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    Unable to Route Traffic over OPENVPN Gateway NORDVPN Client Setup

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      viragomann @antionline
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      @antionline
      Okay, with these settings and "Don't pull routes" checked, I expect that everything is working as without the VPN.

      However, missing the routing table.

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        antionline @viragomann
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        @viragomann

        Routing table when LAN gateway changed to VPN Gateway:
        ddfce99f-ae8a-4882-8cb7-cde67b46bfa8-image.png

        Routing tabel with resolve names selected:
        5c805915-b642-45f9-8f5b-b97961b89a85-image.png

        OPEN VPN Tunnel Settings:
        c9a1c571-2f3c-4678-81c0-15c1d6ba5c35-image.png

        OPENVPN Connection Status:
        d9be6b85-9ec1-4db6-8b9d-a93d1f4bd883-image.png

        7cc2c58c-06dc-4139-95a1-740a95d3876e-image.png

        LAN RULES with Gateway selected:
        75622425-83cd-43f4-afd3-57a3037b0c91-image.png

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          viragomann @antionline
          last edited by

          @antionline
          It seems strange to me that your virtual VPN IP is shown up as gateway IP. Not clear, what causes this. I'd expect to see the server virtual IP as gateway, e.g. 10.8.1.1.

          Try to remove the check from "Don't add/remove routes" in the VPN client settings.

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            antionline @viragomann
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            @viragomann

            VPN Client updated settings:
            a133faac-7916-440d-aec7-29e1250cb29e-image.png

            Gateways:
            f30503e7-f7fd-478f-8604-63d95c92ae98-image.png

            OPENVPN Connections Status after Don't add/remove routes" unchecked
            ab848b40-9eaf-4732-9275-6760f264d55f-image.png

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              viragomann @antionline
              last edited by

              @antionline
              Is your OpenVPN client running it tap mode by any chance?

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                antionline @viragomann
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                @viragomann

                No it is in layer 3 tunnel mode:
                44960caf-1da7-4236-bc81-c2f00a4b38bc-image.png

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                  Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @viragomann
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                  @viragomann said in Unable to Route Traffic over OPENVPN Gateway NORDVPN Client Setup:

                  that your virtual VPN IP is shown up as gateway IP.

                  That is normal for those Privacy-VPNs.

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                    viragomann @Bob.Dig
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                    @Bob-Dig
                    Never seen this till today. Maybe this changed with 2.7?

                    Anyway it seems weird for diagnosing routing issues.

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                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @viragomann
                      last edited by

                      @viragomann said in Unable to Route Traffic over OPENVPN Gateway NORDVPN Client Setup:

                      Maybe this changed with 2.7?

                      No, I guess it is just not your type of VPN. 😉

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                        viragomann @Bob.Dig
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                        @Bob-Dig
                        Agree, I do not use any VPN providers.
                        However, also didn't notice from any post here.

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                          antionline @viragomann
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                          @viragomann
                          The IP was the same with 2.6 version as well. before update.

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                            antionline @Bob.Dig
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                            @Bob-Dig
                            Do you have a working solution for me? I can change my vpn provider no problem.
                            With NORDVPN I have never get successfully connected to internet.
                            I have also installed on seperated machines different locations both not works.

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                              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @antionline
                              last edited by

                              @antionline said in Unable to Route Traffic over OPENVPN Gateway NORDVPN Client Setup:

                              Do you have a working solution for me?

                              No. Their guides do work so the problem must be somewhere else.

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                                antionline @Bob.Dig
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                                @Bob-Dig

                                Once I tried gateway group by using dual OPENVPN client(Dual NORDVPN Server connection over single WAN) paired together instead of using dual WAN.

                                At that way the Public IP and DNS changed somehow for once. After reboot of the pfsense. it did not come back again.

                                On my third pfsense I can use NORDVPN with dual WAN gateway group. It is working. But on the other hand single WAN setup never works.

                                It's been more than 2 months. I have to solve this problem.

                                I tried everything. Still no solution.

                                I am desperate right now

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                                  antionline @viragomann
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                                  @viragomann
                                  After the latest patch
                                  Fix OpenVPN selecting wrong interface address when VIPs are present (Redmine #14646)
                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14646
                                  I could be able to route out my traffic and the OPENVPN client works as it is requested.

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