Remote access - what am I doing wrong?

lockheed

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.

Derelict

PM me with your public IP address.

Derelict

It's working fine. Tell us exactly how you're testing it.

lockheed

Well, I type into the browser this address:

Public IP:8081

EDIT: I do this from within the LAN.

Derelict

From where?

Derelict

Then you need rules on LAN permitting it.

ETA: And you wouldn't be testing your WAN rules so…

BBcan177

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

lockheed

@Derelict:

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:

Derelict

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Firewall_Rule_Troubleshooting

doktornotor

Stop "testing" WAN access from LAN. Just utterly pointless. You are debugging non-existent problem:

@Derelict:

It's working fine. Tell us exactly how you're testing it.

lockheed

Thanks for your help guys. I learnt something new today.