Open Ports on Sonicwall TZ 215
I have been battling with a new sonicwall tz 215 for 3 days now trying to simply get a port open to allow web traffic through. I have tried every tutorial, watched every youtube video, used the wizards all to no avail. I am switching out a cisco rv042 for this device. It is currently configured and works so I know that the internal machine and the ISP are allowing the proper actions to occur. When I look at the log it says Web Request Dropped. I have also used various port checkers and no matter what I can't get a single port to show open.
I have restored the Sonicwall back to factory multiple times and started the process over from scratch just to make sure I don't have any rules or whatever that would prevent ports from being opened. Has anyone battled with a sonicwall device before and possibly have any other tips / suggestions? Is there any screenshots I could provide to allow you to see if I am missing something? Any help is greatly appreciated. I am at a complete loss and don't know what else to try.
I have restored the Sonicwall back to factory multiple times and started the process over from scratch just to make sure I don't have any rules or whatever that would prevent ports from being opened. Has anyone battled with a sonicwall device before and possibly have any other tips / suggestions? Is there any screenshots I could provide to allow you to see if I am missing something? Any help is greatly appreciated. I am at a complete loss and don't know what else to try.
Hi nextmedstaff,
"Has anyone battled with a sonicwall device before..." Not like what you are describing. SonicWALLs are very straightforward for the most part and this is a very simple task to perform too. I'd recommend exclusively using the Wizards in the upper right hand corner and select Public Server Wizard. You may not be in putting the correct values in the wizard, which will cause impedances.
In the Wizard make sure to select Public Server Wizard, then make sure you understand which service is actually coming inbound (check with the provider/mfg if you are unsure). As an absurd test you could select Server Type: Other, Service: Any (although I wouldn't recommend that if a production environment) and this would work proving its your settings/configuration not the firmware causing the issue. Then on the Server Private Network verify you have the correct IP and the same with the Public Info make sure it is set to the appropriate Public Static IP. If you have a block use the default as a test then afterward if you want to allocate it to another IP in the block you can easily do that later. Verify the summary and click Apply.
Can you provide any screenshots with your Public IP blocked out?
Thanks!
"Has anyone battled with a sonicwall device before..." Not like what you are describing. SonicWALLs are very straightforward for the most part and this is a very simple task to perform too. I'd recommend exclusively using the Wizards in the upper right hand corner and select Public Server Wizard. You may not be in putting the correct values in the wizard, which will cause impedances.
In the Wizard make sure to select Public Server Wizard, then make sure you understand which service is actually coming inbound (check with the provider/mfg if you are unsure). As an absurd test you could select Server Type: Other, Service: Any (although I wouldn't recommend that if a production environment) and this would work proving its your settings/configuration not the firmware causing the issue. Then on the Server Private Network verify you have the correct IP and the same with the Public Info make sure it is set to the appropriate Public Static IP. If you have a block use the default as a test then afterward if you want to allocate it to another IP in the block you can easily do that later. Verify the summary and click Apply.
Can you provide any screenshots with your Public IP blocked out?
Thanks!
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In addition to opening up the firewall, did you configure an address object to point to the machine the service is on?
Unfortunately it's really hard to see where you may be running into issues with the configuration without knowing the step you took to set it up. Have you tried calling Sonicwall support?
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