OK, if you're using a physical IP, I'm guessing your WAN is setup with a Static address? Does the current WAN->Interfaces IP address match what's in your OPenVPN client? I notice another problem, if I connect at my server and try to PING in my Client, I can't, I lose all the packets, the same happens if I connect at the client, all PING packets are lost. (Yes, ICMP is enabled in both sides). My internet provider are the same in both sides. But if I connect in another computer outside my network (My Personal Computer) I can ping in both sides (Client and Server). Huh? I don't quite understand, are you trying to connect to your OpenVPN server from the LAN (inside your own network) side of your pfSense box? That's not going to work properly using OpenVPN, and that's not what the VPN is for in the first place. If you can connect from outside (using OpenVPN?) then what's the problem with your setup? I'm getting confused as to what your problem is here. Can you post a simple diagram explaining your setup and the problem you're trying to solve?

I do route DNS lookups through it and I did not setup the 127.0.0.0/8 rule and it's working fine. I'm using Hybrid Outbound NAT and just added the LAN Subnet.

thank a lot ! I noticed that I only searched in repositories and not in files.

Yes.  That's pretty much the purpose of the VPN; to access the LAN.  Have full access to everything 192.168.2.0/24.  Also to the LAN the client is connected to (assuming it's not the same as the remote LAN; 192.168.2.0/24). Be sure the LAN the client is connected to is not the same as the remote LAN.  That's why I use 192.168.2.0/24 instead of the common defaults 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24 that most private LANs are configured as.

Hi Johnpoz, Thermo, I have redone that, as you recommended. As part of my learning process it was great exercise: IPv4 Tunnel NEtwork: 192.168.188.0/24 IPv4 Local Networks: 192.168.168.0/24, 192.168.169.0/24 That is correct, that I will have a bit more flexibility now to grant access to only one network if needed. Thank you.

Perhaps a gentle reminder to the OP: Some might find it helpful if you were to update the original message title to include "[Solved]". I know this gets missed, often the OP never comes back to check the forum (all their problems are solved after all) but I find it worth repeating from time to time.

Well then he should be using 10/8 ;)

well from that trace looks like pfsense is sending it out its wan vs going down the tunnel. Hmmmmmm OP: Can you post your OpenVPN configs for the Server and the Client?

Amazingly, reading the docs helps… https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_with_RADIUS_via_Active_Directory#On_the_Active_Directory_domain_controller

:) will do…get stuck in this more is better frame of mind..will drive me crazy

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Remote_Access_Server

Hello, I apologize for interfere with this topic. I have a similar problem, just that I'm on a PPoE connection. I found an workaround to reconnect the connection automatically, but OpenVPN it's not detecting my connection and try to reconnect. Do you know any workarounds for PPoE connections? Thank you in advance!

I allow to set up the "defalut" routes by OpenVPN and polls a.e. 8.8.8.8 to check, if the tunnel is up. So, I don't need the gateway IP to monitor. Thomas

OP, first, you don't need to black out reserved addresses, they're not routed anyway. I'm glad you got it working, but if you have access to the server end, adding a route your LAN subnet would've solved your issue also. With your current setup, while it works, the server end loses the ability to isolate connections coming from your network.  If that's not a concern from either side, then I guess you're good.

OP, can you share with us why you went with a bridged solution to begin with?

Thank you. I just didn't quite understand it, and that's exactly what I was looking for. Very much appreciated.

Hi jimp, these steps aren't working for me. I have a very tiny change to the above problem in that I have an SG-2220, so only 1 LAN port. I made a new interface for a VLAN and set that vlan as the mirror interface for the VPN, but I'm not seeing any traffic. Do you think maybe something is simply dropping the VLAN packets because they have no destination? Or are there any extra steps to span to a vlan? EDIT: Some people might want to see https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=49930.0 - this solved my issue with VPN suddenly not working anymore after assigning the interface. Another day saver by jimp! I think maybe there is an issue with the bridging. When I run tcpdump -nAi ovpns1 host 192.168.40.60 I see all my phone's traffic. When I run tcpdump -nAi igb1_vlan8 host 192.168.40.60 I see nothing. Would this indicate I totally broke something? I have: VPN -> ovpns1 (VPN Name) as an enabled interface, VPNSPAN -> VLAN8 on igb1 (VPN Span) as an enabled interface, and BRIDGE0 (Members: VPN)