[solved] Unable to Port Forward SSH to LAN from WAN. WAN to Firewall SSH is OK.

[hwitten]

Using this HowTo: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=13453.msg61952#msg61952

For reference, HTTP/HTTPS is working ok from outside using Port Forwarding.

SSH is what I'm having problems with from 'outside'.

I changed Firewall SSH to 2222 and can access from outside with a port forward setting of:
Interface: WAN
Proto: any
Source Address: any
Ports: any
Destination Address: WAN address
Ports: 2220
NAT IP: 192.168.1.1
Ports: 2222

I also have SSH running at 192.168.1.125.
Changing the last 3 from above to:
Ports: 2220
NAT IP: 192.168.1.125
Ports: 22

...gives a connection timeout. SSH to same server from inside connects ok.

Have tried with Firewall SSH disabled but it made no difference.
Have also tried adding a floating rule, but probably not correctly.

What am I missing?

[jp0469]

Did you create an associated allow rule on your WAN interface that allows TCP to port 22 for 192.168.1.125? Also, this is more of an observation but if your firewall SSH is listening on the WAN interface, a port forward rule isn't needed; just a simple allow rule in the WAN firewall rules.

[hwitten]

Did you create an associated allow rule on your WAN interface that allows TCP to port 22 for 192.168.1.125?

I did. Think I found my problem though, sort of.

Switched to another SSH machine/ip and that works so my problem must be with the .125 itself.

I'll consider this solved for now or at least not an OPNsense problem.
Another lesson learned