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I am trying to remote (RDP) from my work machine (Windows 10) to my home machine (also Win10). I use a pfSense router/firewall at home, so I configured a NAT rule like so:
- Interface: WAN
- Protocol: TCP
- Source address: (my work public IP)
- Source port: * (any)
- Destination address: WAN net
- Destination port: 3389 (MS RDP)
- NAT IP: 192.168.1.120 (home machine private IP)
- Description: RDP from work to home
I am testing the rule with netcat on my work machine like so:
me@work-pc:/$ nc -zv (my_home_public_IP) 3389
Connection to (my_home_public_IP) 3389 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
However, when I try to RDP to my home machine, the connection fails (times out). Thinking there is something here at work blocking the connection, I spoke with a Network Engineer and he assured me, no, there is nothing blocking it.
As an aside: I can successfully connect to my Mac via VNC-tunneled-over-SSH, and both of those firewall NAT rules are setup the same on the pfSense. However, when I try to point the RDP rule to another Windows machine on my home LAN, it also fails.
How can I troubleshoot this, Wireshark?
I'm almost certain that the return RDP traffic is blocked, but I cannot verify that. – KidACrimson – 2019-06-10T23:32:31.600
My coworker confirmed: RDP outbound/inbound is blocked on our network. – KidACrimson – 2019-10-09T14:40:12.143