PFSense and NoMachine, Looking for Correct Settings
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Hello,
Novice PFSense user.
Reference the (solved) pfSense blocking nomachine connections without reason message thread. Unfortunately, for me, I cannot post a reply to it. As far as I know, my AT&T residential modem does not provide MPLS Label Switching.
One single computer needs to become host to a WAN side user, far away from my LAN. The distant user is supposed to be able to type in the host's LAN-side 192.168.X.X ip, instead of the public IP.
Hours of "try this, try that" within PFSense Firewall-NAT, Firewall-Rules, and even Interface assignment, won't allow NoMachine to become visible to the distant computer.
I did open port 4000 within the AT&T Arris modem.
I read somewhere that doing Firewall Nat Outbound is the key. However that option does allow me to specifiy port 4000, but it wont let me specify the LAN IP of the computer of NoMachine.
Firewall NAT Port Forward is supposed to work.
Interface LAN or WAN (I tried both)
ipv4
TCP/UDP
Source Any, but the block to enter the LAN IP is gray (:
Destination Any and the address mask block is gray
Destination Port Range other, 4000, other 4000
(obviously I don't know what I'm doing at this point)
Redirect target IP, type address or alias, and it did allow me to enter the LAN IP of the host computer
Redirect target port Other, and 4000
Filter RUle association, Rule NATall this won't work, Distant computer cannot receive.
And so, the real steps toward making NoMachine work thru PFSense, will be highly appreciated.
Many Thanks