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      Nostradamus
      last edited by

      Hi all :)

      I really need some helps here with port forwarding.
      I have been playing FS2004 for the last 2 years online without any problems to join servers and using FsNavigator.
      I have been using ClarkConnect for the last year without any problems, just port forwarding UDP 6073, UDP 2300-2400, UDP 23456 and UDP 23432. And everything worked perfect until i start using pfSense :( I really love pfSense but if i can't play online with FS2004 i need to change my firewall back to clarkConnect.
      So i hope maybe someone could help me to set up the rights NAT and rules for this.
      Some info:

      FS2004 are using ports:

      UDP 23456
      UDP 2300-2400
      UDP 6073

      FsNavigator default:

      UDP 23432

      I'm using two NIC one for WAN and the other for LAN.

      my game computer are set to IP 192.168.100.102 (fs2004 are running on it)

      So can someone please give me an good explanation how to set this up in pfSense in the NAT and rules?
      Glad to see if someone can show this in some screenshots.

      Best Regards

      1.2-RELEASE
      built on Fri Mar 7 18:49:15 EST 2008
      Intel Celeron 1100 Mhz
      512MB PC-100
      Segate 20GB HD
      eth0: Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM 10/100 (WAN)
      eth1: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M 10/100 (LAN)

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        Perry
        last edited by

        Nat -> Portforward

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        /Perry
        doc.pfsense.org

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          Nostradamus
          last edited by

          Hi.

          Thanks. But that not really worked here. FS2004 joined the server, no problem. But FsNavigator on port UDP 23432 can't join. Can find any server to join.
          And when i take a look inside my firewall log, i figured outm when i hit "Search" button in  the FsNavigator, i got 4 -5 entries on my log that:

          Sep 2 03:35:12  WAN  SERVER IP:23458  MY ISP IP:57576  UDP
          Sep 2 03:35:08  WAN  SERVER IP:23456  MY ISP IP:57576  UDP
          Sep 2 03:35:02  WAN  SERVER IP:23458  MY ISP IP:57576  UDP
          Sep 2 03:34:56  WAN  SERVER IP:23456  MY ISP IP:57576  UDP

          As you can see.. the port 57576 why to my IP? Well the port 57576 is random, it's change after time… but why. Maybe because the SERVER are running UPnP or something?
          Never had this problem with other firewalls. And i like pfSense so much now... But i really need to get this problem fixed.

          Regards

          1.2-RELEASE
          built on Fri Mar 7 18:49:15 EST 2008
          Intel Celeron 1100 Mhz
          512MB PC-100
          Segate 20GB HD
          eth0: Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM 10/100 (WAN)
          eth1: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M 10/100 (LAN)

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            Perry
            last edited by

            Don't know the game, but a quick google search came up with tcp/udp for the ports.
            http://www.airseatac.com/online/router_setup.htm

            /Perry
            doc.pfsense.org

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              Nostradamus
              last edited by

              @Perry:

              Don't know the game, but a quick google search came up with tcp/udp for the ports.
              http://www.airseatac.com/online/router_setup.htm

              Hi.

              Okay… i think i found the problem and this is really wared.

              I removed all NAT rules for this game and all firewall rules that was automatic made by Firewall: NAT: Port Forward.

              and i did a change in the Firewall: NAT: Outbound. I change to Manual Outbound NAT rule generation (Advanced Outbound NAT (AON)) and that made a automatic rule.

              WAN    192.168.100.0/24  *  *  *  *  *  NO Auto created rule for LAN

              i added this above that rule:

              WAN    192.168.100.102/32  23432  *  *  *  *  YES

              And i have enabled UPnP in pfSense too.

              The strange thing is... i can join every server now and with FsNavigator too without making any Firewall: NAT: Port Forward and Firewall: Rules....

              It's this safe or not.

              I did also try first in the Outbound NAT rule:

              WAN    192.168.100.0/24  *  *  *  *  *  NO Auto created rule for LAN

              change it to:

              WAN    192.168.100.0/24  *  *  *  *  *  YES Auto created rule for LAN

              worked perfect too, but i was afraid i maybe made my pfSense unsecured . So is this an safe way to setup the firewall?

              Thanks

              1.2-RELEASE
              built on Fri Mar 7 18:49:15 EST 2008
              Intel Celeron 1100 Mhz
              512MB PC-100
              Segate 20GB HD
              eth0: Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM 10/100 (WAN)
              eth1: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M 10/100 (LAN)

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