pfSense Port Forwarding (Quick and Easy)

pfSense port forwarding is super easy to setup and configure but as always, port forwarding has its risks. If all you are trying to achieve is remote access from outside into your network, consider using VPN.

Much like in my previous video about port forwarding in Ubiquiti UniFi, the same concepts apply in pfSense. Port forwarding is supposed to be used in very specific use cases and if possible avoided all together.

In this pfSense port forwarding we are also going over a method to create port forwarding rules while limiting the sources that are allowed to go through them. in pfSense its called "aliases" and they allow us to configure groups of ip addresses or even groups of ports. these aliases can then be used inside port forwarding rules and also in firewall rules.

pfSense port forwarding allows reaching inside your you network from the outside but remember, if you are not using port forwarding safely, whatever you open for yourself, will also be open for everyone else. I also recommend to use Snort or Suricata on your pfSense instance because these might help block known malicious ip addresses from reaching your internal network.

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Video Index:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Creating port forward rules
3:45 Testing the port forwarding rule
5:38 Creating an alias
6:34 Using the alias inside a rule
7:35 Summary

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[WunderTechTutorials]

Love it! Straight to the point and very helpful. Really like how you used the alias!

[QuikTechSolutions]

Great job Avi. Another well explained video!

[cliffprescott]

Thanks for this video. I already knew how to do the port forwarding part, the alias part was actually new to me. thanks

[RandyVmax]

Hello mate, how about you make a video of how to securely set up a gaming server on one of the Protectli ports running pfsense with two open ports? I'm trying to set up a server that will run Windowsgsm and Icarus and RUST games and won't get hacked and compromise the rest of the network. Regards

[KREdusys]

I have tried the same in NAT Rules but it was created successfully and it is should in Firewall Rules but the but is showing in close

[johnrichardson]

Hi, are you running your pfsense as a virtual machine?

[rezaamirahmadi]

Thanks. how to configure auto power on after power Cut? please.

[jitheshnikhilvaz]

Can u do. Pfsense port forwarding anywhere in world plz do remote desktop connection 3389 and Webb server 80