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      songokussm
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      I am hoping you guys can save me.
      I've been pounding my head against this wall for almost a week.

      Thank you for the assistance.

      Three servers

      • HQ, 24, 26
      • vsphere essentials
        Three locations
      • west, middle, east
        IPSec VPN

      hardware:
      PFsense is located in ESXI on servers 24 & 26
      servers 24/26 are rented servers, with no physical access
      A Meraki MX64 is being used before server HQ

      network layout
      -HQ
      Modem -> Meraki -> Server HQ -> vmkernal (192.168.100.11)
      network: 192.168.100.0

      -24
      OVH -> Server 24 -> PFsense -> vmkernal (192.168.24.11)
      network: 192.168.24.0

      -26
      OVH -> Server 26 -> PFsense -> vmkernal (192.168.26.11)
      network: 192.168.26.0

      VPN
      IPSe is setup with a connection to each server. it is active and running.
      The vms on all three servers can interact perfectly

      Problem:
      Unable to access vmkernal on server 24 & 26 outside of their local network
      Can ping, but not access

      Example one:
      a vm on server 24 can access vmkernal on 24, but not on 26.
      a vm on server 26 can access vmkernal on 26, but not on 24.
      a vm on server HQ can not access vmkernal on either 24 or 26.
      all vms on all servers can access vmkernal on server HQ

      Example two:
      any device can ping servers 24 & 26 's vmkernal.
      But when trying to access it, the connect times out.
      PFsense logs show, the packets are never delivered.

      vsphere firewall:
      I disabled the esxi firewall on all three servers. Nothing changed.
      I added both the public and private networks to the vmware firewall, on all three servers. nothing changed.

      States:
      Ping traffic is delivered.
      all other traffic is not.

      Firewall:
      IPsec rule to allow all traffic

      Wireshark:
      retransmission, the packets are never reach their destination.

      see attachments for more information.
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      firewall.PNG
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      states.PNG
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