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      kjparenteau
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      I'm a new pfSense user, recently came this direction from DD-WRT which I know very well and at least understand pfSense, but I'm definitely still learning!  I have been able to successfully configure pfSense, use NAT and Rules to forward ports to get my desired services up and running, but I have an issue that's more annoying than anything, and I'm sure its probably very simple to fix, just not sure what I need to do…

      If connecting from the outside, I can use my domain www.whateverdomain.com and I can connect to whatever I need just fine whether its FTP, my web server, or whatever as it should.  However, I am not able to use that same name from inside the LAN.  For example say I have a website running at that domain name, I can access it from the outside, but I can't get to it from within the LAN.  I can however punch in the IP address of the machine the web server is running on and get to it just fine.  What am I missing to make that work?

      I'm sure this is probably very obvious or a simple oversight on my part.  Remember I'm still new to this, so go easy on me!  ;D

      Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!

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        Perry
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        http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can%27t_I_access_forwarded_ports_on_my_WAN_IP_from_my_LAN/OPTx_networks%3F

        /Perry
        doc.pfsense.org

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          kjparenteau
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          @Perry:

          http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can%27t_I_access_forwarded_ports_on_my_WAN_IP_from_my_LAN/OPTx_networks%3F

          Excellent!  Yeah I knew it was probably something simple that I wasn't seeing.  I was reading docs and searching the forums for hours and not seeing what I needed.  I will give this a try and post back results.  Thanks so much for the speedy response!

          Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!

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