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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by johnpoz

      What are those firewall logs suppose to show have anything to do with your port forward of UDP? Those are RA blocks on your lan by the default deny... Has ZERO to do with your port forward..

      Can you post up your port forward tab and and your wan tab - exactly like I did...

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        DKentoy @johnpoz
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        @johnpoz said in Port forward issue:

        What are those firewall logs suppose to show have anything to do with your port forward of UDP? Those are RA blocks on your lan by the default deny... Has ZERO to do with your port forward..

        Can you post up your port forward tab and and your wan tab - exactly like I did...

        It was just part of the troubleshooting - well never mind.

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        • GrimsonG
          Grimson Banned
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          So it's point number 1 on the troubleshooting page, you didn't follow the instructions here: https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/nat/forwarding-ports-with-pfsense.html (Hint: Your Dest. Address is wrong). Place a big "RTFM" on your desk.

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            DKentoy
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            Yes, I did followed the instructions, but what do you mean by point number 1? If it my destination that is the problem what should it be then? Because maybe I don't understand it and that the reason why I guess there is this forum to get some help, right?

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by johnpoz

              That is NEVER going to work... Your dest address when you do your port forward would be the WAN ADDRESS... This is the default when you click on port forward..

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              Its like you have to work at messing up port forwards ;) Been here like 10 years and I don't think I have ever come across a port forward issue what was not PEBKAC...

              When you click the add button, your typical setup will be like 2 things you have to put in, the port and the IP you want to forward too.. Its like you on purpose have to try to F it up ;)

              These are the only things your normal port forward has to edit. And the first 1 is maybe.. Since majority will be tcp.. So while its 3 boxes - 2 most of the time going to be drop down on the common protocol

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              I am more than happy to help - and no offense meant but this gets so OLD... its always the same thing - pages of pulling teeth to get a simple 2 second screenshot and then your problem will be obvious to pretty much anyone here.

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                DKentoy
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                I'm not trying to be a fool here, but is this not what I posted in the first link in my post#1?

                And if you see in post #4 I was recommended to change my Destination: from WAN address to Single host or alias by Mr. andresCT46

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  And what did I say about that external link, in my first post ;)

                  How come it shows wan address in that image, but in your listing of your actual rules it shows the 192.168.x.x address

                  Post up the tab so can see info!! Not while the user is creating/editing the rule.. You have no idea what they do in the process.

                  Sorry - I see that, yeah sorry its a forum.. Sometimes idiots chime in with bad advice ;) Most of the time they are trying to help - but its the blind leading the blind ;)

                  And again all the info needed to troubleshoot why your port forward isn't working is listed in the troubleshoot guide.. Post up your tabs.. If they are correct, then simple packet capture to figure out where its failing - traffic not getting to pfsense wan, where you send not answering, etc.

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                    DKentoy @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz said in Port forward issue:

                    And what did I say about that external link, in my first post ;)

                    You said: How hard can it be to add a screenshot. ☺
                    but I thought you looked at it anyway.

                    How come it shows wan address in that image, but in your listing of your actual rules it shows the 192.168.x.x address

                    That I can't explain. I didn't created the rule. I think the rule is being created when I create the NAT.

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                      DKentoy @DKentoy
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                      I haven't solved my issues yet, but I have been told that I can't do a port forwarding if I don't have a static IP. Is that true?

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                        @valnurat said in Port forward issue:

                        I haven't solved my issues yet, but I have been told that I can't do a port forwarding if I don't have a static IP. Is that true?

                        Not true at all. Use WAN address as the port forward Destination Address.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @DKentoy
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                          @valnurat said in Port forward issue:

                          I have been told that I can't do a port forwarding if I don't have a static IP. Is that true?

                          Where exactly are you getting this nonsense??

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                            DKentoy @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz said in Port forward issue:

                            @valnurat said in Port forward issue:

                            I have been told that I can't do a port forwarding if I don't have a static IP. Is that true?

                            Where exactly are you getting this nonsense??

                            In our community where I live.

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