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[SOLVED] Error 403 FORBIDDEN when accessing the WEBUI thru Reverse-Proxy
[SOLVED] Error 403 FORBIDDEN when accessing the WEBUI thru Reverse-Proxy
2023-07-28 15:31:49 - last edited 2023-07-31 03:06:49
Tags: #Remote Management
Model: Archer MR600  
Hardware Version: V3
Firmware Version: ‪1.1.0 0.9.1 v0001.0 Build 220727 Rel.74013n

my MR 600 LAN interface IP address is configured with 192.168.0.1/24, and I also defined a dns entry in my local openmasq server, so that 192.168.0.1 <-> router.home

 

  • I can access the MR600  WEB UI  thru http://192.168.0.1   from a local PC without any issue    
  •  but with http://router.home, it gives an error 403 forbidden 
  • both ping and nslookup on router.home work fine.

 

  • also, I defined a vhost entry in my Apache proxy, to acces it remotely after nat/pat in the MR600 itself,  such as : 

 

<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerName <MR600WEBUI>
       RewriteCond "%{HTTP_HOST}" "^<MR600WEBUI>$" [NC]
      RewriteRule "^/(.*)"      "http://192.168.0.1/$1"  [P] [R=permanent,L]
</VirtualHost>

 

same problem, error 403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Re:Error 403 when accessing the WEBUI thru router FQDN or remotely thru Reverse-Proxy-Solution
2023-07-30 16:19:29 - last edited 2023-07-31 03:06:49

  @t0urista 

 

I found  the solution, I added one line in the Apache  vhost config, to change the referrer header, and it works pretty well remotely  :

 

<VirtualHost *:443>
     ServerName <MR600WEBUI>
    RewriteCond "%{HTTP_HOST}" "^<MR600WEBUI>$" [NC]
    RewriteRule "^/(.*)"      "http://192.168.0.1/$1"  [P] [R=permanent,L]
    RequestHeader set Referer "http://192.168.0.1"
</VirtualHost>

 

I can access the web ui remotely :

  • nat/pat in the MR600 itself,
  • transfer to the reverse-proxy running on Apache
  • back to the WEB UI IP on the MR600
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Re:Error 403 when accessing the WEBUI thru router FQDN or remotely thru Reverse-Proxy-Solution
2023-07-30 16:19:29 - last edited 2023-07-31 03:06:49

  @t0urista 

 

I found  the solution, I added one line in the Apache  vhost config, to change the referrer header, and it works pretty well remotely  :

 

<VirtualHost *:443>
     ServerName <MR600WEBUI>
    RewriteCond "%{HTTP_HOST}" "^<MR600WEBUI>$" [NC]
    RewriteRule "^/(.*)"      "http://192.168.0.1/$1"  [P] [R=permanent,L]
    RequestHeader set Referer "http://192.168.0.1"
</VirtualHost>

 

I can access the web ui remotely :

  • nat/pat in the MR600 itself,
  • transfer to the reverse-proxy running on Apache
  • back to the WEB UI IP on the MR600
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Re:Error 403 when accessing the WEBUI thru router FQDN or remotely thru Reverse-Proxy
2023-07-31 03:06:45

  @t0urista 

 

Thank you very much for the update, glad to hear that you've solved the problem, which will help to other users as well.

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