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      moffl
      last edited by

      I followed http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VPN_Capability_IPSec and have this all setup…. But when I go to the overview section...it's blank! I only have the tunnel I created in the SPD section.

      If you only have a SPD and not a SAD then you have no tunnel. In my experience Security Association Database (SAD) tells you that you are associated. If you have nothing in overview then i would say tunnel is not working

      What is the difference between SAD and SPD anyways…?

      Security Policy Database = SPD
      Security Association Database = SAD

      Thanks!

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        heiko
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        @NoDoze:

        Am I missing something here?
        Is there more to it?

        Thanks!

        Please give us more informations about your ipsec config

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          NoDoze
          last edited by

          Here are my settings… They are almost identical on both ends.

          Office
          VPN: IPsec: Edit tunnel

          Mode Tunnel
          Interface  WAN
          Local subnet Type: LAN subnet
          Remote subnet  255.255.252.0 /  32
          Remote gateway  76.XX.XX.115
          Description  Home

          Phase 1 proposal (Authentication)
          Negotiation mode  aggressive
          My identifier  My IP address
          Encryption algorithm  Blowfish
          Hash algorithm  SHA1
          Must match the setting chosen on the remote side. 
          DH key group  1
          Lifetime  28800
          Authentication method  Pre-shared key
          Pre-Shared Key  XXXXXXyadayadayadaXXXXX

          Phase 2 proposal (SA/Key Exchange)
          Protocol  ESP
          Encryption algorithms  Blowfish
          Hash algorithms  SHA1
          PFS key group  off
          Lifetime  28800

          Home
          VPN: IPsec: Edit tunnel

          Mode Tunnel
          Interface  WAN
          Local subnet Type: LAN subnet
          Remote subnet  255.255.255.224 /  32
          Remote gateway  71.XX.XX.162
          Description  Office

          Phase 1 proposal (Authentication)
          Negotiation mode  aggressive
          My identifier  My IP address
          Encryption algorithm  Blowfish
          Hash algorithm  SHA1
          Must match the setting chosen on the remote side. 
          DH key group  1
          Lifetime  28800
          Authentication method  Pre-shared key
          Pre-Shared Key  XXXXXXyadayadayadaXXXXX

          Phase 2 proposal (SA/Key Exchange)
          Protocol  ESP
          Encryption algorithms  Blowfish
          Hash algorithms  SHA1
          PFS key group  off
          Lifetime  28800

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            heiko
            last edited by

            what is Remote subnet  255.255.252.0 /  32 ??

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              NoDoze
              last edited by

              Uhmmm… Not sure what you're asking... I just copy/pasted from the pfsense VPN:IPsec window my settings...

              I basically followed the directions from: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VPN_Capability_IPSec

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                heiko
                last edited by

                Remote subnet  255.255.252.0 /  32 !!!

                The Remote subnet is for example 192.168.1.1, your lan subnet of the other side and not the "subnet mask" ;)

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                  NoDoze
                  last edited by

                  OOooooohhhhh….! I always get those two mixed up...sorry...

                  I made the changes 192.168.1.0 for the office and 192.168.2.0 for home, but still a no go...

                  I'm getting these eror in the log:

                  May 22 10:32:53 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.1.0/24[0] 192.168.2.0/24[0] proto=any dir=out
                  May 22 10:32:53 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.1.1/32[0] 192.168.1.0/24[0] proto=any dir=out
                  May 22 10:32:53 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.2.0/24[0] 192.168.1.0/24[0] proto=any dir=in
                  May 22 10:32:53 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.1.0/24[0] 192.168.1.1/32[0] proto=any dir=in

                  What does it mean?

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                    NoDoze
                    last edited by

                    I reduced the lifetime on both ends, and now get this error in the logs:

                    On the home side:

                    
May 22 12:26:10 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.2.5/32[0] 192.168.2.0/24[0] proto=any dir=out 
May 22 12:26:10 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.2.0/24[0] 192.168.2.5/32[0] proto=any dir=in

                    On the office side:

                    
May 22 12:26:07 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.1.1/32[0] 192.168.1.0/24[0] proto=any dir=out 
May 22 12:26:07 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.1.0/24[0] 192.168.1.1/32[0] proto=any dir=in

                    So for some reason the liftime reduced the errors to one pair set on each side, whereas earlier is was two pair sets on each side.

                    Still get nothing on the SAD and Overview. Just says "No IPsec security associations."
                    Which leads me to beleive I'm leaving somthing out…?

                    Help!

                    Thanks!

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                      NoDoze
                      last edited by

                      Ok, disregurad that last post… It went back to the way it was...

                      Seams like PF keeps trying to make the connection but gets different responses?

                      Anyways, I still can't get it to work...

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                        heiko
                        last edited by

                        all ipsec endpoints are pfsense? if this so, are there are static or dynamic?

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                          NoDoze
                          last edited by

                          PF to PF both sides…
                          the office is a static, the home a dynamic, but has never changed in 4 years.
                          PF on both sides are setup static.

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                            NoDoze
                            last edited by

                            Ok, just to see if I could get it to work…I setup another IPsec tunnel, this time an internal one...
                            ...I still get the same errors in the logs:

                            May 22 22:58:49 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.25.0/24[0] 192.168.1.0/24[0] proto=any dir=out
                            May 22 22:58:49 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.25.1/32[0] 192.168.25.0/24[0] proto=any dir=out
                            May 22 22:58:49 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.1.0/24[0] 192.168.25.0/24[0] proto=any dir=in
                            May 22 22:58:49 racoon: [Unknown Gateway/Dynamic]: ERROR: such policy already exists. anyway replace it: 192.168.25.0/24[0] 192.168.25.1/32[0] proto=any dir=in

                            Can anyone make sense of this? (no pun intended)

                            Thanks!

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                              heiko
                              last edited by

                              both on 1.2? / Unknown Gateway says that comes from a dynamic endpoint, nothing more

                              I would work for example on the static side with the option "mobile clients enable" so the pf on the dynamic side
                              works as it should. ;)

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                                NoDoze
                                last edited by

                                Yup!…. both 1.2...

                                Are you saying for the dynamic setup "mobile clients" needs to be enabled...?

                                Well, I do have it enabled...on both sides....but it still isn't making the tunnel...

                                Any other ideas...?

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                                  NoDoze
                                  last edited by

                                  WOOT! 'bout half an hour later we have CONNECTION! YES!
                                  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

                                  …All I did was just let it sit idle... the error log cleared out....I pinged, and then the logs showed CONNECTION ESTABLISHED!

                                  YES!

                                  So...why does it take so long for it to connect....?

                                  Thanks for the help!

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                                    heiko
                                    last edited by

                                    mobile client ipsec issue in 1.2 –> in 1.21 that is fixed

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                                      NoDoze
                                      last edited by

                                      Cool!

                                      Thanks!

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