Hello All!
I currently am running a file server in my home on Windows 2012 R2. I've been experimenting with a lot of different things (I'm a student) and I have it set up as a DNS, DHCP, Firewall for my entire home network (meaning it's directly connected to the internet on a public IP and provides NAT).
All that is working fine... but I'm trying to set it up for it's real purpose which is a file server. I know how insecure it is (I will eventually be limiting IPs), but I am trying to all any IP from my Public NIC to access the file shares I have. I already have it working for anyone connecting via my internal network, but even after opening the incoming protocols for "File and Printer Sharing" (9 rules total)
See this url: https //social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/getfile/545340 (Apparently I cannot post links or images)
Any time I try to connect via a computer on an external IP, it cannot even "find" the server via it's external IP.
Am I missing a necessary rule for this?