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    • M
      mindflame last edited by

      Hi guys,

      I have got a nameserver ns1.domain.com sitting behind a pfSense firewall. The nameserver is facing public using port 53 via NAT and is running ubuntu. The problem is that, i am able to dig locally, but not externally. For eg: dig @192.168.1.5 testdomain.com gives the record but dig@publicip testdomain.com gives error: connection timed out, no servers were found.

      What could be wrong?

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      • johnpoz
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator last edited by

        So your on the 192.168.1 network and trying to hit the public IP to be reflected back in.. Did you setup nat reflection?

        Hosting dns to the public is normally a really bad idea!!!

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          mindflame last edited by

          YEP… DO YOU MEAN PORT FORWARD? YES... BUT WHEN I TRY TO PARK A DOMAIN TO MY NAME SERVERS FROM GODADDY IT TELLS ME ERROR: OBJECT NOT FOUND. WHEN I PERFORM A DIG.... I GET CONNECTION TIMED OUT.. NO SERVERS COULD BE REACHED....

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            mindflame last edited by

            Where do i set up NAT reflection?

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            • dotdash
              dotdash last edited by

              It's in the port-forward under 'NAT reflection'.
              If you use pure NAT, go to system/advanced/Firewall & NAT and check the box to enable automatic OB NAT for Reflection.

              You probably shouldn't be hosting your public zone, but that is another discussion.

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