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    1:1 NAT not working. Replacing Checkpoint with Pfsense

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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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      Going to be pretty much impossible to see what you are doing with those addresses obfuscated like that.

      This might help:

      https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/book/firewall/methods-of-using-additional-public-ip-addresses.html

      It really depends on how the additional addresses are provisioned to you and what you are trying to do with them.

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        You didn't hide the IP very will in your ping ;) You forgot the bottom part where it shows the stats of what IP you were pinging.

        But why are you 1:1 natting to public IPs? Looks like your dest in your 1:1 nat is 128.x address?

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          Su30MKI @Derelict
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          @derelict Hello Derelict, Thank you for the reply. There are 15 usable static IPs from the ISP. I have configured one as VIP and trying to NAT it to the DMZ server.

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            Su30MKI @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz Hello John, If not NATed from the the public-ip-->DMZ server, How the DMZ server will be accessible globally?

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            • DerelictD
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @Su30MKI
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              @su30mki said in 1:1 NAT not working. Replacing Checkpoint with Pfsense:

              @derelict Hello Derelict, Thank you for the reply. There are 15 usable static IPs from the ISP. I have configured one as VIP and trying to NAT it to the DMZ server.

              Are they on the interface network or are they routed to you?
              What is the subnet mask they told you to use?
              What are the last octets of the addresses they said you could use?
              What is the last octet of the gateway they said to use?

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                Su30MKI @Derelict
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                @derelict The ISP connection comes to a cisco router and from there the 15 IPs are released. The network subnet is 28, The subnet mask is 255.255.255.240. All the usable IPs belong to the same subnet no change. All the usable IPs worked well for NAT with the old checkpoint firewall.

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                  OK so you want to 1:1 NAT from one of those to another address on a different subnet on the inside. Those are usually RFC1918 addresses, like 192.168.1.100.

                  https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/book/nat/1-1-nat.html

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                    Su30MKI
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                    @Derelict The DMZ network is 128.50.0.0/16. Should I change it to class C IP address for the NAt to work?

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                      No, it doesn't matter, but those are not private addresses, they are assigned to the United States Department of Defense.

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                        Why in the world would of used 128.50?? Clearly those are NOT yours... And a /16 - so 65k some hosts?

                        Just at a loss here. Yes you should fix it - you should use rfc1918 space - what its designed for.. And you should use an appropriate sized network.. If for no other reason you don't look like an idiot next time you have a question and post up your details..

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                          Su30MKI @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz It is still in my private network. How is that going to affect the NAT?

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                            It is not private address space.. Its owned by the DOD..

                            NetRange: 128.50.0.0 - 128.50.255.255
                            CIDR: 128.50.0.0/16
                            Organization: Department of Defense (DEPART)

                            Sure you can technically use it - as long as you don't want any of those devices to talk to or get talked to by that network.. It just clearly points out to anyone that learns it that you don't understand even basic principles..

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                              Su30MKI @johnpoz
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                              @johnpoz Thank you for the reply. I will change it.

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                                Su30MKI
                                last edited by Su30MKI

                                Hello,

                                I got a break through. I changed the DMZ IP to 10.50.20.0/25. I NATted it to the DMZ server, Now I get connection refused error and not connection timed out error. I think the firewall is not letting the connection through.1_1535624624109_WAN-Rules.PNG 0_1535624624011_NAT-DMZ.PNG

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                  Why are you hiding your 10.50 address? /25 - so you go from a /16 to a /25... Ok Sure you didn't mess up something in the mask?

                                  Firewall would not send a RST or anything if it was blocking it.. Unless you setup a specific REJECT rule.. So sounds more like your end box at 10.50.x.x you know that super secret rfc1918 address that nobody can know ;)

                                  Simple sniff shows you if pfsense sends on the traffic to end device.

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                                    Su30MKI
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                                    Alright, As you see the public ip is NATed to the DMZ server. Public IP : 125.21.XX.XX DMZ server IP : 10.50.20.3.
                                    NAT 1:1 Mapping

                                    Interface : WAN
                                    External IP : 125.21.xx.xx
                                    Internal IP : 10.50.20.3

                                    WAN Rules

                                    Protocol : IPV4
                                    Source : 125.21.xx.xx
                                    port : Any
                                    Destination : Any.

                                    Now the error is connection refused, Earlier it was connection timed out.

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                                    • DerelictD
                                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                                      You are never going to have traffic into WAN sourced from an IP address on the WAN interface. The firewall rule should be sourced (presumably) from any which is any host on the internet.

                                      The destination address should be the post-NAT real address of the destination server, or 10.50.masked.masked.

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        You can for sure limit the source to your actual source out on the internet to get to this host your sending the nat too.. But if your putting in your actual wan IP, then as Derelict has stated - that is never going to work.

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