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      Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
      last edited by Konstanti

      @yupq6wlc79ts said in Firewall Rules not working:

      Looks somewhat similar to what I already did, trying to figure out what I did wrong there!
      Also, it would have helped to understand "What you did".

      Can you explain what needs to be implemented ?
      What ip addresses should use the default gateway or use a VPN ?
      What traffic should not get into the tunnel ?
      What I see now from You is that all IPv4 traffic from Lan Net goes to the Internet through the NORDVPN gateway.

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        yupq6wlc79ts
        last edited by

        Sure.

        Can you explain what needs to be implemented ?

        I have three Gateways:

        WAN - Only 5 specific devices should go via WAN.
        (Default Gateway) VPN-IPv4 - All devices should go via VPN IPv4
        VPN-IPv6 - Disabled

        What ip addresses should use the default gateway or use a VPN ?

        All devices should use default gateway VPN-IPv4, expect 5 devices which I want to send via WAN.

        What traffic should not get into the tunnel ?

        Not sure.

        What I see now from You is that all IPv4 traffic from Lan Net goes to the Internet through the NORDVPN gateway.

        Yes. That's correct, all IPv4 traffic goes to Lan Net to Internet via NORDVPN. All I want now is, 5 specific devices should go directly to the internet without VPN.

        So I started with 1 example of 192.168.1.253, and selected WAN_DHCP as a gateway. I don't get any internet via this rule, so I disabled it for now (screenshot). How can I achieve this?

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          Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
          last edited by Konstanti

          @yupq6wlc79ts
          Rules for 5 devices must be first
          and the last one should be the rule for NORDVPN

          A deny rule for IPv6 does not need
          0_1545750689648_2aeef13d-2193-4e40-88ec-6c204cb1abe8-image.png

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            yupq6wlc79ts
            last edited by

            That's exactly how I setup my 1 device to test the rule but when I do this, I don't get any internet connection on my single device. That's the issue.

            0_1545750762300_Firewall-Rules-LAN.png

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              Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
              last edited by Konstanti

              @yupq6wlc79ts
              I understand your problem.
              NORDVPN - OPENVPN ?

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                yupq6wlc79ts
                last edited by

                Yes, OpenVPN.

                (sorry for late reply, since I am a new user with no reputation, I have to wait 120 seconds before I can reply, lol)

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                  Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
                  last edited by Konstanti

                  @yupq6wlc79ts
                  NordVpn Openvpn client setting
                  Check this option

                  0_1545751042363_b7aef87c-8d9d-42fa-83fb-6188aa62e0a4-image.png

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                    yupq6wlc79ts
                    last edited by

                    It wasn't checked. I checked it and tested the device by enabling the rule, No Internet on that device.

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                      Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
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                        yupq6wlc79ts
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                        0_1545751773900_Screenshot from 2018-12-25 09-25-02.png

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                          Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
                          last edited by Konstanti

                          @yupq6wlc79ts
                          all right now.
                          check nat / outbound for wan interface
                          0_1545751927509_56e731d7-694f-4179-a10d-15926003de4c-image.png

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                            yupq6wlc79ts
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                            0_1545751994300_nat outbound.png

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                              Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
                              last edited by Konstanti

                              @yupq6wlc79ts
                              Here is and mistake
                              no nat rule for wan 192.168.1.0/24
                              It is necessary to add

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                                yupq6wlc79ts
                                last edited by

                                The reason was, It kinda acts as a kill switch. If the VPN goes down, no devices will be able to connect to the internet.

                                But my 5 devices aren't on VPN, so they should still be connected. What do I need to add/change here?

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                                  Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
                                  last edited by Konstanti

                                  @yupq6wlc79ts
                                  Add a nat outbound rule for the 192.168.1.0/24 on the wan interface as I showed in the picture
                                  and 5 devices will be able to access the Internet via wan
                                  Do not delete anything

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                                    yupq6wlc79ts
                                    last edited by yupq6wlc79ts

                                    Tada!

                                    @Konstanti - Thank you so much. That worked. I think I get now what you were saying earlier (no nat rule for wan), makes sense now that I get it. Lol.

                                    Appreciate it.

                                    So now, for each device I want to connect to WAN, I'll have to manually add the entry in the Firewalls - Rules? Any way I can combine all 5 of them in 1?

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                                      Konstanti @yupq6wlc79ts
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                                      @yupq6wlc79ts
                                      It is possible to allocate them in a separate subnet ( as I have done)
                                      or create an alias firewall / alias ( write there all 5 ip)
                                      and then use the alias in the rule as a source.
                                      Then the rule will be one

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