Plex forwarding issues

themadsalvi

I have continually tried to forward plex through pfsense to get external(outside web) access to my home plex server. I have placed my rules below. When going through the plex external access test, and it comes out that there is no external access to plex. What am I doing wrong? what should I add/remove in order to make sure that Plex is allowed through?

NAT BELOW

WAN RULES

LAN RULES

Rico

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/nat/port-forwards.html
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/nat/troubleshooting.html

-Rico

kiokoman

short answer, source ports in NAT should be "any"

KOM

Your rules are a bit of a mess but kikoman has it right. You don't ever specify a source port since the client trying to talk to you will be using a random port.

themadsalvi

@KOM I changed the NAT source port to any, but still not able to directly connect to Plex through the web

kiokoman

bit of a mess ...
ehm
WAN address is not Internet !

source in WAN rules should be any
why Lan address as source in wan rules? i think this is wrong

themadsalvi

@kiokoman Deleted the wrong rules, and am trying to start over with the Plex rules

KOM

@kiokoman said in Plex forwarding issues:

why Lan address as source in wan rules? i think this is wrong

Those are auto-rules created by pfBlockerNG from the looks of it.

themadsalvi

@KOM yes, many have been created by pfblocker. I removed the previous plex rules on WAN, and created this one. Does this look like what you were mentioning as correct before?

KOM

If you're creating your NATs via Firewall - NAT, you shouldn't have to create ANY rules. Delete all your manual WAN rules and then go to the NAT creation page and define your port forward there. It will add the rule you need.

kiokoman

on which port is listening plex? 32400 ?

you should do this after deleting your rules as suggested from KOM
in NAT/port forward

after this you should have an automatic rules in wan like this

themadsalvi

@kiokoman Thank you. This at least verified that the rule that I created after deleting the old rules follows what I should be doing. The rules are exactly as you have placed them above, but it still shows the message below. I have also deleted any non-auto generated rule for this plex

WAN

NAT RULE

KOM

Is your cable modem in bridge mode? Or is it doing routing as well? Because if you have two devices in a row you will need to create port forwards on both devices. Also, make sure you're doing your testing from the WAN side, not the LAN side. Use your phone on your mobile network to access it, for example, not your PC on your LAN.

themadsalvi

@kiokoman looks like after restarting the plex server, and forwarding the correct port on my router, it seems to be allowing it through correctly.

themadsalvi

@KOM I ended up checking, and it is in bridge mode, which at least eliminates that. I checked my other devices, and restarted the plex server itself. From what I can see now, it has worked correctly. I also had to delete the previous port forward, and make a new rule exactly like the old one. I think that the old rule did not apply correctly on my router. I hope nothing breaks on this setup anytime soon.

KOM

I'm glad it's working for you now.

themadsalvi

@KOM @kiokoman A very big thank you to both of you for helping guide me through this. It was a combination of overthinking things, throwing ideas and seeing what sticks, and small hardware faults that prevented it from working originally.

kiokoman

good news, you are welcome, I'm glad I was helpful