Connection to port forwarded device using WAN IP from a LAN device
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Hello,
I have a server on my LAN network (192.168.1.0/24) with an IP Address of 192.168.1.50. I am port forwarding port 4500 from my WAN to that server on my LAN. I am able to connect to it at 192.168.1.50:4500 from my LAN, and my buddy can connect to it from MyWANIP:4500.
However, while on my own network I cannot connect to it using MyWANIP:4500. How can I accomplish this? Most importantly, is it safe? Also, typing in MyWANIP in a web browser while on my LAN opens the pfSense WebGUI, but does not do that when on an external network, is this intended? I do NOT want acccess to my pfSense WebGUI from outside my LAN.
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So after some more research, I seem to be looking for NAT Reflection. Only issue is, I need UDP packets as well as TCP packets, and in my case, it seems like only NAT + Proxy works for me. Nat Only will not connect.