I'm trying to use the 2862N on my Plusnet connection. The outbound all works fine so it is connecting to Plusnet perfectly.
I have a web server on my Lan that is accessible from the Internet.
I have followed the guide to setup both HTTP and HTTPS (moving the VPN port) as shown in other posts.

My webserver is actually home to three domains and has been working on PlusNet for years. When I try to connect to the site when the 2862 is working, it just times out.
The HTTP server connection relies on the domain name to be forwarded. Could it be that it is not forwarded? The domain name is of the form ABCDEF.homelinux.org
This is the log of the connection attempt
2020-12-03 11:27:21 Virtual Server: 212.159.***.***:43050 -> 192.168.1.65:443 (TCP)
2020-12-03 11:27:21 Local User (MAC=00-A0-C9-00-00-00): 192.168.1.101:62890 -> 212.159.***.***:443 (TCP)
2020-12-03 11:27:20 Virtual Server: 212.159.***.***:43049 -> 192.168.1.65:443 (TCP)
2020-12-03 11:27:20 Local User (MAC=00-A0-C9-00-00-00): 192.168.1.101:62889 -> 212.159.***.***:443 (TCP)
2020-12-03 11:27:19 Local User (MAC=00-A0-C9-00-00-00): 192.168.1.101:62888 -> 18.203.7.50:443 (TCP)

The request is coming from 192.168.1.101 CP) and the Webserver is at 192.168.1.65 (static)

It seems that the port is forwarded to 192.168.1.65:443 correctly and 192.168.1.65:443 is accessible on the LAN.
Nothing of real relevance is shown on the WebServer logs.
Any help on what is happening or what I should look for next would be most welcome.

Have you also opened port 443? I don't have a 2862N, but I do have a 2860N. If they work the same, you have to open the port and also forward the port for it to work correctly.

I have opened the port but I'll look into some of the options later today. I may have to resort to setting up Wireshark and see exactly what is forwarded.

Okay, so assuming that your using tcp/80 and tcp/443 internally and externally (No port redirect)

You don’t need to add anything to the port redirects section under NAT

Under open ports create an entry for the web server and do source any interface wan1 (assuming that’s your wan) specify the Internal ip for the websever.

Then for 1 do tcp 80-80 and 2 tcp 443-443

Next go firewall > filter set > default data filter (assuming that you don’t have many filter rules)

And as an entry to allow tcp/80 from any to the internal ip of your Webserver do the same for 443. Make sure the rule is WAN —> LAN.

You don’t need to do this if your router is setup with detail rule pass on the firewall default rule page.


Hope that helps and gets you going.

Just wondered if you had made any progress with this SMD ?

I have this working now. The key to it all was the firewall data filter changes that you suggested. Once that was done it all worked. Before that I could not update the Linux os on the webserver. all sorts of ip's could not be found and ping etc did not work. Make that change and it all worked fine.

Thanks for the help.
smd