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    Cannot access NAT'd services

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      viragomann
      last edited by

      WAN gateway (default GW)?
      Outbound NAT?

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        JackTripper
        last edited by

        @viragomann:

        WAN gateway (default GW)?

        The WAN is the gateway; it talks over PPPoE to my provider.

        Outbound NAT?

        This would be for inbound NATing; "port forwarding".

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          viragomann
          last edited by

          This would be for inbound NATing; "port forwarding".

          Anyway the firewall has to translate outbound traffic to your external address. However, this is done for the hole subnet automatically by default. I.e. other services on the internal subnet would be affected too.

          The POP server configuration is right to allow external connections.

          You may use a packet capture tool to verify the traffic.

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            xpingjockey
            last edited by

            I'm having the same issues. I upgraded this morning to 2.1.1 and none of my NAT services are working.

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              geyson_santana
              last edited by

              I have the same problem…I just installed the Pfsense 2.1.2 i386 and NAT don't works. Anyone help?

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                doktornotor Banned
                last edited by

                @xpingjockey:

                I'm having the same issues.

                @geyson_santana:

                I have the same problem…

                This is an utterly useless "description" of a problem!

                As for the OP here, I cannot even see how's pfSense related, except if you produced some PEBKAC like setting up a gateway on a LAN interface in pfSense… Seems like the packets don't get routed back to WAN at all.

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                  And do you have a firewall on your pop3?  As mentioned does your pop3 box know to talk back to pfsense to for traffic from the internet?

                  While your logging of the rule shows that pfsense forwarded it on..  Its better to do a simple sniff on the lan interface connected to your pop3 box so you can pfsense forward the traffic and your pop3 box answer back, etc.

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                    darklogic
                    last edited by

                    Not sure if this is related, but sounds like it could be.
                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=75221.0

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                      magoc
                      last edited by

                      im having the same problem…. did u solve it?

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                        JackTripper
                        last edited by

                        I never reported back; but i was able to solve it by wiping pfSense and starting over, again, from scratch.

                        Sometimes the pfSense configuration just gets itself into a state.

                        Wiping the configuration and starting over has been the solution on four other occasions. Sometimes the UI must put the config files into an inconsistent state.

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