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== wan interface ==
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== WAN interface ==
 
 
there is no such thing as traffic going to a LAN address
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There is no such thing as traffic going to a LAN address
  
 
an undocumented shortcoming, the firewall cannot understand traffic going to an internal address. Instead the traffic goes to the public WAN IP
 
an undocumented shortcoming, the firewall cannot understand traffic going to an internal address. Instead the traffic goes to the public WAN IP
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* http://www.derman.com/blogs/Setting-Up-Blocking-Firewall-Rules
 
* http://www.derman.com/blogs/Setting-Up-Blocking-Firewall-Rules
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* https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Aliases

Revision as of 14:24, 25 January 2016

WAN interface

There is no such thing as traffic going to a LAN address

an undocumented shortcoming, the firewall cannot understand traffic going to an internal address. Instead the traffic goes to the public WAN IP

you can't apply firewall rules on the WAN: they don't work

website sources for valuable information