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      IrixOS @marvosa
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      @marvosa

      persist-tun
      persist-key
      cipher AES-128-CBC
      ncp-ciphers AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM
      auth SHA1
      tls-client
      client
      remote rshafw000000001.ddns.net 1194 udp
      verify-x509-name "www.rsha.de" name
      auth-user-pass
      remote-cert-tls server
      compress lz4-v2

      <ca>
      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      MIIEZTCCA02gAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADB/MQswCQYDVQQGEwJCRTEQ
      MA4GA1UECBMHQW50d2VycDEPMA0GA1UEBxMGRHVmZmVsMQ0wCwYDVQQKEwRSU0hB
      MSgwJgYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhl2b2xrYW4ua3Vya3VuQGhvdG1haWwuY29tMRQwEgYD
      VQQDEwtpbnRlcm5hbC1jYTAeFw0xODA3MDExNzQ4MDlaFw0yODA2MjgxNzQ4MDla
      MH8xCzAJBgNVBAYTAkJFMRAwDgYDVQQIEwdBbnR3ZXJwMQ8wDQYDVQQHEwZEdWZm
      <snipped by mod>
      aJjpXervXoYbqjMwiSOaaUcFgMqBngV120WYlmrhes7DdLGImFePGGMKC9VE7krZ
      vGAiZe+nPEVjFoJTypc6+6NX12o4cfq3qg==
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----
      </ca>
      <cert>
      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      MIIEvDCCA6SgAwIBAgIBAjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADB/MQswCQYDVQQGEwJCRTEQ
      MA4GA1UECBMHQW50d2VycDEPMA0GA1UEBxMGRHVmZmVsMQ0wCwYDVQQKEwRSU0hB
      MSgwJgYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhl2b2xrYW4ua3Vya3VuQGhvdG1haWwuY29tMRQwEgYD
      VQQDEwtpbnRlcm5hbC1jYTAeFw0xODA3MDExNzQ5MzhaFw0yODA2MjgxNzQ5Mzha
      MHsxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkJFMRAwDgYDVQQIEwdBbnR3ZXJwMQ8wDQYDVQQHEwZEdWZm
      ZWwxDTALBgNVBAoTBFJTSEExKDAmBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWGXZvbGthbi5rdXJrdW5A
      <snipped by mod>
      jMS6LIf0YDcHlXxGff/chxVkidbKQoa8gMd0qf0UhtF3Qd4qHKK8rPjBF8cptckB
      3WQTokQXuKTvtsWe+HFt9pdSqLOSs58jSEB+ZZfoMU7kScnFXJ1pgW1M7cHIVBqG
      L1VCkJEcTKHvbGKNIlsHa/S/VoEME0EGn7MCh1F/hvK4hc80MxzU7p6MBBN+Z8Zm
      4UNT4g6aTjsMYp5XzywdWMXBw5tuSx8lc9qhIPQf6+5B5sekC1WZPPOlAT2P1BF8
      gZBKUNdYPGt+3vrChjaLY2pfrSxgk6N3w24T4OIUx6qwwH/5GgzDFhynww2uSa+V
      eblidbXb9sAXqAJweCNNUg==
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----
      </cert>
      <key>
      -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
      MIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKcwggSjAgEAAoIBAQC8tPHojOuy6ZHb
      Y3KfN1Gh0bmHUa8qZxLO9UzcJBhq4Mr1Ml8UFSRNCZ2MszXLU9YGaDiA9RBFDRx/
      HjYKKhfxFX2QrYdT61LFBpBUDkorTuuYJ1bPgDsV3IHbcOiE5Nk8vAqT8KAAh+vS
      tgAO6RLH3Ncp15+nYmSrkeQECzAF3aOT9T8r1bqxSHFUojJKjPoQeZ62dIWD9Mxs
      <snipped by mod>
      tetslkmM3VGBiDsK8j5dfBQcPHc4Rt2kUFLjRQHmmiQDUuTGywuldkQ7Pw8Rl/xd
      1IEp1x7ZLY1d4o68YPvYYL0m/u7/o4w28UP27v69mTtgnV5wGDnPofsoNQKBgFG1
      7e7ULd3+XeZZMqzqL3caXtq7f3P725CXCauEeMpgxJBei77oFhb8tHdg62enxh6N
      WsQj6DZmHOqtBhx+M26ud4VrJSpKZ+UrsVQ3R629ryv+Xu75CudrB2VIMM39Gp+r
      zPrfOAk/VC/GZoStBj8SZEynVHPeAq/pdBknlUx1AoGAbxsocW68vmTVy/pHJdA6
      MQxQKyp4rAARVTMRyhYZhaNcaie/Qmb2vdbrqIDJfCFlIICoqThi1j5zjFt1HvBk
      x/Dprv6UspaoFWOGhicwGY0tRcx7lkGsehbVmgoynOkwlyQVMfPcu5C4ecXTnAVH
      V7yNsaepx91mwVZRhL6qaJk=
      -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
      </key>
      <tls-auth>

      2048 bit OpenVPN static key

      -----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
      dd18a2ffe3bd789cd0f4287bde6a90ba
      cfe34ea65521461d69582f82f9d30c59
      c3fed75174b1bcf2fca5636854f9a896
      <snipped by mod>
      ab1ef19de29738094360a33e2fa9ed2e
      9591ac77b0dc611ddd7a3ce9a5219dad
      7fecdef9c325b80c3902820057d734ac
      552493644a44c8719a85d26e35845ec1
      c3e0e04b4365e7c47d5e757ed69d16a3
      -----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----
      </tls-auth>
      key-direction 1

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        IrixOS @bingo600
        last edited by IrixOS

        @bingo600

        This is the log, how doe you change the MTU, I found a field on the WAN if tab, you said both ends, I will try to find the setting in openVPN client.

        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_VER=3.git::081bfebe:RelWithDebInfo
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_PLAT=android
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_NCP=2
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_TCPNL=1
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_PROTO=30
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_CIPHERS=AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:CHACHA20-POLY1305:AES-128-CBC
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_LZO_STUB=1
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_COMP_STUB=1
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_COMP_STUBv2=1
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_GUI_VER=net.openvpn.connect.android_3.3.4-9290
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 peer info: IV_SSO=webauth,openurl,crtext
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn user 'kurkunv' authenticated
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1558', remote='link-mtu 1559'
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 94.109.209.23:2845 [kurkunv] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]94.109.209.23:2845
        Sep 5 16:03:01 openvpn 27362 kurkunv/94.109.209.23:2845 MULTI_sva: pool returned IPv4=172.16.1.2, IPv6=(Not enabled)

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        • bingo600B
          bingo600 @IrixOS
          last edited by bingo600

          @IrixOS

          You set it in the openvpn client + server config windows - Advanced configurations window

          See here for an example:
          https://forum.netgate.com/topic/182605/solved-firewall-wan-blocking-packets-destined-for-a-working-openvpn

          Do it on the "remote first" , then the local .....

          Aaaannnd it's always good to have https access to the box, if accessing/managing it via openvpn.

          Edit: Looks like your listed client above is "Android" ....
          If you used Client export , you can add the options there too , to be exported.

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @IrixOS
            last edited by johnpoz

            @IrixOS I snipped out some of that info - that is dangerous to post your full certs/keys on public forum..

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              IrixOS @bingo600
              last edited by

              @bingo600

              That didn't work.

              Thank you,

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                bingo600 @IrixOS
                last edited by

                @IrixOS
                Just a question ...
                You do have RDP enabled , and allowed in the WIN firewall ... Correct

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                  Gertjan @bingo600
                  last edited by

                  I'll complement this one :
                  @bingo600 said in Cannot connect with RDP via openVPN:

                  and allowed in the WIN firewall

                  @IrixOS

                  When you activate the RDP server process in your Microsoft OS, by default (as per Redmond's rules) only connections from the local LAN, like 192.168.1.1/24 (or whatever your LAN is) are accepted, as Microsoft doesn't want you to use RDP from 'everywhere' aka the Internet.
                  The protocol just isn't safe enough, it was written with speed in mind, not security.

                  When you use a VPN connection, this isn't really an issue, as you control the entire connection, and the dangerous part is "secured" as it is running over OpenVPN.

                  So : go to the Windows firewall, and modify (easier, you will find it) it.
                  This is mine :

                  523373f4-fbe7-4d1e-b70e-843fb26ebe7f-image.png

                  Two rules, as there is one for TCP and one for UDP.

                  Btw : Double check that your PC recognizes the LAN network as private, not public. In Public mode it will accept no connections - from no one.

                  I know : you said it was working before, so my words are actually useless.
                  Just double check ^^ (maybe if some one has reset the windows firewall recently )

                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Gertjan
                    last edited by johnpoz

                    @Gertjan said in Cannot connect with RDP via openVPN:

                    you said it was working before, so my words are actually useless.

                    Or maybe it changed from private to public.. But if that was the case you would think ping wouldn't work either, because if blocked ping would be blocked too, etc.

                    But yes checking the firewall rules on the PC for sure prudent..

                    If I was troubleshooting this problem, I would validate that the traffic is even being sent to the client.. So you know where to look - this would be as simple as sniffing for port 3389 on the lan side interface the pc is connected too.. So for example I just connected to vpn on my iphone.

                    setup a sniff on lan for 3389.. Then connected via my phone rdp client. Screen pops right up on my phone, and you can see from the sniff traffic flowing both ways. If download and open in wireshark - can see the syn, and then syn,ack response..

                    sniff.jpg

                    The 10.0.200.250 address is the address my iphone when it connects to the vpn.. I am using rd client on my phone

                    connection.jpg

                    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remote-desktop-mobile/id714464092

                    If your never seeing the traffic get sent to the PC IP, then you need to look upstream.. If you see traffic sent to the client IP, but no answers - then you have the wrong IP your trying to connect too? Its not running remote desktop? Its on a different port than the standard 3389, its running a firewall? Its not using pfsense as its gateway, etc. But the simple sniff would tell you where to look next, either in pfsense firewall rules, etc.. Or towards the client.

                    edit: other obvious indication of a connection from client started at least, was I saw my PC that using (which is one I rdp to from phone) screen go to the login screen..

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                      IrixOS @johnpoz
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                      @johnpoz

                      How can I close the ticket on this forum?

                      I have to mothball everything. My distribution switch has failed. I can't believe this is happening right now! From the port LEDs I can see that the switch has a serious problem.

                      The console says SYSTEM INIT: NOT ENOUGH MEMORY TO BOOT

                      Pure nonsense!

                      The switch may be outdated but it's brand new, I've only turned that retarded thing on and off three times!

                      It's certainly not the first time!
                      The other one I bought also had a problem. All the LEDs are flashing but it won't boot.
                      I already tried heating the solder joints, and then the port LEDs all came on, but no console.
                      A dead fish in the water! How is that possible, that damn thing was brand new, never used, ever programmed!

                      DAMN YOU CISCO!!!!!!!

                      PFSENSE sucks and CISCO sucks, I haven't touched that moronic thing for years. VPN has always worked! RDP has always worked! PERIOD!

                      I thank you all for trying to solve my problem, I shall return to this forum as soon I have bought another piece of their cisco junk!

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                        michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @IrixOS
                        last edited by michmoor

                        @IrixOS why pfsense suck tho?
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                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @IrixOS
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                          @IrixOS there is no "ticket" unless you opened one with tac... This is just a forum, where people like to help other people..

                          @michmoor my guess is just frustration..

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                            IrixOS @michmoor
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                            @michmoor

                            Nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed in openVPN's settings since I reanimated the network which was recently. Whether pfsense is partly to blame for that, I don't know.

                            Pfsense and openVPN sucks because of this problem. Can't be unless it sabotaged itself. No one seems to know the answer.

                            Did I mention with the build-in terminal in pfsense you can't connect with a cisco terminal console! That's why it sucks!

                            The RDP client from microsoft on android also sucks! It sometimes loses connection with my windows servers. Is it openVPN to blame, might be.

                            I don't have that problem from the inside!

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                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @IrixOS
                              last edited by johnpoz

                              @IrixOS said in Cannot connect with RDP via openVPN:

                              build-in terminal in pfsense you can't connect with a cisco terminal console!

                              I ssh from pfsense to my switches all the time - I don't know what you would be trying to do with actual console cable?

                              Are you getting an error like this?

                              Unable to negotiate with 192.168.9.98 port 22: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
                              

                              The RDP client from microsoft on android also sucks! It sometimes loses connection with my windows servers. Is it openVPN to blame

                              Which is - you can't connect, or you connect and the connection drops?

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                                IrixOS @johnpoz
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                                @johnpoz No I was in windows server with the desktop in front of me and suddenly zippo, can't remember which error it gave, happened occasionally. Regarding our issue here,I am thinking to reinstall pfsense on the box. I have no other choice unless someone comes up with some findings.

                                First I have to buy another switch, I think this one has a hardware error. That piece of trash is brand new, can't believe it is failing.

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                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @IrixOS
                                  last edited by

                                  @IrixOS said in Cannot connect with RDP via openVPN:

                                  unless someone comes up with some findings.

                                  Findings from what - you haven't provided any info.. Did you do the sniff like I showed? Lets see that the traffic even gets sent to your box your trying to rdp to - that test takes all of like 1 minute to do.

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                                    IrixOS @johnpoz
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                                    @johnpoz I haven't forgotten about that, I tried to do that today, but I have no knowledge of wireshark, not yet. I installed it one week ago. When I came back from sports, I saw the switch was failing so I am stuck right now.

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                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @IrixOS
                                      last edited by

                                      @IrixOS packet capture under diagnostics - clicky clicky..

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                                        IrixOS @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz Thanks I am looking forward to perform the sniff.

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                                          IrixOS @johnpoz
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                                          @johnpoz

                                          Plan A is getting the internet back running
                                          Plan B is the sniff for that horseshit vpn-RDP problem.

                                          The switch has been swapped. I ran into some other problem. I had to free networkspace for my management vlan. So I also had to recalculate the subnet of pfsense.
                                          The procedure to change the ip address of pfsense according to the documentation seems to be quiet easy. I changed the LAN IP en guess what? No internet. That's very silly.
                                          I knew I was going to run in some bullshit problem.

                                          Again an error in disguise, and I'm stuck.

                                          Did I mention that serial console not working on pfsense? That's why it sucks, could be very valuable if you have your cisco switch near the pfsense box and can't mobilize it.

                                          Any thoughts about the changed LAN ip in pfsense? There is alot of configuration, I an not planning to begin from scratch.

                                          Thank you,

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                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @IrixOS
                                            last edited by

                                            @IrixOS said in Cannot connect with RDP via openVPN:

                                            Did I mention that serial console not working on pfsense?

                                            Works for me..

                                            I console in pretty much every time I do an update. I like to watch the progress.

                                            serial.jpg

                                            Is this a netgate appliance - console on some other hardware would be on that hardware maker, etc.

                                            Changing the lan IP - confuses a lot of users, they forget to update their pc they are using to the new IP range, or don't renew their dhcp lease.

                                            When changing the IP your connecting too, especially if in a different range - that can be difficult. Would be best to change that either via console, or just connect to another IP on a different interface..

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