SonicWall Port Forwarding

Quick How-To Configuration of SonicWall Many to One NAT

1. Set Up Services
   • Network > Services > Scroll to Services section > click Add > {add HTTP & HTTP services}
   • Add Service Group named “HTTP-HTTPS” with the 2 Service Objects above
2. Add Address Objects
   • Network > Address Objects > Address Objects > Add > {input the LAN IP address of the Web Server}
3. Fix Firewall Policies
   • Firewall > Access Rules > Wan to LAN > set {source=any, destination=WAN Interface IP, service = HTTP-HTTPS, action=allow}
4. Configure Nat Policies
   • Network > Nat Policies
     • set {Source= Firewalled Subnets, translated=Wan Interface IP, original=Wan Interface IP, translated=Web Server, Service=HTTP-HTTPS}
     • set {Source= Web Server, translated=Wan Interface IP, original=Any, translated=Original, Service=HTTP-HTTPS}

Please note that the loopback policy may not be necessary if we have an internal DNS with or without a split-brain configuration.