I am trying to make a few changes on a firewall by connecting remotely to a desktop at work. I need to do a change that I think may reset and change the LAN interface…. I am worried about being kicked out and having to travel to work to reset it.
The wan interface doesn't need any change, so, I want to try to enable remote management from my IP, but, I am not having any luck.
In Network > Interfaces, the HTTP and HTTPS box is checked for WAN…
…and also when I go to Firewall > Access Rules > Wan/Wan I see an automatically created rulle for HTTP (and) HTTPS Management
Now, to diagnose, I had a constant running ping… When I either disabled ping under interfaces, or, changed the source away from any under firewall, the ping stopped…. so I am sure that this is where I need to make the change… However, I just can't seem to connect via SSH/HTTP/HTTPS…
All I can think of is that the WAN port is not a trusted interface, but, surely by enabling management, I overwrite that setting? … Is there something hidden somewhere I need to do to enable remote management?
Best Answer
William,
If you have enabled HTTPS on the interface and still have the default allow any firewall rule for the HTTPS management service then remote management should be configured.
If you have enabled the SSLVPN you will probably have changed the management port to something else... generally 8443 but you can check this in the System -> Administration menu. you should see the port setting in the HTTPS administration port setting.
If its not working then check that you are trying to connect to the correct IP address. you need to connect to the interface IP address.
Also check the logs of the firewall after trying to login. If its being denied it should tell you and hopefully give a useful reason why. if you still have problems please port the logs and I will have a look.