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#Username            : admin
#Username            : admin
#Password            : xxxx
#Password            : xxxx
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Latest revision as of 11:11, 5 July 2012

Login information

  1. Sonicwall IP Address : http://192.168.1.1
  2. Model No.  : TX-180
  3. Username  : admin
  4. Password  : xxxx


Creating Port Forwarding Rules

Creating Services

The first step of creating a port forwarding rule in Sonicwall is to create a service (under Firewall > Services > Add)

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Create Access Rules

After you have created the service, you need to create an access rule to allow permission from WAN to LAN. This has be from from Access Rules (under Firewall > Access Rules > Public Server Wizard). Follow the screenshots:

Click on Public Server Wizard

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Click on Next on the popup

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Select Other as the Server Type and the service you want to allow access from WAN to LAN, click on Next

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Type in the name of the server (can be anything for reference), and the IP address of the NEOSYS server to which you need to forward the port to, and click on Next

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The firewall public IP address appears here and click on Next (do not edit)

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Click on Apply

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Repeat the steps to add another port

Configuring Sonicwall firewall to allow NEOSYS to update Nagios

Solves the following problems:

  1. NEOSYS processes cannot update Nagios status
  2. Hamachi cannot connect
  3. Antivirus like AVG cannot autoupdate

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