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    [Solved] Ooma not working

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      x88dually
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      i think i'm goin back to the beginning. 1 lan, everything on the same subnet, i'm gettin confused.

      Gimme a few hours please.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Unclear if those are blocks but if they are and 10.15.15.2 is the Ooma device then it looks like it's connecting on LAN (should it be?) and is being blocked for outbound TCP.

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          x88dually
          last edited by x88dually

          WTF ??!!

          It works now

          I had ooms goin out thru router(cisco rv325). Changed it to pfsense (lan, for now),, and now its connected and working.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Ooma needs those ports outbound not inbound. You shouldn't need any of those ports forwards.

              Steve

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  OpenVPN is definitely not required inbound. The server never connects to the client. The client connects outbound to the server only.
                  The service is expected to 'just work' behind any random router. They cannot possibly expect the average user to setup a whole bunch of port forwards. At most they might require UPnP so the device can set them up itself but I don't see any mention of that.

                  Steve

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Outbound NAT should be enabled by default for all traffic from an internal device like that. You should not need any additional outbound NAT rules. The only exception to that would be something that requires a static source port, which some VoIP devices do, but this is not using SIP so it's unlikely.

                      It's not about traffic both ways, which is obviously required. In a stateful firewall it's about how the connection is opened. All connections from the LAN are allowed out so the Ooma is able to connect out to check for firmware updates. Reply traffic from the firmware server is allowed back because the firewall state is now open.
                      The same is true for the OpenVPN connection. The client in the Ooma connects out to the server and replies from the server are now allowed back to it so the tunnel is established.

                      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/firewall/firewall-fundamentals.html#stateful-filtering

                      Steve

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                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @stephenw10
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        @stephenw10 said in [Solved] Ooma not working:

                        You shouldn't need any of those ports forwards.

                        Exactly - says right on their site, these are "outbound" ports

                        https://support.ooma.com/home/advanced-connections-and-service-ports/

                        outbound.jpg

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