192.168.1.1/

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            • K
              kejianshi
              last edited by

              Yeah - I'm in Manila and I just added that (very inadvisable) rule to a personal box of mine in the states and it worked perfectly…
              Then I promptly deleted the rule...

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              • KOMK
                KOM
                last edited by

                I tried your suggestion, but I wasn't able to access my web gui with address https://192.168.1.1/

                I'm not sure how you think you're going to route to a non-routable private address from the Internet…

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                • K
                  kejianshi
                  last edited by

                  hehe - OK

                  That IP is the one you forward too…

                  What you type into your browser is https://your pfsense public IP

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                    cpatte7372
                    last edited by

                    ;)

                    OK, inserted in my browser https://pfsense public ip address and I got web page is not available.

                    The following is my configuration

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                    • K
                      kejianshi
                      last edited by

                      Is your lan interface IP 192.168.1.1?

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                        cpatte7372
                        last edited by

                        Hi Kej

                        Yes it is.

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                        • K
                          kejianshi
                          last edited by

                          And are you outside the lan on some other computer or are you trying to access this on a computer connected to pfsense?

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                            cpatte7372
                            last edited by

                            Kej

                            I'm outside the lan on some other computer

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                              kejianshi
                              last edited by

                              Then it should work unless you have some block rules somewhere, the wrong public ip or have some other settings messed up elsewhere.

                              Once its working, don't forget to change your username / pass to admin/admin and post your public IP here.

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                                kejianshi
                                last edited by

                                I just had a really bad sneaking suspicion that I just have to ask…

                                What is the WAN of the pfsense hooked up to?

                                If pfsense is plugged into a MODEM (not a router) and the ISP isn't blocking 443 this should already be working.

                                If this is plugged into a ROUTER or a COMBO modem router and your pfsense is showing some private IP (like 192.168.x.x) on the WAN interface in the gui, this isn't going to be so simple.

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                                  cpatte7372
                                  last edited by

                                  Kej

                                  I'm not actually on some other computer… I'm on my own computer that has internet access. However, my pfSense has been deployed on ESXi host.

                                  pfSense has a public ip address as well as a LAN address.

                                  I can connect via LAN but can't connect via WAN. I know the pfSense WAN interface is configured corrected with a public ip address because I can ping 8.8.8.8 and any other public ip address from pfSense interface.

                                  Cheers

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                                  • K
                                    kejianshi
                                    last edited by

                                    Does "my own computer" have a different public IP than pfsense wan?

                                    You can always PM me your public IP and I can try it from here….

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                                      cpatte7372
                                      last edited by

                                      'My own computer', has an ip address assigned to by Virgin Media of 192.168.0.1.

                                      So basically, what I'm trying to do is access my pfsense firewall from any computer that has an internet connection

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                                        kejianshi
                                        last edited by

                                        If you PM me your public IP that pfsense is on, I will see if I get a GUI interface from here.

                                        (NOTE - I don't actually think this is a good idea, but for the sake of testing, I'd do it)

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                                          cpatte7372
                                          last edited by

                                          Kej

                                          I hope you're on the level - PM sent

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                                          • K
                                            kejianshi
                                            last edited by

                                            Not working - How are you determining your public IP?

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