• still struggling with 2nd VPN fallback - strange routing effect

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  • NAT through VPN to remoted site

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    DerelictD

    If you are trying to port forward in from WAN across OpenVPN to a host there you must:

    Assign an interface to the OpenVPN instance on the target server side Be sure that the incoming connection there is NOT passed by a rule on the OpenVPN tab but IS passed by a rule on the assigned interface tab. This will get you reply-to there and the reply traffic will be routed back through the tunnel.
  • [Feature Request] OpenVPN Fallback IP List

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    DerelictD

    If they all use the same general settings you can put additional remote entries in the extra configuration settings at the bottom of the client configuration.

    remote host [port] [proto]
    Remote host name or IP address. On the client, multiple --remote options may be specified for redundancy, each referring to a different OpenVPN server.

    https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage

  • How to identify source ip through OpenVPN tun tunnel

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    That is not set by OpenVPN. That is set on the interface by the router. OpenVPN only provides the virtual interface which the router uses here.

    Some non-professional routers do the translating by default. Maybe you can disable it. Look for settings named like "masquerading".

  • Can't connect to another PFsense VM over VPN

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    It's strange that PFSense can't auto detect this- when I dump the route tables for my other VMs, they don't have a mapping to the VPN subnet either, but they are still able to talk to VPN clients.

    Anyway, this solution worked for me. Thank you.

  • Iroute in OpenVPN Site 2 Site with pre shared keys

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    @Pippin Hi Pippin
    Ok but the route did work even when I push them in, but when I added them to the remoted network on the server side. It start working.

  • L2 Bridge Openvpn ubuntu

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    the default port for openvpn is 1194 are you sure that 1195 is correct ? did you check if the port is open and reachable ? does this have anythig to do with pfsense?
    Network unreachable
    the error is pretty explanatory
    if you think there is a problem with pfsense check the firewall logs

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    @swarm said in pfSense as OpenVPN client keeps routing random websites through VPN server (which don't get past the VPN gateway):

    Hey @bmeeks . Appreciate your answer. I decided to delete and reconfigure the client to see what happens. I checked the boxes to both not pull routes and bar the server from adding routes to the local routing table. Forgot to do it when setting up the client initially so I edited the original config afterwards, if it makes any difference. Is it possible some of the routes are still there in the table and won't go away? Any way to check that? The problem still persists and I think it's because of something being cached where it shouldn't be.

    You may need to flush the routing table. If the firewall is not a business-critical item (meaning it's just your home network or similar), I would just reboot pfSense to be sure everything "cached" is flushed.

  • Port forwarding 443 but keep it stealth

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    other unique indicators?

    Other then already mentioned, use tls-crypt...

  • Open vpn ldap over NAT

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  • OpenVPN 2.4.4: Cannot connect with external CRL

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    @sepp_huber said in OpenVPN 2.4.4: Cannot connect with external CRL:

    default_crl_days

    One pitfall for me was, that "default_crl_days" must be set in the environment where the CRL is generated and NOT on the pfSense instance.

    Which is just logical ;-)

  • Trying to ping pfSense as an OpenVPN client, but no response

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  • OpenVPN Using RADIUS

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  • Openvpn client using multiple Server address

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    It has no concept of "prioritization". It will keep trying the next server in the list if it gets disconnected or times out. Assuming it respects multiple duplicate entries, that may help, but ultimately it means that it will try the first one twice and then the second if the first two tries timeout.

  • OpenVPN can't connect on Windows 8

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    @calvinsteel said in OpenVPN can't connect on Windows 8:

    I have read too many guides.
    https://www.vpngate.net/en/howto_l2tp.aspx
    https://www.expressvpn.com/what-is-vpn/protocols/l2tp
    https://www.purevpn.com/what-is-vpn/protocols/l2tp
    But still nothing.

    All wrong.
    The sites you mentioned are companies that offer VPN services.
    They have a VPN server that you can access with a "client", like your Windows 8 PC.

    I advise you to start with https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/openvpn-remote-access-server.html

    Then, stop reading, and look at these https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Cq2kjCWM8odzoIzftS04A/videos - take the 2, 3 VPN "server" videos.

    Btw : install this package :

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    When you finished setup your OpenVPN? server, and added at least one "client" (the visitor), you go to " OpenVPNClient Export Utility" and select :

    939d1fa5-8058-4e0e-ac41-b489c424730e-image.png

    Take that zip file, bring it to you Windows 8 PC, install and go.

  • windows 10 openvpn connect to multiple remote clients

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    thx

  • pfSense as remote client to VPN Host WAN Problem

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    @Rico Clients connected to the WAN_VPN get directed to Site B as desired but the other clients lose WAN. If I disable interface, WAN returns.

    I worked around it by setting applicable firewall rules on LAN to use the Advanced->Gateway->WAN but there must be a different solution. Why would the default gateway WAN not be used?

  • OpenVPN Issue with 2.4 upgrade

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    Hi @jimp I have the same issue and updated the redmine: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/8142

    As you can see I have full control over the VPN server (and options) so I can do whatever test/log is needed in order to sort out the issue.

  • OpenVPN ping pfsense on LAN, but not ping another computer

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  • pfSense blocking OpenVPN user login request

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    On the client, are the needed 'cert' file present and found and loaded by the OpenVPN client ?

    From what I make of it, it can't find the needed cert info.

    Also : use the Netgate official videos (Youtube) to check you config with what you see in the videos.

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