Hello, I have 2 servers behind pfsense and I also have a VPN on pfsense, but my 2 plex servers are NAT outbound to avoid the VPN, my isp has a DMZ for pfsense, I also have them forwarded on different ports to avoid ports colliding with each other, the problem is though I have though is they keep sa…

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so we have my ISP router with DMZ set to the pfsense IP Address > then we have PFSense with a Surfshark vpn running and pointing to my Pi Hole, then we have the PFSense subnet which has 2 Plex Servers both of them bypassed VPN via NAT outbound records and also the two plex servers have there own man…

[image] jhmc93: …bypassed VPN via NAT outbound records … Did you also create a corresponding policy route in pfSense so that the traffic is sent out of the correct interface? Outbound NAT doesn’t do that for you automatically; it only controls how the traffic is translated when it leaves a p…

Manu firewall rules are already done. NAT is set to manual outbound as per VPN instructions, nothing has changed

I’m not referring to firewall rules but routing rules. Specifically policy routes: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/multiwan/concepts.html#multiwan-policyrouting If your VPN interface is the default route, you’ll need to create a policy route for anything which should not egress it. NA…

My Pfsense rules: [IMG_0147] [IMG_0146] [IMG_0145] [IMG_0144]

That makes it look as though there is indeed a policy route in place (first rule in BRIDGE_OF_LAN_PORTS). Given that, navigate to this page in a browser: https://plex.tv/api/resources?includeIPv6=1&includeHttps=1&X-Plex-Token=<your_plex_token> You can find your Plex token using the information he…

[image] pshanew: The WAN IP should be that of your ISP router, with the octets dash-separated. What you don’t want to see if the IP address of the exit node for your VPN. So What do u mean my public Ip will show in WAN ip area

There’ll be an FQDN for remote access in the connection info for your servers. The first part of that FQDN is the IP address, separated by dashes instead of periods. For example, it might look like: https://203-0-113-51.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.plex.direct:32400 That IP address should be that of the W…

[image] pshanew: https://plex.tv/api/resources?includeIPv6=1&includeHttps=1&X-Plex-Token= <your_plex_token> I tried this and it just showed a white page

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My Pfsense rules:

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