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    OpenVPN client appears to connect but OpenVPN Status lists no clients

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      fogelfish
      last edited by fogelfish

      I tried to follow documentation and guides to set up openVPN on PFsense with the aim of securely accessing a Windows Server on the PFsense LAN, via the openVPN tunnel. It's not working.

      In my attempt to sort out what's going wrong, I even got confused whether my client is actually connected because even though my openVPN client tells me I have connected, I don't see any clients listed in the PFsense Status : OpenVPN GUI.

      Below is output from ipconfig and route print on my Windows 10 client.

      ipconfig

      Windows IP Configuration
      
      Unknown adapter OpenVPN Wintun:
      
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
      
      Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
      
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : domain
         Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6141:f067:b146:f54f%9
         IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.37
         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
      
      Unknown adapter OpenVPN TAP-Windows6:
      
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : <mydomain>
         Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::115c:c51a:7498:f62a%5
         IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
      
      Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:
      
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
      

      route print

      Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1348]
      (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
      
      C:\Users\BrianFogel>route print
      ===========================================================================
      Interface List
        7...........................Wintun Userspace Tunnel
        9...00 1c 42 c6 7f 65 ......Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
        5...00 ff a0 56 72 7e ......TAP-Windows Adapter V9
        6...00 ac c7 37 5d 92 ......VPN Client Adapter - VPN
        1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
      ===========================================================================
      
      IPv4 Route Table
      ===========================================================================
      Active Routes:
      Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
                0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1     192.168.0.37     25
          66.113.99.234  255.255.255.255      192.168.2.1      192.168.2.2    281
              127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
              127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
        127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
            192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0         On-link      192.168.0.37    281
           192.168.0.37  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.37    281
          192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.37    281
            192.168.1.0    255.255.255.0      192.168.2.1      192.168.2.2    281
            192.168.2.0    255.255.255.0         On-link       192.168.2.2    281
            192.168.2.2  255.255.255.255         On-link       192.168.2.2    281
          192.168.2.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       192.168.2.2    281
              224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
              224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      192.168.0.37    281
              224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link       192.168.2.2    281
        255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
        255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.37    281
        255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link       192.168.2.2    281
      ===========================================================================
      Persistent Routes:
        Network Address          Netmask  Gateway Address  Metric
         207.115.89.187  255.255.255.255         On-link   Default
      ===========================================================================
      
      IPv6 Route Table
      ===========================================================================
      Active Routes:
       If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
        1    331 ::1/128                  On-link
        9    281 fe80::/64                On-link
        5    281 fe80::/64                On-link
        5    281 fe80::115c:c51a:7498:f62a/128
                                          On-link
        9    281 fe80::6141:f067:b146:f54f/128
                                          On-link
        1    331 ff00::/8                 On-link
        9    281 ff00::/8                 On-link
        5    281 ff00::/8                 On-link
      ===========================================================================
      Persistent Routes:
        None
      

      PFsense WAN IP: 66.113.99.234
      LAN: 192.168.1.0/24
      TUN: 192.168.2.0/24

      I'm a beginner with only a smattering of knowledge picked up as needed. I can share more info about my configuration as requested, but first I wanted to ask if anyone has any likely causes for what I've described so far. Thank you!

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