Port Forwarding Plex / pfSense

[jimphreak 1]

I've been trying for more than a day to forward a port for Plex in pfSense.  I've forwarded the port here on AirVPN.org but when I do a test (canyouseeme.org) it doesn't even look like packets getting to my firewall (I've done a package capture on pfSense for my AirVPN WAN interface and nothing is showing up).
 
My NAT rule in pfSense is as follows:
 
If:  VPN_WAN
Proto: TCP/UDP
Src. addr:  *
Src. ports:  *
Dest. addr:  *
Dest. ports: 12345 (example of port I chose on AirVPN.org)
NAT IP:  10.x.x.x (Plex Media Server)
NAT Ports:  32400

 

Can someone help point me towards what I may be doing wrong?

[Wolf666 17]

You need to set the port you choose in AirVPN in Plex settings, you must specify that port in the manual port settings in Plex.

 

pfSense rule is:

 

If:  VPN_WAN
Proto: TCP (Plex uses TCP) https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-
Src. addr:  *
Src. ports:  *
Dest. addr:  *
Dest. ports: 32400 (this is because you already set a port forwarding rules in AirVPN server, mapping 12345 -->32400)
NAT IP:  10.x.x.x (Plex Media Server)
NAT Ports:  32400

 

Set Firewall accordingly.

 

Check my solution on Plex forum: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/885153#Comment_885153

[jimphreak 1]

You need to set the port you choose in AirVPN in Plex settings, you must specify that port in the manual port settings in Plex.

 

pfSense rule is:

 

If:  VPN_WAN

Proto: TCP (Plex uses TCP) https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-

Src. addr:  *

Src. ports:  *

Dest. addr:  *

Dest. ports: 32400 (this is because you already set a port forwarding rules in AirVPN server, mapping 12345 -->32400)

NAT IP:  10.x.x.x (Plex Media Server)

NAT Ports:  32400

 

Set Firewall accordingly.

 

Check my solution on Plex forum: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/885153#Comment_885153

 

I've done exactly as you stated.  Set the port to forward in AirVPN to 12345 with a local port of 32400.  I've configured the VPN_WAN interface NAT port forward in pfSense just as you stated above and a corresponding firewall rule was automatically created to match it.  However when I do a test of the port forward on AirVPN it returns "Reachable on real IP over the local port 12345."  Then if do a test of the same port 12345 on canyouseeme.org I just get a timeout so something is wrong.