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    Letting something in through WAN

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      madelk
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      Hi guys, I know enough to get most of pfSence working, but I think I overstepped myself with this overly simple problem.
      I have an ATT Uverse router/modem that gives Internet access to devices that connect through my set top boxes in a couple of bedrooms, I also have pfSence hooked up to that router and my entire network exists safely on the other side of my pfSence machine.
      What I'd like to do is plug in a device, right now I'm looking at an Xbox 360, into one of these set top boxes and have it be able to connect to my media center that exists on the pfSence side.

      I thought I just need to add a rule to the firewall, and this would be relatively simple, but I've failed so far, so I'm hoping this post isn't a complete jumbled mess and someone can help me out.

      Cheers guys!

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        Look at Port Forwarding, under the NAT menu option.

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          madelk
          last edited by

          Can it be setup so it only allows specific external address' into the internal network? Doesn't NAT let the entire internet in?

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            cmb
            last edited by

            @madelk:

            Can it be setup so it only allows specific external address' into the internal network? Doesn't NAT let the entire internet in?

            NAT and firewall rules are completely separate. Check "auto add firewall rule", then go to your WAN firewall rules and edit that rule. You can restrict however you want.

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              madelk
              last edited by

              I can't find anything labeled "auto add firewall rule".  :-\ pfSence is still rather new to me.
              Can I just allow the network 192.168.1.255 into my internal network 192.168.2.255 through the WAN port somehow?

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                cmb
                last edited by

                Oh, you actually want to route that traffic. That'll work, just add rules on WAN allowing it.

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                  madelk
                  last edited by

                  So do I go into
                  Firewall / Rules / Wan
                  Select pass and a network of 192.168.1.255?

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