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    Why can't I access my external IPs from inside my network?

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      sofakng
      last edited by

      I'm using pfSense 2.0 and I have five external IPs using Proxy ARP and they are working perfectly with NAT.

      For example, I have two web servers and both are exposing ports 80/433 and they great.

      …except I can't use my external ip address from inside my network.  I've checked the advanced firewall settings and I did NOT disable NAT redirection so what else could be causing this?

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        marcelloc
        last edited by

        With internal and external dns you do not have this problem.

        Check this doc, may be helpfull

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

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        Help a community developer! ;D

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          sofakng
          last edited by

          Thanks!  I've setup split dns and that's working so I'll probably just use that method, but shouldn't NAT redirection work since I don't have the "disable" option checked?

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