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srxn3205 port forwarding
I am trying to connect to my mac server(mountain lion) via VPN using L2TP. On the SRXN3205, I have set up services for UDP ports 1701 and 4500 and under "Firewall", I have forwarded these ports to the local IP address of my server.
When I try to connect using VPN from outside my LAN, it does not work. If I connect inside the LAN, the server responds and connects via VPN so I know I have everything set up on the server working properly.
I have tried to telnet the port 4500 from outside and it timeouts. It apprears that the router is not forwarding the messages to my server. Does anyone know how I can get this working.
Many thanks.
When I try to connect using VPN from outside my LAN, it does not work. If I connect inside the LAN, the server responds and connects via VPN so I know I have everything set up on the server working properly.
I have tried to telnet the port 4500 from outside and it timeouts. It apprears that the router is not forwarding the messages to my server. Does anyone know how I can get this working.
Many thanks.
15 Replies
- What use ANY service?
Use specific ports that you need would better - OK I'll try that tomorrow and post results. But, I don't get why it doesn't forward ALL ports. Stay tooned.
OHPRSTech wrote: OK I'll try that tomorrow and post results. But, I don't get why it doesn't forward ALL ports. Stay tooned.
I hope you have public IP on WAN PORTS if not ANY or specific port will not work- You need to make sure that a software firewall is not blocking access.
- Hey, thanks, I got it working. The problem had nothing to do with my firewall settings. I had transposed a couple of digits in the gateway IP. After that, it worked. All the ports did forward to my target LAN address, no problem. I did not have to specify each desired port for this to work. After testing this, I did specify the ports I wanted: SMTP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, and it worked fine. What was nice it that port I did not specify were, in fact, blocked. With the Cisco RVS4000, I had to specify an additional rule as last priority denying access on ANY port. Otherwise, non-specified ports got through anyway. The Netgear behavior is much more desirable.
Thanks again:):)
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