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Access modem page behind 'static' WAN

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    trumee
    last edited by trumee Jul 27, 2020, 2:25 PM Jul 27, 2020, 2:23 PM

    Hello,

    I have a fiber modem at 192.168.18.1. My WAN is setup as 'Static IPv4'. I have setup a Virtual ip address 192.168.18.10/24 like so

    3940309b-4225-4e93-944f-70031366950e-image.png

    With this, i am able to reach modem port 80 from the firewall.
    e22e48b0-e095-46fd-9a12-2d0ba6480ae8-image.png

    However, i am unable to ping the modem from LAN. I have the following outbound NAT defined,
    e91099ac-44fa-47ad-92b5-a70a66ae157d-image.png

    But i am unable to ping the modem from LAN network

    $ ping 192.168.18.1
    PING 192.168.18.1 (192.168.18.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
    ^C
    --- 192.168.18.1 ping statistics ---
    3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2073ms
    

    Any idea how do i access the modem from LAN?

    Thanks

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      Gertjan @trumee
      last edited by Gertjan Jul 27, 2020, 2:36 PM Jul 27, 2020, 2:35 PM

      @trumee said in Access modem page behind 'static' WAN:

      Any idea how do i access the modem from LAN?

      Reply to ping is actually an optional thing.

      Use a browser and type http://192.168.18.1 will normally do the trick.
      If the modem has a GUI - if the GUI is listening on port 80, etc.

      edit : normally, the gateway motoring system, tests the upstream gateway by pinging to it.
      That would fail .... How are you monitoring ?

      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        trumee
        last edited by Jul 27, 2020, 3:21 PM

        @Gertjan said in Access modem page behind 'static' WAN:

        Use a browser and type http://192.168.18.1 will normally do the trick.

        Unfortunately, no it does not open from the LAN network.

        $ telnet 192.168.18.1 80
        Trying 192.168.18.1...
        

        From firewall itself it opens,

        [2.4.5-RELEASE][root@pfSense.lan]/root: telnet 192.168.18.1 80
        Trying 192.168.18.1...
        Connected to 192.168.18.1.
        Escape character is '^]'.
        
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          trumee
          last edited by trumee Jul 27, 2020, 4:04 PM Jul 27, 2020, 4:03 PM

          In outbound NAT rules, i specified the Interface address as VIP address,

          a19f0df6-9812-48dc-bbeb-104711785854-image.png

          Now it works! Solved!

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