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      franky29
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      Here is a pic of my network setup. My ISP's router isn't able to go into bridge mode yet so I'm stuck behind a double NAT rule. Now I've been looking at the other solutions but nothing really fits and I've tried hybid mode in Firewall>NAT.

      I'm trying to get access to my Home Assistant server from the internet via https://<duckDNS_URL> and forward that to my local server on the LAN on port 8123. I don't think I need to go into details that this is a PVE with NICs that are bridged to pfsense ;)

      I can reach the internet from both DMZ and LAN so no issues there. local_Network.png

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      • kiokomanK
        kiokoman LAYER 8
        last edited by kiokoman

        you just need to set wan of pfsense as dmz or forward everything to pfsense and from pfsense a nat rule, remeber to disable "block private network" from the interfaces.
        also that 192.168.10.2 is another router ? if so it's a triple nat you are dealing with
        from modem nat to pfsense from pfsense nat to 192.168.10.2 from here to your google stuff
        what it's strange here is that you have wled hw1 and google mini / wled hw2 and google assistant with the same ip? that can't be good
        personally i will remove that router and use an access point instead
        another thing, you are using the same subnet for google/wled stuff and your raspi stuff.

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          franky29
          last edited by

          @kiokoman said in Double NAT with no option to Bridge ISP router:

          192.168.10.2 is another router

          Ok. so 1st My bad for the same IP addresses. That was a copy paste mistake. Don't pay attention to the DMZ. that's just an dumb TP-Link router with DD-WRT acting as a dumb AP where all of my wifi automation resides.

          The IP's in the DMZ are actually 192.168.10.0/24. Again My bad for a horrible detail in the drawing.

          the traffic I'm interested in is the Orange router 192.168.5.1>to PFsense WAN 192.168.5.22>LAN 192.168.0.150:8123

          PS> i'll see if I can update the original drawing.

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          • kiokomanK
            kiokoman LAYER 8
            last edited by kiokoman

            ok it's nothing special, as i said you need to set 192.168.5.22 as dmz inside your isp modem or portforward everything from your modem to it
            and from pfsense you need a nat port forward from tcp wan address port 8123 to 192.168.0.150 port 8123
            if it's not working use Diagnostic / packet capture to see if traffic is coming and where is going
            and remember to disable "block private network" from the interfaces

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              franky29
              last edited by franky29

              @kiokoman said in Double NAT with no option to Bridge ISP router:

              et 192.168.5.22 as dmz inside your isp modem or portforward everything from your modem to it
              and from pfsense you need a nat port forward from tcp wan address port 8123

              I'll take a look at the pfsense logs. Currently my pfSense WAN is in the DMZ router
              "current DMZ is: 192.168.5.22" (From the modem UI)

              Edit:
              So now when I'm trying to reach my HA web server I get the "pfsense" Potential DNS rebind attack detected. page

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                franky29
                last edited by

                I've made progress. At least now I can see traffic on the WAN trying to get from port 443 to port 8123
                Ideas?

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                • kiokomanK
                  kiokoman LAYER 8
                  last edited by

                  yeah port 443 is used by the webgui, you need to change that port from system / advanced / admin access or you need to change the port forward so to access your internal server you have to write https://<duckDNS_URL>:8123

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                    franky29
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                    I'm at a loss. I changed mu pfsense GUI to 442 and also tried to use the url without and with port 8123 and still getting nowhere. Here is my portfwd rule from my firewall and I have NAT outbound as automatic.
                    portfwd.png

                    WAN rules
                    WAN.png

                    LAN
                    DMZ.png

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                    • kiokomanK
                      kiokoman LAYER 8
                      last edited by kiokoman

                      no, that rule is wrong,
                      most of the time you don't know the source port, it's random
                      the destination is your WAN address not your internal ip, that is your destination for the NAT
                      the rule should be
                      source *
                      source port *
                      dest address WAN
                      dest port 443 (HTTPS)
                      NAT IP 192.168.0.150
                      NAT Ports 8123

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                        franky29
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                        I'm an idiot. I'm so used to cisco fw rules that I totally misinterpreted this. I feel Sheeeeepish ;) Thanks man! you truly deserve the thumbs up.

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