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    Trying to access my Comcast modem via the LAN

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      bazzacad
      last edited by

      Thanks for all the help everyone. Sorry this became a longer topic then I expected. I'll try the VIP option this evening...

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        bazzacad
        last edited by

        So I want the VIP to be the destination for the outbound NAT?

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by johnpoz

          No the vip would be the interface for the nat, dest would be the IP your trying to get to or just the network.. One sec show you a pic.. I don't need it to access my modem.. But I can set one up real quick to show you. My modem which is bridged can still be access via is 192.168.100.1 address..

          So create vip on wan say 192.168.100.2 - one sec brb.

          here you go. Notice how I selected the vip as the translation in the outbound. You only need to use hybrid not manual.. So now anything coming from 192.168.9.0/24 network going to a 192.168.100.0/24 network will go out the wan using that IP..

          vip.png

          And there you go access
          modemaccess.png

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            bazzacad
            last edited by

            Thanks for the screen shots. They're very helpful.
            So I'm thinking this is what I'll try. Does it look correct...?
            Also, my NAT mode is already set to Manual. Needed it for some PBX rules.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Yeah that looks right.

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                bazzacad
                last edited by

                I added the VIP & NAP, but no luck. :-(
                I can ping the VIP & modem from the LAN.
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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  Well you got something back.. Or you wouldn't have gotten that page.. So you got a syn,ack I would assume.. So your vip is working.

                  Sniff on the wan when you try and open the page.. do you see the syn,ack come back from your syn.. If so pfsense is doing what you told it to do.

                  Why did you do a /32? Set that to /24

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                    bazzacad
                    last edited by

                    OK I fixed the /32 thx.
                    By Sniff do you mean WireShark?
                    Or can I do it in pfSense?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      You can do it within pfSense:
                      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/performing-a-packet-capture.html

                      Steve

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