Remote access - what am I doing wrong?
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Because I need to specify which incoming port need to be forwarded to which destination port?
You are confusing NAT port forwards with firewall rules. Like the text says, this is "almost never the same as the destination port and is usually any"
Make it so.
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The short version of what I would have posted is "+1 Derelict", I wasn't fast enough :)
Have a look at the firewall log for the entry that actually blocks your traffic. It should show a destination of port 8081 as you expect, but the source should be a high port number. This is random, so don't open this one port for the source either, set it to "any" as advised.
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Because I need to specify which incoming port need to be forwarded to which destination port?
You are confusing NAT port forwards with firewall rules. Like the text says, this is "almost never the same as the destination port and is usually any"
Make it so.
Done. Still no external access.
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PM me with your public IP address.
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It's working fine. Tell us exactly how you're testing it.
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Well, I type into the browser this address:
Public IP:8081
EDIT: I do this from within the LAN.
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From where?
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Then you need rules on LAN permitting it.
ETA: And you wouldn't be testing your WAN rules so…
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If you want to test a wan nat port, you can test it from your mobile phone (with wifi off).
http(s)://x.x.x.x:8081
Change the x's to your wan IP address -
Then you need rules on LAN permitting it.
Thanks, but I will need help with that, too.
I create a rule for that, but it does not work:
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https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Firewall_Rule_Troubleshooting
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Stop "testing" WAN access from LAN. Just utterly pointless. You are debugging non-existent problem:
It's working fine. Tell us exactly how you're testing it.
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Thanks for your help guys. I learnt something new today.
