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    Run OpenVPN client on pfsense, allow lan PCs to use it

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      Dark Rayne
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      Hey, so my work's IT department wont set up more then one OpenVPN client login per person, and I am getting tired of resigning in every time I switch between the laptop, desktop, or mac-mini. I would love to run the OpenVPN client on pfsense and use a small proxy server or some custom rules to bounce work related traffic into the OpenVPN connection but leave regular web traffic etc going out as normal. I have searched the forum, and online, but either my google-fu is failing me, or I am missing it.

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        You can setup OpenVPN on pfSense under VPN > OpenVPN, on the clients tab.

        You can't selectively route traffic based on firewall rules (easily, yet) but you can route whatever subnets you like down the tunnel.

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          Dark Rayne
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          @jimp:

          You can setup OpenVPN on pfSense under VPN > OpenVPN, on the clients tab.

          You can't selectively route traffic based on firewall rules (easily, yet) but you can route whatever subnets you like down the tunnel.

          Unfortunately I don't want to be sending all my web traffic to the vpn from any specific machine, I could very easily flood my work's dedicated VPN line (a T1 iirc) that would be bad  :D. I am perfectly willing to set up a proxy or something that would forward any traffic it receives to the OpenVPN connection, this does not have to be on the pfsense machine.

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