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      Eugene
      last edited by

      May we have from site1:

      
      ifconfig
      netstat -rn
      setkey -D -P
      
      

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        ryall
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        #ifconfig

        sk0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:15:e9:41:4d:ec
        	inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255
        	inet6 fe80::215:e9ff:fe41:4dec%sk0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        sk1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:15:e9:41:4d:75
        	inet 192.168.20.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
        	inet6 fe80::215:e9ff:fe41:4d75%sk1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        sk2: flags=28943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast,ppromisc>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:11:95:f7:3e:6a
        	inet 192.168.30.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.30.255
        	inet6 fe80::211:95ff:fef7:3e6a%sk2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        sk3: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:1b:11:11:ba:6f
        	inet 192.168.40.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.40.255
        	inet6 fe80::21b:11ff:fe11:ba6f%sk3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        sk4: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:1b:11:11:ba:6c
        	inet 10.1.1.254 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.1.1.254
        	inet6 fe80::21b:11ff:fe11:ba6c%sk4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 
        	inet 10.1.2.254 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
        	inet 10.1.3.254 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
        	inet 10.1.4.254 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
        	inet 10.1.5.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
        	inet 192.168.1.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        	inet 192.168.50.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.50.255
        	inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        xl0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=9 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:b0:d0:e4:ad:05
        	inet 192.168.11.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.11.255
        	inet6 fe80::2b0:d0ff:fee4:ad05%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        plip0: flags=108810 <pointopoint,simplex,multicast,needsgiant>metric 0 mtu 1500
        lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
        	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
        	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
        	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 
        enc0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1536
        pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33204
        pfsync0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1460
        	pfsync: syncdev: lo0 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128</up,running></promisc></up,running></up,loopback,running,multicast></pointopoint,simplex,multicast,needsgiant></full-duplex></rxcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast,ppromisc></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast> 
        

        #netstat -rn

        Routing tables
        
        Internet:
        Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
        default            192.168.11.1       UGS         0   505947    xl0
        10.0.0.0/24        link#6             UCS         0        0    xl0
        10.0.0.10          link#6             UHLW        1       26    xl0
        10.1.1.0/24        link#5             UCS         0        0    sk4
        10.1.1.11          00:11:24:cf:d7:6c  UHLW        1        0    sk4    558
        10.1.1.254/32      link#5             UC          0        0    sk4
        10.1.2.0/24        link#5             UCS         0        0    sk4
        10.1.2.10          00:16:cb:a2:db:ea  UHLW        1       10    sk4    687
        10.1.3.0/24        link#5             UCS         0        0    sk4
        10.1.3.10          00:11:24:76:af:b2  UHLW        1        0    sk4    179
        10.1.4.0/24        link#5             UCS         0        0    sk4
        10.1.4.10          00:16:cb:aa:7a:4c  UHLW        1        0    sk4    640
        10.1.5.0/24        link#5             UCS         0        0    sk4
        10.10.15.0/24      192.168.10.254     UGS         0   698434    sk0
        127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          0        0    lo0
        192.168.0.0/24     link#5             UC          0        0    sk4
        192.168.0.52       00:16:cb:a4:00:32  UHLW        1        0    sk4    942
        192.168.1.0/24     link#5             UC          0        0    sk4
        192.168.10.0/24    link#1             UC          0        0    sk0
        192.168.10.10      00:11:09:24:7b:61  UHLW        1     8740    sk0   1181
        192.168.10.11      00:08:a1:3c:72:5e  UHLW        1    16311    sk0   1111
        192.168.10.12      00:19:e3:e7:f5:2e  UHLW        1    11013    sk0    887
        192.168.10.15      00:0c:29:07:48:61  UHLW        1        1    sk0    855
        192.168.10.17      00:0c:29:74:22:a3  UHLW        1     2737    sk0    925
        192.168.10.18      00:0c:29:86:8f:2d  UHLW        1     1010    sk0    985
        192.168.10.19      00:1f:f3:c6:95:f9  UHLW        1        1    sk0    485
        192.168.10.32      00:00:21:2d:14:a4  UHLW        1    27006    sk0   1113
        192.168.10.34      00:1f:f3:cd:b6:55  UHLW        1       87    sk0    848
        192.168.10.41      00:19:e3:49:b5:1e  UHLW        1       10    sk0   1094
        192.168.10.42      00:0c:76:ee:6d:7d  UHLW        1     3392    sk0    871
        192.168.10.45      00:0c:76:1b:e5:a3  UHLW        1    25353    sk0   1098
        192.168.10.46      00:1f:5b:ea:a2:f6  UHLW        1        1    sk0    861
        192.168.10.47      00:22:41:25:13:62  UHLW        1       43    sk0    889
        192.168.10.48      00:0d:93:b4:52:24  UHLW        1        1    sk0    969
        192.168.10.51      00:0c:29:81:88:c6  UHLW        1     6836    sk0    960
        192.168.10.57      00:1e:52:f2:ef:99  UHLW        1        1    sk0    888
        192.168.10.58      00:1e:c2:1d:3e:d5  UHLW        1        2    sk0    232
        192.168.10.60      00:16:cb:a2:81:09  UHLW        1        2    sk0    938
        192.168.10.64      00:1e:c2:1e:42:71  UHLW        1      250    sk0    449
        192.168.10.68      00:1e:c2:13:3d:15  UHLW        1       41    sk0    902
        192.168.10.100     00:15:f2:6d:98:c5  UHLW        1    12399    sk0    660
        192.168.10.108     00:12:3f:45:79:2a  UHLW        1    11377    sk0   1020
        192.168.10.113     00:0e:0c:75:ec:72  UHLW        1        0    sk0    818
        192.168.10.121     00:17:f2:00:ba:17  UHLW        1      250    sk0    865
        192.168.10.122     00:17:f2:0b:ea:b8  UHLW        1        8    sk0    850
        192.168.10.123     00:17:f2:0b:ea:64  UHLW        1        8    sk0    853
        192.168.10.124     00:0d:93:4d:ad:1c  UHLW        1       76    sk0    570
        192.168.10.126     00:0d:93:3f:ca:74  UHLW        1       42    sk0    762
        192.168.10.129     00:1f:5b:ea:a1:1b  UHLW        1       74    sk0    894
        192.168.10.140     00:16:cb:88:b7:c4  UHLW        1       60    sk0    503
        192.168.10.190     00:24:8c:37:99:c7  UHLW        1     9085    sk0   1017
        192.168.10.191     00:16:cb:ab:1c:a9  UHLW        1       24    sk0   1186
        192.168.10.193     00:21:e9:63:4d:54  UHLW        1        0    sk0    530
        192.168.10.200     00:16:cb:a5:1a:0c  UHLW        1       38    sk0   1161
        192.168.10.230     00:17:f2:04:ed:02  UHLW        1      183    sk0    152
        192.168.10.232     00:1e:c2:1e:3a:8c  UHLW        1        1    sk0    836
        192.168.10.234     00:1e:c2:a8:4c:40  UHLW        1        3    sk0    466
        192.168.10.235     00:1f:5b:f6:be:5a  UHLW        1        7    sk0    222
        192.168.10.236     00:1f:5b:3f:b9:47  UHLW        1       16    sk0    918
        192.168.10.237     00:1f:5b:e8:d0:c1  UHLW        1        1    sk0    840
        192.168.10.240     00:1e:4f:c2:07:d4  UHLW        1      472    sk0   1194
        192.168.10.254     00:21:27:c9:03:09  UHLW        1       25    sk0    887
        192.168.11.0/24    link#6             UC          0        0    xl0
        192.168.11.1       00:90:96:86:ec:81  UHLW        2     6125    xl0    996
        192.168.20.0/24    link#2             UC          0        0    sk1
        192.168.20.10      00:04:23:c3:2e:21  UHLW        1 19291130    sk1   1063
        192.168.20.206     00:17:f2:0d:d8:29  UHLW        1        0    sk1    574
        192.168.20.208     00:11:24:2e:03:78  UHLW        1        0    sk1    463
        192.168.20.209     00:0d:93:56:7c:e8  UHLW        1        0    sk1   1004
        192.168.20.211     00:0d:93:af:ce:5a  UHLW        1        0    sk1   1164
        192.168.30.0/24    link#3             UC          0        0    sk2
        192.168.30.10      00:17:95:14:3d:c0  UHLW        1        0    sk2    897
        192.168.40.0/24    link#4             UC          0        0    sk3
        192.168.50.0/24    link#5             UC          0        0    sk4
        
        Internet6:
        Destination                       Gateway                       Flags      Netif Expire
        ::1                               ::1                           UHL         lo0
        fe80::%sk0/64                     link#1                        UC          sk0
        fe80::215:e9ff:fe41:4dec%sk0      00:15:e9:41:4d:ec             UHL         lo0
        fe80::%sk1/64                     link#2                        UC          sk1
        fe80::215:e9ff:fe41:4d75%sk1      00:15:e9:41:4d:75             UHL         lo0
        fe80::%sk2/64                     link#3                        UC          sk2
        fe80::211:95ff:fef7:3e6a%sk2      00:11:95:f7:3e:6a             UHL         lo0
        fe80::%sk3/64                     link#4                        UC          sk3
        fe80::21b:11ff:fe11:ba6f%sk3      00:1b:11:11:ba:6f             UHL         lo0
        fe80::%sk4/64                     link#5                        UC          sk4
        fe80::21b:11ff:fe11:ba6c%sk4      00:1b:11:11:ba:6c             UHL         lo0
        fe80::%xl0/64                     link#6                        UC          xl0
        fe80::2b0:d0ff:fee4:ad05%xl0      00:b0:d0:e4:ad:05             UHL         lo0
        fe80::%lo0/64                     fe80::1%lo0                   U           lo0
        fe80::1%lo0                       link#8                        UHL         lo0
        ff01:1::/32                       link#1                        UC          sk0
        ff01:2::/32                       link#2                        UC          sk1
        ff01:3::/32                       link#3                        UC          sk2
        ff01:4::/32                       link#4                        UC          sk3
        ff01:5::/32                       link#5                        UC          sk4
        ff01:6::/32                       link#6                        UC          xl0
        ff01:8::/32                       ::1                           UC          lo0
        ff02::%sk0/32                     link#1                        UC          sk0
        ff02::%sk1/32                     link#2                        UC          sk1
        ff02::%sk2/32                     link#3                        UC          sk2
        ff02::%sk3/32                     link#4                        UC          sk3
        ff02::%sk4/32                     link#5                        UC          sk4
        ff02::%xl0/32                     link#6                        UC          xl0
        ff02::%lo0/32                     ::1                           UC          lo0
        
        

        #setkey -D -P

        192.168.10.0/24[any] 192.168.10.1[any] any
        	in none
        	spid=5 seq=3 pid=28696
        	refcnt=1
        10.0.0.0/24[any] 192.168.10.0/24[any] any
        	in ipsec
        	esp/tunnel/121.98.196.77-192.168.11.2/unique#16388
        	spid=8 seq=2 pid=28696
        	refcnt=1
        192.168.10.1[any] 192.168.10.0/24[any] any
        	out none
        	spid=6 seq=1 pid=28696
        	refcnt=1
        192.168.10.0/24[any] 10.0.0.0/24[any] any
        	out ipsec
        	esp/tunnel/192.168.11.2-121.98.196.77/unique#16387
        	spid=7 seq=0 pid=28696
        	refcnt=1
        
        

        The 10.0.0.0/24 link#6 in the netstat output is what I manually entered with 'route add', the 10.0.0.10 entry comes up when you either ping that client from site_1 or you ping from that client at site_2.

        ifconfig shows sk4 with a bunch of aliases that I added to the firewall config with <shellcmd>. Initially I thought this was the problem, because this was all on the WAN interface, so I separated the WAN out to it's own interface but still no-go.

        While collecting the ifconfig data I noticed that the aliases were broadcasting on 10.255.255.255. That seemed like a smoking gun so I altered the shellcmd entries, e.g.

        <shellcmd>ifconfig sk4 10.1.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias</shellcmd>
        

        rebooted and now it's even worse  ::) Pings still show up in the logs but no route entry shows up in the routing table. Here's the new ifconfig output:

        sk0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:15:e9:41:4d:ec
        	inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255
        	inet6 fe80::215:e9ff:fe41:4dec%sk0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex,flag2>)
        	status: active
        sk1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:15:e9:41:4d:75
        	inet 192.168.20.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
        	inet6 fe80::215:e9ff:fe41:4d75%sk1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        sk2: flags=28943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast,ppromisc>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:11:95:f7:3e:6a
        	inet 192.168.30.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.30.255
        	inet6 fe80::211:95ff:fef7:3e6a%sk2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        sk3: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:1b:11:11:ba:6f
        	inet 192.168.40.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.40.255
        	inet6 fe80::21b:11ff:fe11:ba6f%sk3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        sk4: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:1b:11:11:ba:6c
        	inet 10.1.1.254 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.1.1.254
        	inet6 fe80::21b:11ff:fe11:ba6c%sk4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 
        	inet 10.1.2.254 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.1.2.254
        	inet 10.1.3.254 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.1.3.254
        	inet 10.1.4.254 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.1.4.254
        	inet 10.1.5.1 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.1.5.1
        	inet 192.168.1.254 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.1.254
        	inet 192.168.50.1 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.50.1
        	inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.0.2
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)
        	status: active
        xl0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=9 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:b0:d0:e4:ad:05
        	inet 192.168.11.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.11.255
        	inet6 fe80::2b0:d0ff:fee4:ad05%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        plip0: flags=108810 <pointopoint,simplex,multicast,needsgiant>metric 0 mtu 1500
        lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
        	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
        	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
        	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 
        enc0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1536
        pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33204
        pfsync0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1460
        	pfsync: syncdev: lo0 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128</up,running></promisc></up,running></up,loopback,running,multicast></pointopoint,simplex,multicast,needsgiant></full-duplex></rxcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast,ppromisc></full-duplex,flag0,flag1></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex,flag2></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>
        ```</shellcmd>
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          Eugene
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          Briefly: it's a mess.
          What is the reason you are using shellcmd?

          http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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            ryall
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            I'm using shellcmd to set up IP aliasing, which to my knowledge you can't do in the GUI. We need sk4 to be different IP's to different subnets. Basically we host a semi-public service to different clients within the same building, each client has their own network and subnet specific to them.

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              ktims
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              I agree that this is a mess. If you want to segregate the different clients in the building you need VLANs or separate physical interfaces. Setting up separate subnets on the same segment not only offers no security whatsoever, it complicates the configuration and leads to problems such as this. I would suggest you either invest in a managed switch (Looks like HP 1700-8 might suffice, and is < $90, or there's lots of good 10/100 gear on eBay for $cheap) and move to a VLAN-based configuration or discard all these superfluous subnets.

              You were right about the subnet masks on the 10.x.x.x aliases, they were all /8s, so all traffic to 10.* would go out that physical interface, regardless of any routes added by IPsec. Now that you've set them to /32s, no traffic will go out those interfaces for the 10.x.x.x subnets you've assigned. If you want this to work at all, you probably want /24s for those.

              If it's still not working, I'd get rid of all the aliases and then maybe we can troubleshoot and help you get a basic configuration working, and you can then go back to your mess if you like.

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                Eugene
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                @ryall:

                We need sk4 to be different IP's to different subnets.

                Could you explain this in more details?
                As I see you already have several interfaces with different subnets (I suspect different clients). You do not need any IP from these subnets to be presented on your WAN.
                Agree with Ktims - first step is to get rid of all your VIPs provided via shellcmd.

                http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                  ryall
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                  Yep will do. Fresh install, set up the VPN, when it's working add the VIP's and see if it breaks. I'll let you know how I get on.

                  I agree that we need a managed switch and VLANs or separate interfaces for each subnet (that's a lot of multi-port cards), but I'm kinda constrained by budget here…

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                    ktims
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                    I don't know what your arrangement with your clients is like, but I don't think it'd be hard to sell them on a $50 investment each for proper segregation from each other, then go out and buy an inexpensive 24 port switch and set this up properly.

                    To be perfectly honest though, for my own sanity I have spent my own money to put in eBayed HP or 3com gear to replace aging and cheap SOHO equipment at some of my client's when I've been in your situation. It's just not worth my time and frustration with that garbage to save the $40-50 it costs me to buy a 24 port proper 10/100 switch from eBay. Then I can be happy with gear I know doesn't suck and spend a lot less time diagnosing network issues, give them a more secure and functional setup, and everybody's happy. No idea what your time is worth on this project, but I suspect it will quickly add up to more than that trying to get your setup working - and what you're trying to do is vastly inferior. It should be possible to make it work though…

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                      ryall
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                      I've set up two clean pfsense boxes in vmware.
                      Both 1.2.3-RC3.
                      Set up IPSec tunnel between them.
                      Firewall IPSEC rules are allow all on both boxes.
                      Triple checked the IPSEC rules on both boxes to make sure they're on identical settings.

                      tunnel gets established when a client on either network pings the remote network. Both sites IPSEC logs show succesful connections. However clients on Site 1 can ping clients on Site 2, but Site 2 clients can only ping Site 1's pfsense address. Pings to clients on Site 1 time out.

                      Under diagnostics in pfsense, Site 2 shows entries for Site 1 network. But Site 1 shows no entries for Site 2.

                      Anyone have any ideas? Like I said both these boxes are squeaky clean, nothing fancy going on. In fact, the vpn is the only thing configured on them. You'd think this would "just work".

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                        ryall
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                        In case this helps anyone else, I eventually got this working on the physical setup in my original post. I replaced our old DSL modem with a Linksys WAG54G2, mainly because it features VPN passthrough. After that everything instantly worked.

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