<![CDATA[How can I direct requests internally?]]>Hello, I've just fixed a port forward issue as per https://forum.netgate.com/topic/140041/new-pfsense-vm-installed-now-port-forwards-fail/10

So, now on an internal LAN machine, browsing to www.domain.com, the pfSense router's login page loads.

I think I need to tell the pfSense router to direct requests internally to the webserver. The webserver is behind the pfSense router. Would this be a port forward from machine 192.168.1.120 to webserver ip 192.168.1.145?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/140143/how-can-i-direct-requests-internallyRSS for NodeTue, 13 Oct 2026 15:27:10 GMTThu, 31 Jan 2019 06:50:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How can I direct requests internally? on Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:01:09 GMT]]>In the case of using just the 2LD for a web server (too bad that actually became a thing 20 years ago) you probably have to set the hostname to domain and the domain to com.

Or set the hostname to www and the domain to domain.com and set the additional name for the host to hostname domain and domain to com.

I would also see if it works instead with a blank hostname and a domain domain.com in the additional names section. If that makes a proper CNAME that's probably the say to go.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/821633https://forum.netgate.com/post/821633Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:01:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I direct requests internally? on Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:38:09 GMT]]>Ok, added DNS Resolver Host Override, however LANMachine1 still loads pfSense login page, rather than domain.com?
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]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/821465https://forum.netgate.com/post/821465Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:38:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I direct requests internally? on Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:50:20 GMT]]>I am not on IRC. If you want a question answered, I prefer you do not use that.

I am not on IRC so I won't hear you there either.

You can do host overrides in Resolver too. You can't run forwarder and resolver on the same port at the same time.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/821351https://forum.netgate.com/post/821351Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:50:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I direct requests internally? on Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:37:47 GMT]]>Thank you for the advice.

I read the pfSense book > Services > DNS Forwarder and tried the configuration in pfSense > Services > DNS Forwarder.

I’m not sure if this is the correct location to create a DNS split as error: The DNS Resolver is enabled using this port. Choose a non-conflicting port, or disable DNS Reolver.

Also, I notice your signature says do not chat for help. Do you mean no irc questions, why?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/821278https://forum.netgate.com/post/821278Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:37:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I direct requests internally? on Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:53:57 GMT]]>The best thing to do is enable split DNS, so when 192.168.1.120 asks for the address of www.domain.com, it gets 192.168.1.145 as an answer, not the public IP address.

If you absolutely cannot do that you need to enable NAT reflection.

If you do that you have to disable the HTTP port redirect and set a custom port for the https web gui. (System > Advanced)

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/821243https://forum.netgate.com/post/821243Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:53:57 GMT