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    Trying to view website brings up Wedconfig not website

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    • J Offline
      JayB
      last edited by

      All I'm trying to do is view the site from the browser on the server. Nothing fancy at all. I may have a fancy misconfiguration, but a whole nother thing.

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        kejianshi
        last edited by

        Yeah - But I bet he will get the same problem even if browsing from a vpn on pfsense or perhaps even the LAN.

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          doktornotor Banned
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          @JayB:

          All I'm trying to do is view the site from the browser on the server.

          Dude, how on earth do you imagine to meaningfully test port forwarding from localhost on LAN? WTF. So far, you've tested your DNS records. They're broken. Congrats.

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            kejianshi
            last edited by

            http://browsershots.org/

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              JayB
              last edited by

              I'm not trying to test port forwarding via localhost…locahost is just the only thing that works.

              I am RDP'd into my server.
              From my browser on the server I try to access the website via DNS my.website.com I get webadmin instead
              From my browser on the server I try to access the website via IP I get webadmin instead
              From my browser on the server via 127.0.0.1 I get the site.

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                doktornotor Banned
                last edited by

                @JayB:

                I am RDP'd into my server.

                Why? This is just utterly useless test.

                @JayB:

                From my browser on the server I try to access the website via DNS my.website.com I get webadmin instead
                From my browser on the server I try to access the website via IP I get webadmin instead
                From my browser on the server via 127.0.0.1 I get the site.

                As noted above, the only thing you have tested is that the server is unable to resolve itself in DNS.

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                  kejianshi
                  last edited by

                  Are you getting multiple public IPs with NAT?

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                    JayB
                    last edited by

                    No. just a single public IP and single internal IP (other than the gateway)

                    I've added the local IP/Name to hosts so I can now access the site and continue to debug…which was my only reason for the question.

                    Still don't understand why webadmin on 192.168.1.1 was coming up when browsing the DNS name or external IP. I assume it's something to do with the way I have port forwarding set up. This is the first time I've set up a publically accessible webserver. I've always used colocs who handle the firewall setup. It's also the first time using pfsense.

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                      kejianshi
                      last edited by

                      Its being caused by NAT.  But I have very limited info on your setup.

                      If you are using NAT Reflection, may be an issue also.

                      Sounds like you have found a fix though.  So, thats good.

                      I've never had this issue using a single IP - Only multiple NATed public IPs.

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        @JayB:

                        I've added the local IP/Name to hosts so I can now access the site and continue to debug…which was my only reason for the question.

                        Your webserver should resolve to the pfSense WAN IP from outside, and to the server's LAN IP from inside. And no, editing hosts file on LAN boxes is certainly not a solution.

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          This:
                          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can%27t_I_access_forwarded_ports_on_my_WAN_IP_from_my_LAN/OPTx_networks

                          Steve

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