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    Does PureNAT for Reflection in 2.2.1 even work?

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    • G
      GoldServe
      last edited by

      Well, like I said, home network. There are multiple web services so I need to offset ports: 80, 81, 82, 83 etc.

      Still, is pure nat just broken???

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        cmb
        last edited by

        @GoldServe:

        Still, is pure nat just broken???

        No, it works fine in general. Post your port forwards screen, and the output of: grep rdr /tmp/rules.debug

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          GoldServe
          last edited by

          Here is the temp rules debug…

          rdr on igb0 proto { tcp udp } from any to xx.222.4.232 port 3388 -> 192.168.10.2 port 3389
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto { tcp udp } from any to xx.222.4.232 port 3388 -> 192.168.10.2 port 3389
          rdr on igb1 proto { tcp udp } from any to xx.207.23.137 port 3388 -> 192.168.10.2 port 3389
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto { tcp udp } from any to xx.207.23.137 port 3388 -> 192.168.10.2 port 3389
          rdr on igb0 proto tcp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 57458 -> 192.168.10.2
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto tcp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 57458 -> 192.168.10.2
          rdr on igb1 proto tcp from any to xx.207.23.137 port 57458 -> 192.168.10.2
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto tcp from any to xx.207.23.137 port 57458 -> 192.168.10.2
          rdr on igb0 proto tcp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 443 -> 192.168.10.27
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto tcp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 443 -> 192.168.10.27
          rdr on igb1 proto tcp from any to xx.207.23.137 port 443 -> 192.168.10.28
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto tcp from any to xx.207.23.137 port 443 -> 192.168.10.28
          rdr on igb0 proto udp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 1194 -> 192.168.10.27
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto udp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 1194 -> 192.168.10.27
          rdr on igb1 proto udp from any to xx.207.23.137 port 1194 -> 192.168.10.28
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto udp from any to xx.207.23.137 port 1194 -> 192.168.10.28
          rdr on igb0 proto tcp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 8090 -> 192.168.10.249 port 80
          rdr on { vmx0 vmx1 } proto tcp from any to xx.222.4.232 port 8090 -> 192.168.10.249 port 80
          
          
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          • C
            cmb
            last edited by

            Those look sane. Are you redirecting it back out the same interface it came in on in this case? What do the resulting firewall states look like if you filter under Diag>States for something that should be reflected?

            On an unrelated note, how'd you end up with igb and vmx NICs on the same system? Or is that combining from other systems?

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              GoldServe
              last edited by

              These are the two states that try to make the connection:

              LAN tcp 192.168.10.28:443 (98.207.23.137:443) <- 192.168.10.2:58131 CLOSED:SYN_SENT
              WAN tcp 73.222.4.232:9604 (192.168.10.2:58131) -> 192.168.10.28:443 SYN_SENT:CLOSED

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              • G
                GoldServe
                last edited by

                These are the two states that try to make the connection:

                LAN tcp 192.168.10.28:443 (xx.207.23.137:443) <- 192.168.10.2:58131 CLOSED:SYN_SENT
                WAN tcp xx.222.4.232:9604 (192.168.10.2:58131) -> 192.168.10.28:443 SYN_SENT:CLOSED

                Looks like a multi-wan issue? LAN is making a connection to WAN2 (xx.207.23.137) and the second line, WAN (xx.222.4.232) is making the reply?

                The reason why I have igbX because my two WAN connections are PCI passthrough devices. VMX is my lan connection with is a 10G SFP+ connection to my lan switch.

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                • C
                  cmb
                  last edited by

                  My next guess was going to be the traffic hitting a firewall rule that forces it out to the gateway in question. Add a rule above any rule specifying a gateway or gateway group, matching destination of your local WAN IPs and internal LAN IPs, and try again. Suspect that'll work.

                  @GoldServe:

                  The reason why I have igbX because my two WAN connections are PCI passthrough devices. VMX is my lan connection with is a 10G SFP+ connection to my lan switch.

                  Ah ok, I was wondering if there was some new virtual NIC type I hadn't heard of, that makes sense now.

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                  • G
                    GoldServe
                    last edited by

                    Right now, I can't find a rule that will match my packet so i'm at a complete lost as to what is going on. Maybe someone smarter than me could reproduce and debug this on their end…

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Or you could post your rules.

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                      • C
                        cmb
                        last edited by

                        Whatever interface the traffic is sourced on is where the rule(s) in question reside.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          "VMX is my lan connection with is a 10G SFP+ connection to my lan switch."

                          Home network my ass ;)

                          Pretty highend home network.. But too cheap to buy more than 1 public IP?  So your doing redirection via port?

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                            GoldServe
                            last edited by

                            Well, I just play with fancy gear (got the sg500x switch for too cheap!). I really don't know how one could set up a network with all these options you mentioned. I was looking into buying a domain name so I can configure all my https services with proper certificates but that's a daunting task right now. I just know simple network confit and nat reflection is what I know from cheap Linux routers.

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              you don't know how to buy a domain but you have a sg500x with 10g sfps? ;) And you like people having to put in urls like www.something.tld:1234 ?  And then you redirect that again to :4567 on your private side?

                              So you have multiple hosts behind pfsense running all these different sites?  Or just one – so you don't know about host headers and virtual domains, or how to serve up multiple sites off a httpd ?

                              So what speed of internet do you have that your hosting all these sites?  To be honest there is little point to hosting anything off a "home" internet connection but if you need more than 1 IP so you don't have to use ports for host headers and virtual hosts in your httpd, etc.  Then call your isp and tell them you need more IP addresses.

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                                GoldServe
                                last edited by

                                I know what you mean but i'm trying to port forward some security cameras. When I'm connected internally, the ip cam application points to xxx.dyndns.org:8081, 8082 and when i'm external to the network, they should just work. That is why I need reflection in my case.

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  This thread has already been over

                                  so lets say I have 3 cams

                                  cam1.dyndns.tld:8081
                                  cam2.dyndns.tld:8082
                                  cam3.dyndns.tld:8083

                                  now cam1,2 and 3 all point to your public IP lets call it 4.5.6.7, and your cameras on the inside are 192.168.1.101,102 and .103

                                  Are your cameras listening on 8081 and 8082 and 8083 or do you forward to say 80??  Really should forward to the ports your actually listening on. if cams listen on those ports your urls still work just fine be it outside or inside your network.

                                  Also having your cameras open to the public net is not a good idea to be honest.  Why don't you just vpn in and use the private IPs directly.  This makes it simple and more secure..  Nat reflection is to be honest never a good idea ;)

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