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      romanvekil
      last edited by romanvekil

      i installed pfSense on VPS and configure OpenVPN. client config connecting to server but not coming "Bytes in 0". no internet access
      after 60 sec reconnecting.
      please help what is wrong? here config files drom pfsense
      openvpn-config-pfSense.localdomain-20210922120015.xml nat-config-pfSense.localdomain-20210922120020.xml filter-config-pfSense.localdomain-20210922120026.xml staticroutes-config-pfSense.localdomain-20210922120035.xml interfaces-config-pfSnse.localdomain-20210922120042.xml

      and user config
      1pfSense-UDP4-443-123-config (4).txt

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      4Снимок.JPG 3Снимок.JPG 2Снимок.JPG 1Снимок.JPG

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        viragomann @romanvekil
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        @romanvekil
        There is no need to add static routes. Set the WAN gateway as default, no other settings needed.

        As well there is no need to set the outbound NAT to manual rules generation. Use the hybrid mode.

        Something in the logs on client or server?

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          romanvekil @viragomann
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          @viragomann here client logs 1kСнимок.JPG [0_1632314539228_OpenVPN-client.log](Uploading 100%) OpenVPN-client.txt

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            romanvekil @viragomann
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            @viragomann said in pfSense OpenVPN on VPS client not access internet:

            Set the WAN gateway as default

            how to set it as default?

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              romanvekil @romanvekil
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              @romanvekil GATСнимок.JPG

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                viragomann @romanvekil
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                @romanvekil
                Exactly.

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                  viragomann @romanvekil
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                  @romanvekil
                  So your client connects successfully and routes all upstream traffic to the VPN server.

                  The outbound NAT shown in your screenshot is necessary at all, but use the hybrid mode so that automatically generated rules are still active.

                  So what's the problem now?
                  If you are not able to access the internet ensure that DNS resolution is working on the client.

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                    romanvekil @viragomann
                    last edited by

                    @viragomann NATСнимок.JPG

                    i did it but not helped
                    thanks very much for your answers

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                      romanvekil @romanvekil
                      last edited by

                      @romanvekil User connecting but Bytes in is 0 there is not coming traffic from server

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                        viragomann @romanvekil
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                        @romanvekil said in pfSense OpenVPN on VPS client not access internet:
                        User connecting but Bytes in is 0 there is not coming traffic from server

                        Yes, I can see that the connection succeed as I mentioned. But 0 Bytes in is not really a good hint for what's wrong.
                        You will have to investigate your issue.

                        I already requested you to find out if the DNS resolution is working on the client. I assume, the browser doesn't load any page. So simply type in "1.1.1.1" in the browsers to check if it works with IP directly.

                        Did you try a connection also from another client?

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                          romanvekil @viragomann
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                          @viragomann yes it not working even if directly write ip to browser. and even ping to 10.8.0.1 not going only pinging it self

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                            romanvekil @viragomann
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                            @viragomann
                            pfTop: Up State 1-24/24, View: default, Order: bytes
                            PR DIR SRC DEST STATE AGE EXP PKTS BYTES
                            icmp Out 10.8.0.1:57465 10.8.0.1:57465 0:0 04:07:57 00:00:10 110423 3202267
                            icmp Out 5.135.121.51:61483 8.8.8.8:61483 0:0 04:07:57 00:00:10 55840 1619360
                            udp In 217.174.225.106:15670 5.135.121.51:443 MULTIPLE:MULTIPLE 00:01:14 00:00:58 36 11077

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                              viragomann @romanvekil
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                              @romanvekil
                              So there is a UDP connection to your WAN on 443 showing some Bytes.

                              Possibly sniffing the traffic is more helpful using the packet capture tool.
                              You can for instance capture the traffic on the OpenVPN interface filtering for host 8.8.8.8 and ICMP protocol, while you try to ping 8.8.8.8. If you can see the ICMP packets sniff on the WAN and try again.

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                                romanvekil @viragomann
                                last edited by romanvekil

                                @viragomann
                                pingСнимок.JPG

                                here wireshark listening vpn interface form pc when connected
                                here is only one direction traffic from pc to vpn server but back nothing coming
                                even when i ping the 10.8.0.1 no answer
                                dns queries also no answers
                                aa14508c-d3c1-47dd-ba7a-38226afc0a73-ping2Снимок.JPG

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                                  viragomann @romanvekil
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                                  @romanvekil said in pfSense OpenVPN on VPS client not access internet:

                                  here wireshark listening vpn interface form pc when connected

                                  Would like to know if you can see these packets on pfSense OpenVPN interface likewise. I suspect, you can't.
                                  In this case, I'd recommend to tear down the OpenVPN server and start from scratch.
                                  Have read some threads here in the past, where people complaining similar issues and never got it working.

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