Port Opening

[Fran-Ades]

Hello People,

I am new to Meraki, and need help on how to open ports.

We have physical telephones which are connected to 3CX. For that connection we have to install a so called Session Boarder Controller into our telephone setup. That SBC is a physical existing Raspberry Pi. That Pi needs Port 5090 to be open for TCP and UDP. 

I am to use the Layer 3, Layer 7 or Port Fowarding Rules on the Firewall Dashboard?

[alemabrahao]

Do you need to open the port for communication from an external source to your internal network or from the internal network to the internal network?

If it is from the internal network to the internal network, you do not need to allow anything, since all internal communication is allowed by default.

Now, if it is from the external to the internal network, port forwarding solves the problem.

[alemabrahao]

https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/NAT_and_Port_Forwarding/Port_Forwarding_and_NAT_Rules_on_the_MX

[Fran-Ades]

I need to open the port from an Internal to External and vice versa.

I am thinking that creating inbound and outbound rules specifying the ports and affected VLAN would suffice?

[alemabrahao]

From internal to external you don't need to do anything.
From external to internal, port forwarding should resolve the issue.

[Fran-Ades]

I will try this too, and let you know the outcome.

Thank you.

[Brash · Accepted solution]

Looking around the 3CX forum, it seems that the SBC only requires outbound access to the 3CX server on those ports.

Depending on your existing layer 3 firewall files in Meraki, it may simply work (as per the default) or you may need to create a specific rule with the source IP of your SBC, destination to the 3CX servers and allowing ports 5090 TCP & UDP.

[Fran-Ades]

Thank you, I will try this, and provide feedback.

[Fran-Ades]

Thank you, Brash. This worked

[MaghM]

All unsolicited inbound traffic is blocked by default and the L3 firewall is a stateful firewall the only way to open up specific ports inbound is by using port forwarding or NAT rules. 

Please check the below documentation:

https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/NAT_and_Port_Forwarding/Port_Forwarding_and_NAT_Rules_on_the_MX

https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/NAT_and_Port_Forwarding/Blocking_Inbound_Traffic_on_MX_Security_...

[RWelch]

Port Forwarding and NAT Rules on the MX and suggest running the 3CX firewall checker once it’s all setup.  v18 wasn’t ever an issue but v20 was a bit more challenging.