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Trouble with port forwarding

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    mouseskowitz
    last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 4:59 AM

    My pfSense in behind a Unifi USG. I'm using the pfSense to move traffic from one of my subnets over a PIA VPN. There are some things that aren't playing nice with the VPN. I've figured out how to route websites that are blocked, but I can't quite figure out port forwarding from inside my network. I'm new to advanced firewalls and pfSense, and I'm not quite sure if this is a NAT, firewall or both issue.
    Specifically I need port 80 and 443 for the remote access website on my server. Since it's not working with the VPN I think I need to both open the ports and send them through my ISP instead of the VPN. I've tired putting rules in NAT/Port Forward and in everything but Floating under LAN. What am I missing?

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      doktornotor Banned
      last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 1:20 PM

      Erm, if you are double-NATed behind another firewall, you need to do port-forwarding there in the first place.

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        mouseskowitz
        last edited by Apr 6, 2017, 2:04 AM

        Sorry, I forgot to mention that the ports are forwarded there already. It works fine going straight to the USG, but I haven't gotten it to work with the server going through the pfSense box with the ports forwarded to it.

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          isolatedvirus
          last edited by Apr 19, 2017, 6:19 PM

          So just to clarify, please correct me if I'm wrong:

          You have a webserver which you're trying to access remotely through a vpn.

          Is the VPN server being hosted on your side, or are you a client (Are connections coming TO you, or are connections being made FROM you to a VPN provider?) It sounds like youre using a VPN provider, but I need clarification.

          Scenario 1:
          If youre hosting the vpn server, youll need to make sure that firewall rules are matching, and that you allow access through your VPN config.

          Scenario 2:
          If your pfsense box is connecting to a vpn provider, you need to make sure your provider allows Port Forwarding. Depending on the VPN provider's setup (some generate a port for you to use at random, others allow a static port assigned to your user), this may require custom scripting on your end.

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