Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    LAN cannot access WAN public IP

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved NAT
    14 Posts 3 Posters 1.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • H
      hungkh
      last edited by

      Was you config outbound NAT?
      Firewall -> NAT -> Outbound -> Check "Automatic outbound NAT rule generation (IPsec passthrough included)"

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • R
        rjsantiago21
        last edited by

        Configuration is manual outbound NAT (AON). I can use it before but when I restore the configuration I cannot access my WAN IP.

        I try all NAT settings. Can you help me enumerate your settings.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • R
          rjsantiago21
          last edited by

          I set it to automatic and why still no luck at all. And no gateways to my LAN and WLAN

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • R
            rjsantiago21
            last edited by

            I know this problem was brought up by others before. When I have a problem with my pfsense box I messed up and restore the old backup config file. After restoration my pfsense went back at normal but this issue still cannot resolve. I already done all. Please see attached image files.

            PFSense2.png
            PFSense2.png_thumb
            PFSense1.png
            PFSense1.png_thumb

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              can access your wan public IP from outside?

              Please post your firewall rules.. Wan, lan and your wlan - you say you can ping your wan IP.. But you can not access the web gui?  Is that what you mean by access?

              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
              SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • R
                rjsantiago21
                last edited by

                I can access my WAN outside. Yes i can ping my WAN IP inside but i cannot access its web GUI.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  So please post your rules for your wan and your lan side interfaces.

                  An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                  Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                  SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • R
                    rjsantiago21
                    last edited by

                    Please see attached image file. I even tried to set the rules to "any" "any" as shown in image but still no luck.

                    PFSense3.png
                    PFSense3.png_thumb
                    PFSense4.png
                    PFSense4.png_thumb

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • R
                      rjsantiago21
                      last edited by

                      Kindly check the diagnostic status states that shown in image.

                      PFSense5.png
                      PFSense5.png_thumb

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        you have a ANY ANY Rule on the top of your wan rules - so NO shit you can access your web gui from internet ;)

                        And then you have an any any rule on the top of your LAN right underneath the antilockout… So all of those rules below are completely utterly pointless!!

                        What rules do you have in floating?  And what is your outbound nat?

                        An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                        If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                        Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                        SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • R
                          rjsantiago21
                          last edited by

                          Thank you for your response. This issue is now solved. Important rule in not port forwarding. We should enable the NAT reflection. It's my fault because I focus on outbound NAT.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            "We should enable the NAT reflection"

                            No not really… Its an abomination if you ask me!  There is like zero reason other than bad design or laziness that nat reflection should be needed.. You have a server on the local network serving up some service..  Why in the world should not just resolve whatever FQDN you want to use to the local IP, so you do not have to be reflected back..

                            Now if whatever your using is hard coded to this public IP - then ok, but that is just bad design...

                            You want to use something.publicdomain.tld that resolves to public IP (your wan) then just create a host override so something.publicdomain.tld resolves to the rfc1918 address and never has to be reflected back in..

                            An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                            If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                            Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                            SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • R
                              rjsantiago21
                              last edited by

                              Hi there,

                              Here I am again, one of my remote site with the same scenario. It can ping the WAN but it cannot access the web gui.

                              All are solve but this remote site still cannot acess.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • First post
                                Last post
                              Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.