pfsense virtual IP port forwarding can be easily set up with this easy guide by our experts.

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Let’s take a look at how our Support Team is ready to help customers set up pfSense virtual IP port forwarding.

How to set up pfSense Virtual IP Port Forwarding

pfSense is a free open source firewall as well as router. Furthermore, it offers various benefits like unified threat management, multi WAN, load balancing, and more. We can easily manage it via its web interface. According to our Support Techs, we are given a URL as well as username and password after subscribing to VDC service.

Today, our skilled Engineers are here to demonstrate how to set up port forwarding on the pfSense router.

Port forwarding allows users outside of the network in order to access services on the internal network. In case our computer has a public IP address, we do not have to concern ourselves with port forwarding. However, most computers use private IP addresses. Hence we require port forwarding in order to access internal services.

1. First, open the URL given to us after subscribing to VDC service.
2. Next, accept the self-signed SSL certificate and log in with the username and password we got during the subscription process.
3. Then, we will come across WAN and LAN IP addresses on the first Dashboard screen.
4. Additionally, pfSense behaves precisely like a common NAT firewall. We need to forward ports from WAN to LAN in order to allow internet users to access our services.

How to forward HTTP port for webserver

In case we are running a server, it is a good idea to open port 80 to the webserver. Additionally, we can also open ports 443 and 22 to the server.

1. First, log in to pfSense.
2. Next, head to NAT under Firewall.
3. Then, click the + sign on the Port Forward tab to add a new rule.
4. After that assume the IP address of the internal web server is 192.168.104.23 and then create a rule as seen below:

   
5. Then, scroll down and click Save.
6. Next, click Apply Changes. This opens port 80 from outside to our web server.
7. Now, we have to add a record on the DNS server so that it points our domain to the WAN IP address of our router.

In case we want to open HTTPS port, all we have to do is repeat the above steps for port 443.

Finally, we can test port forwarding is working accurately by testing it. We have to enable NAT reflection in order to test the service form inside our network.

Alternatively, we can test our NAT rule with the help of an online port checker. Once the port checker is able to connect to the port successfully, we can establish NAT configuration is a success.

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Conclusion

To sum up, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to set up pfSense virtual IP port forwarding.