Found these scripts here: https://github.com/mdcurtis/pfsense-python

a bit old, but I will test pfsense-updateCRL.py asap

@tkronic said in Firewall (as itself) defaults to VPN gateway not WAN gateway. Where do I change that?:

@talaverde Was this ever resolved? I am facing the same issue.

In case anyone is wondering, I enabled "Don't pull routes" in the VPN client config and now things work as expected. Not sure why this is necessary as my old config was working for years without that option selected.

@viktor_g thank you for the quick response. Very much appreciated.

@johnpoz

OH yeah totally agree on this one
Had a couple of IT managers only want to allow static ipv4 from their homeOffice users and forced them to pay the upgrade (and that's floppy expensive here where I live) for that static IP and we are Not talking about gov contractors

Was a hard piece of work to finally talk some sense into

Multi factor Auth on openVPN was the key for success

Np

Thank you very much, will check this out here in a few. Thanks for the help!

And even if they work today, noone guarantees they will tomorrow.
If you have the necessary upload at home, vpn to home@home country is the better option.

@robi your right it is a PITA I have been messing with this for 2 hours and still cant get it to work

@jp4555
Your setup is not clear to me at all.
The server which are want to access across the VPN is connected to pfSense and has the IP 192.168.10.10, but the subnet 192.168.10.0/24 is not defined on pfSense?
How should access to the server work with that?

Why has the PC two IPs?

@pftdm007 said in NordVPN setup on pfsense - questions about basics:

FW mode is already enabled in Unbound, and Nord's DNS servers are already set in General Setup. This is leaking.

Who says that it is leaking, a leaking testsite? Would be curious to know about the exact results.

Also you should create this alias I told you and make more general rules with that instead of doing it on a per port basis.

@blasta
I was exploring this option as well. I read about using Google Authenticator, which is free, however I was unable to find enough details to make this work.
I ended up using DUO MFA, which works great.
So pfSense > DUO auth proxy > MS NPS > AD

@viragomann
What you are seeing is what I would expect and seems pretty normal. What the user is experiencing is not.

That's in OpenVPN? The only sections I have are:
General Information
Cryptographic Settings
Tunnel Settings
Client Settings
Advanced Client Settings
Advanced Configuration

@skippern12 still slow on latest version to date... using openvnp connect on Android 12... and on server UDP with 128 data encryption (minimun).. I can't exchange big files (above 500 KB), I get timeout

seems like, the only, what was missing, was a OUTGOING NAT rule

i've added a rule with allow all from LAN to the remote net behind the tunnel. that made it work.

@noplan Thank you !

@milosz-engel
for openvpn look here:
openvpn-external-crl-automatic-renewing-openvpn-restart

So... you could download the CRL with Curl, transfrom it in x509 and drop it where it is needed.

@gertjan
You should try how the script works. It returns IP address of the LEAST loaded server in a country at this moment . The idea I have is to use cron to stop VPN client every 15 minutes, get the least loaded server IP, change it in pfSense OpenVPN client config and start the client. This way my pfSense will be "always" connected to the fastest server in a specific country.

@gertjan gotcha so my scenario is that I have a user who needs a vpn address from me but does not need my dns, or dns suffix. Just the remote network. So I believed that setting a csc with no dns option would work but instead they get the firewalls upstream dns servers which I didn’t expect.

@viragomann sorry, still don't understand, how to stop traffic from passing to normal gateways and pass it to openvpn client instead; don't capture general idea

@aasimenator said in Email Notification - OpenVPN Client Connect (Common Name):

is there any way we can format the email better?

The small script file, see above, used by OpenVPN on a 'connect' event is written using PHP.
You can also use bash / sh / python / lua / or any high level copiled C or whatever ......

Use any language you like.

@dimskraft

Use the same command on pfSense ;)

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Your (old now) pfSEnse 2.5.1 is using (I don't recall any more) OpenVPN 2.5.2 ?

2.5.x on the client side, and 2.4.x on the server side (probably time to upgrade your docker and pfSEnse) should work.
But there is a but.
If you use mixed versions on both sides, you should really read the changelogs : https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn25, just to make sure you not using an option that changed somewhat.

Did the phone app test work ?

What about an easy bare bone setup with certs, just a user/password + no -or minimal) crypto) stuff.
That is, if you control the server side and have access to the server log file.

@bob-dig Thank you for all your help!

BTW I updated to 2.6 AND I will make a back up of my config once I have everything back up. PFBlocker is next. :)

Try all of the below but none is working:

Disabling 'Dynamic IP' setting Upgraded to latest pfSense version 2.6.0 Enabled the following
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Looks like there is bug in pfSense?

@viragomann

I think after some googling and a few coffees I found my solution: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/127814/pfsense-only-openvpn-server-with-only-single-interface-wan

I haven't tested it yet, but it must be almost this problem.

Thank you!

@alexparedes
Did you also update the client?
Which client is it?

Also check the server logs for hints on what is failing.

after review, this is coming from older version with the EXIT NOTIFY... how can i fix old upgraded router without having EXIT NOTIFY ?

powershell command ? re-make the tunnel ?
thanks !