Access internal devices from pfsense

emad4

Hello everyone
How to access Cisco devices from pfsense , I can access pfsense remotely via http (portforwading) but after accessing it , I want to access the next device which a Cisco router from pfsense but I cannot.
Before I replace Cisco router (edge router) with pfsense , I could do that easily but now I can access pfsense router remotle as mentioned above but to access the next devices , I failed .
Also , could anyone show me the steps to make telnet or ssh from pfsense using the web guide.
Any assistance please

JKnott

@emad4

There are 2 things to consider, routing and rules. You say you want to access the Cisco router. Do you mean just the WAN interface? Or a LAN behind it?

emad4

@JKnott
Thank you for reply
Yes I mean the lan behind it , I can access the Wan interface of pfsense remotely but after this step , I want to access other Cisco router and switch behind it
Note : I am using the command prompt from diagnostic (I don't know if that is right or not)

JKnott

@emad4

Since pfSense doesn't know what's behind that Cisco router, you have to provide a route.

I use ssh to reach pfSense and use the command line there. Works much better than using the diagnostic one. PfSense supports ssh out of the box. However, you also need a ssh client. Linux has one built in, but you need to install something like putty on Windows.

I just use the command ssh root@firewall to connect to pfSense. Firewall is the host name for my pfSense system. I am then asked for the password.

SteveITS

@emad4 see example https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/routing/static.html#example-static-route

Just above that on the page is how to add routes in the web GUI.

johnpoz

@JKnott said in Access internal devices from pfsense:

install something like putty on Windows

Windows has built in ssh now.. Before you had to enable it, but I think like back in 2018 they enabled it by default. I personally don't use it - I use securecrt, or just the openvpn version from mls

https://www.mls-software.com/opensshd.html

But there is an official ssh client from windows now.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/ssh

rcoleman-netgate

@johnpoz said in Access internal devices from pfsense:

install something like putty on Windows

Windows has built in ssh now.. Before you had to enable it, but I think like back in 2018 they enabled it by default. I personally don't use it - I use securecrt, or just the openvpn version from mls

Just because it is there doesn't mean it's quality.

johnpoz

@rcoleman-netgate said in Access internal devices from pfsense:

Just because it is there doesn't mean it's quality.

hahah - it is based off openssh, I have used it, it works - just use to securecrt.. But that statement is quite often very true ;)