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      Alucardko
      last edited by

      Hi, Im new in Pfsense, and I have a problem, My internet provider give me 3 IP publics assigned to a specific ips(17.2 17.3 17.4), I have tried to redirect one ip to the ip of the lan, but I have not succeeded, I leave a small diagram of the network so that it is better understood

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

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

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

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

        Since your WAN is in private IP space, make sure you uncheck the Block private networks on WAN (Interfaces - WAN) or it will reject your incoming traffic.

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          Alucardko
          last edited by

          @KOM:

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

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

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

          Since your WAN is in private IP space, make sure you uncheck the Block private networks on WAN (Interfaces - WAN) or it will reject your incoming traffic.

          thanks for u answer, I have no problems with the incoming traffic, actually my pfsense works correctly, What I need is redirect 192.168.17.2 to a pc in lan 192.168.7.10 For the ip public point to to that machine

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            hda
            last edited by

            I understand, too, that your "redirect" equals to portforwarding.

            Your WAN IP is another number compared to the 3 "Internet" IP's, Why is that ..17.7 ?

            Post a screenshot of Status/Interfaces, so we can verify our understanding of your situation.

            I have no problems with the incoming traffic, actually my pfsense works correctly

            You mean you can browse from ..7.10 in the Internet ?

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              Alucardko
              last edited by

              @hda:

              I understand, too, that your "redirect" equals to portforwarding.

              Your WAN IP is another number compared to the 3 "Internet" IP's, Why is that ..17.7 ?

              Post a screenshot of Status/Interfaces, so we can verify our understanding of your situation.

              I have no problems with the incoming traffic, actually my pfsense works correctly

              You mean you can browse from ..7.10 in the Internet ?


              my subnet without the pfsense is 192.168.17.xx, and the ips (192.168.17.2-192.168.17.3-192.168.17.4) has a ip public each one, I cant change anything in this subnet, because only the provider can do that, then I need forwarding thats ips to some ips in the lan of pfsense

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              • KOMK
                KOM
                last edited by

                I have no problems with the incoming traffic

                I'm talking specifically about unsolicited incoming traffic, not return traffic from your outbound requests.  Unsolicited private IP traffic is blocked from WAN unless you uncheck that box I mentioned earlier.

                It should be no problem to create a port forward from your WAN to LAN.  Do you have a system on the 192.168.17 network to test your port forward with?

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                  Cheetohz
                  last edited by

                  I think he is wanting a full DMZ host

                  No firewall, NAT, DNS, etc. for one single host on his internal private network.

                  Indeed firewall rules are what you want to achieve this

                  https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Example_basic_configuration#DMZ_Configuration

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                    Alucardko
                    last edited by

                    @Cheetohz=topic=122016.msg674060#msg674060:

                    I have no problems with the incoming traffic

                    I think he is wanting a full DMZ host

                    No firewall, NAT, DNS, etc. for one single host on his internal private network.

                    Indeed firewall rules are what you want to achieve this

                    https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Example_basic_configuration#DMZ_Configuration

                    No I dont want DMZ

                    @KOM:

                    I have no problems with the incoming traffic

                    I'm talking specifically about unsolicited incoming traffic, not return traffic from your outbound requests.  Unsolicited private IP traffic is blocked from WAN unless you uncheck that box I mentioned earlier.

                    It should be no problem to create a port forward from your WAN to LAN.  Do you have a system on the 192.168.17 network to test your port forward with?

                    a system? I dont understand you, you mean If I have router o something similar, for look the forward ports? No I dont manage anything of thar network, is the cause I want use PFsense

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                    • KOMK
                      KOM
                      last edited by

                      I was asking because you appear to have a double-NAT situation going on, and your problem may have more to do with your ISP not forwarding your traffic.  I wanted ot see if you could check your port forward from in front of your pfSense, not your ISP.

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                        Alucardko
                        last edited by

                        @KOM:

                        I was asking because you appear to have a double-NAT situation going on, and your problem may have more to do with your ISP not forwarding your traffic.  I wanted ot see if you could check your port forward from in front of your pfSense, not your ISP.

                        More easy, if you have my situation, how you forward that ip to a subnet pfsense ip, my ISP ois good, in this moment I have 2 machines directly to the isp with reserveds ip (17.2 and 17.4) and the 2 IP publics are correctly forward to thats machines, then I need forward 17.3 to a machine in pfsense lan

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                        • KOMK
                          KOM
                          last edited by

                          Well, like I said earlier it's easy to port forward in pfSense and it just works.  If you can't get it working, post screenshots of your NAT port forward rules and WAN firewall rules.

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                            Alucardko
                            last edited by

                            @KOM:

                            Well, like I said earlier it's easy to port forward in pfSense and it just works.  If you can't get it working, post screenshots of your NAT port forward rules and WAN firewall rules.


                            In firewall I dont have any configuration

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                            • KOMK
                              KOM
                              last edited by

                              OK I suspect the problem here is that you're trying to forward port 80 when you have pfSense WebGUI listening on that same port.  Are you running WebGUI in HTTP mode or HTTPS?  If I'm correct then there are two ways to fix this:

                              • Use a Virtual IP with one of the IPs your ISP assigned you and then use that Virtual IP as the Destination Address in your firewall rule.

                              • Change your WebGUI though the System options from port 80 to a different port, or switch to HTTPS mode.

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                                Alucardko
                                last edited by

                                @KOM:

                                OK I suspect the problem here is that you're trying to forward port 80 when you have pfSense WebGUI listening on that same port.  Are you running WebGUI in HTTP mode or HTTPS?  If I'm correct then there are two ways to fix this:

                                • Use a Virtual IP with one of the IPs your ISP assigned you and then use that Virtual IP as the Destination Address in your firewall rule.

                                • Change your WebGUI though the System options from port 80 to a different port, or switch to HTTPS mode.

                                This is my configuration

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                                • KOMK
                                  KOM
                                  last edited by

                                  OK WebGUI is listening on port 80 so you can't forward that port directly from WAN.  You need to do one of my two suggestions.

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                                    Alucardko
                                    last edited by

                                    I dit this, but doesnt works, I think I need do another thing, but Im not sure

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                                    • KOMK
                                      KOM
                                      last edited by

                                      How exactly are you doing your testing to see if it works or not?

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                                        Alucardko
                                        last edited by

                                        @KOM:

                                        How exactly are you doing your testing to see if it works or not?

                                        in the pc (7.10) I have a web page in IIS, when I connect that machine directly in subnet of the ISP with ip (192.168.17.3) then I test from another network, I put the public ip in a browser, and it works, but when i return to pfsense lan, and change the ip (7.10) I do the same process but doenst work

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                                        • KOMK
                                          KOM
                                          last edited by

                                          Here are two screens that show a port forward defined and WAN rules to allow the traffic.  Note that the aliases such as WWW, cloud point to private IP addresses, not public.

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            "directly in subnet of the ISP with ip (192.168.17.3)"

                                            Dude can you do a simple sniff on your pfsense wan… Then go to canyouseeme.org and test to port 80... Do you see the traffic to 80??

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