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    Another routing issue - help please

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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    • D Offline
      djay
      last edited by

      Not sure if this is the right place to ask this so apologies if I got it wrong.

      I have a pfsense box with 4 interfaces(Just to simplify the question)

      WAN
      LAN
      DMZ
      GUEST

      I can access DMZ services from the outside i.e coming in from the WAN. No problem with that. 
      Outside world > WAN interface > "whatever magic, reverse proxy, etc" > DMZ

      I want GUEST to be able to access DMZ services but via the WAN….I hope I am making sense. So
      GUEST > as if coming from the outside > WAN interface > "whatever magic, reverse proxy, etc" > DMZ

      How do I achieve this please? Any pointer will be great. Thanks all.

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        KOM
        last edited by

        What you are describing is called NAT Reflection, but it is a bad idea unless you have no other options.  What is the problem with letting GUEST network access DMZ directly, instead of hair-pinning out and back in again from WAN??

        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can't_I_access_forwarded_ports_on_my_WAN_IP_from_my_LAN/OPTx_networks

        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_does_enabling_NAT_Reflection_break_web_surfing

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          djay
          last edited by

          Thank you. I knew I had seen this somewhere but just couldn't remember. Anyway thanks for your help

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