@Gertjan Yes, using iOS Settings/VPN to activate is the workaround noted in the article @tman222 pointed me at. OpenVPN says they are working on a fix...

@viragomann
I will try to check and if i found the reason i will post it on here. maybe it help somebody else.
anyway thank you for your help and quick response.

@Wastapi said in Update DNS on every VPN connection:

@Bob-Dig
Where is it defined to be 5 minutes? URL please

It is called "Aliases Hostnames Resolve Interval", you find it in System - Advanced - Firewall & NAT.

@Derelict said

Probably not going to happen for only one device unless that device is the only device on the bridged segment.

Thanks Derelict. If it comes down to it I might try a tap connection.

Can two site-to-site OpenVPN instances run at the same time with one in tun mode and the other in tap mode?

That would be nice if a small segment of LAN IPs (or perhaps a separate subnet) could be in tap mode, with the bulk running in a 'normal' tun configuration.

Thank you for your response!

I meant Advanced filed in the Client specific override.

I got it to work!! The problem was with S2 server configuration, where I forgot to check:

Username as Common NameUse the authenticated client username instead of the certificate common name (CN).
When a user authenticates, if this option is enabled then the username of the client will be used in place of the certificate common name for purposes such as determining Client Specific Overrides.

When renewing the Certificate Authority, navigate to the Certificate section and proceed to renew the server certificates. It is important to note that when creating a new user for the VPN, avoid using an existing user, as it may not function properly.

Once you have created the new VPN user, test the functionality to ensure everything is working as expected.

@stephenw10 can you also take a look please. Thank you

@viragomann
you said "assigning an interface to the VPN instance gives you a gateway. "
probably I'm confusing "assigning an interface to the VPN instance" with "assigning a VPN instance to an interface" or something. I'll get there eventually.
cheers

@Dobby_ I believe you. Thank you and @SteveITS for the assistance. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to help.

I will check speeds again later tonight to see maximum throughput.

@jknott said in P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_CLIENT_V2 error:

@rico

The NAT is at the other end. My pfsense has a public address, so no NAT needed at this end.

Here's the rule:

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As for interfaces, I currently have UDP IPv4 and IPv6 on all interfaces, though I have tried just UDP IPv4 on WAN interface. Either way, it does the same thing.

For some reason, in the OpenVPN Server you have to set the interface as any, not WAN

@bob-dig OK got it, thanks again.

@technolust said in Split Tunnel Traffic Failing for Web Traffic:

It could be due to the name resolution not working but I'm not 100% sure.

Do an nslookup to get sure. Or even a ping to google.com or whatever.

I renamed the vpn file with redirect-gateway def1 to the original. Checked the box and the issue happens... 1.1.1.1 comes up but dns not working... Then I brought back the redirect vpn file and unchecked the box and it works

Normally this is pushed to clients by the server and hence doesn't need to be set on the client, however, it's possible.

You can enhance the clients log level to see, what configuration changes the client does in the OS with the line:

verb 3

try to provide your pfSense IP as DNS server I have a pi-hole setup as DNS server.
Should I try that IP?

Yes.

Possibly you have to add the VPN tunnel to the Resolver ACLs This part I don't recall how to do...

This is lapsed, since the Resolver is not the DNS server.
Maybe you have to configure it on the Pi-hole properly.

If you provide public DNS servers without 'redirect gateway' you would also route them over the VPN by adding them to the "Local Networks". Do I need to do this under IPv4 Local network(s) in the Tunnel Settings?

Yes, IPv4 addresses have to be added to the "Local IPv4 Networks", IPv6 to the respective other one.
Note to use CIDR notation, e.g. for Cloudflare "1.1.1.1/32".

@jknott ... that is the plan - change the network at the new site (site B).... The guy was supposed to prepare the new site to be up and operational, however, it has never worked properly and he left without fixing all those issues..... so I'm trying to help there.... :)

So can anyone provide suggestions as to why when I am connected to my PFS box via open vpn client that I do not see the connection listed in the status>openVPN screen?

The extra files that are part of the export package handle the installation and config copy process that happens. The installer in the export package installs OpenVPN and then afterward (post install) it copies the bundled certs, config, etc.

@viragomann said in Unable to contact daemon:

check the system log for hints to the reason, why the server did not start.

Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like I had a few separate (unrelated) issues. The first was my logs were not actually working at all...since none of the logs had updated since 19 March 2023 (the most recent entries for the System, Firewall, DHCP, etc. logs are 19 March).

Going to System Logs > Settings showed a PHP error:

Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /usr/local/www/status_logs_settings.php:72 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /usr/local/www/status_logs_settings.php on line 72 PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/status_logs_settings.php, Line: 72, Message: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /usr/local/www/status_logs_settings.php:72 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown

This seemed related to a bug in pfSense 23.01 where if the <syslog> portion of the config.xml file is empty then this error will happen and no logging occurs. This is in the bug report here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13942

So, once I got that fixed and the logs worked again I saw that OpenVPN had the following error when starting:

cannot open tun/tap dev /dev/tun1 no such file or directory pfsense

...which was related to another bug detailed here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13963

The ultimate fix for the OpenVPN issue was running the following command:

kldxref /boot/kernel

...and then the OpenVPN service started immediately.

Hope this might help anyone else in the same situation as me!

@scottlindner re "Is there a solution to that that can be automated?" not as far as I know.

I've set up a gateway group of all 3 and set the tier priorities:-

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I also have a Nord LAN segment that I route all the traffic out to the gateway group:-

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