NAT reflection, 1:1 VIP and NAT outbound rule to VIP
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Hello!
I am having a strange problem configuring the new multiple subnet setup with Virtual IPS.
The topology is:
WORLD
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pfSense x.x.7.2 public ip, Public VIPS: x.x.x.216/29 /not the same subnet as gateway/ WAN /NIC0/
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–- LAN1 PUBLIC /NIC1/ 10.0.0.0/20
-------- some SERVER at 10.0.0.254 --> Virtual IP x.x.x.220 used by means of 1:1 NAT
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--- LAN2 STAFF /NIC2/ 192.168.0.0/20 --> Virtual IP x.x.x.219
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--- LAN3 /VLAN on NIC1/ 192.168.254.0/20 --> No VIPLAN 1 and 2 are on different hardware NICs, whole setup is hardware or VMs.
What I need to accomplish is allow communication from LAN2 STAFF network to the SERVER on LAN1 PUBLIC using its publicly available VIP (xxx.220)
I can easily communicate to VIP xxx.220 from the world and from within LAN1 and LAN3.
LAN2 VIP was set up using outbound NAT rules. /pic1/
LAN1 and LAN2 and LAN3 rules are configured the same and yet I can communicate to xxx.220 from LAN3 but not from LAN2...
what gives? /pic2/===
EDIT:
8 hours later I figured out that the serwer was connected to that 192.168.0.0/20 network on a second NIC and was confused, that's why it didnt respond.
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Before working on VIPs, NAT, etc… I recommend taking a look at your subnets. /20 subnets have 4096 hosts available. Your LAN3 at 192.168.254.0/20 is also not a valid network address. The correct network address for that subnet would be 192.168.240.0/20 (If you're really trying to use /20 subnets).
If you meant /24 (aka 255.255.255.0), you might want to correct that. A /20 subnet could probably use further segmentation if you're really working with 4k clients.
Good luck!