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    • M
      mst
      last edited by

      I have a lot of these:

      Feb 2 20:39:29 openvpn[14304]: TCP NOTE: Rejected connection attempt from 67.165.x.x:60130 due to –remote setting
      Feb 2 20:39:34 openvpn[14304]: TCP NOTE: Rejected connection attempt from 67.165.x.x:28561 due to –remote setting

      after disabling OpenVpn server and enabling again on pfsence 1.2.3 all works ok

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      • M
        mst
        last edited by

        here is server log:

        Feb 2 20:42:22 openvpn[14304]: /etc/rc.filter_configure tun0 1500 1547 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2 init
        Feb 2 20:42:23 openvpn[14304]: SIGTERM[hard,init_instance] received, process exiting
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: OpenVPN 2.0.6 i386-portbld-freebsd7.2 [SSL] [LZO] built on Dec 4 2009
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: WARNING: file '/var/etc/openvpn_server0.secret' is group or others accessible
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: LZO compression initialized
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: gw 192.41.245.85
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: TUN/TAP device /dev/tun0 opened
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
        Feb 2 20:42:40 openvpn[7060]: /etc/rc.filter_configure tun0 1500 1547 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2 init
        Feb 2 20:42:41 openvpn[7073]: Listening for incoming TCP connection on [undef]:64000
        Feb 2 20:42:42 openvpn[7073]: TCP connection established with 67.165.x.x:50092
        Feb 2 20:42:42 openvpn[7073]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:64000
        Feb 2 20:42:42 openvpn[7073]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote: 67.165.x.x:50092
        Feb 2 20:42:42 openvpn[7073]: Peer Connection Initiated with 67.165.x.x:50092
        Feb 2 20:42:44 openvpn[7073]: Initialization Sequence Completed
        Feb 2 20:42:52 openvpn[7073]: WARNING: 'ifconfig' is used inconsistently, local='ifconfig 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2', remote='ifconfig 192.168.99.1 192.168.99.2'

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Looks like you have a different tunnel address set on both sides, so it's not matched up.

          Post the client and server configurations and it may be easy to spot.

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          • M
            mst
            last edited by

            Hmmm this is kinda of wired….

            WEB GUI shows something different that files in /var/etc .....

            here are server and client files from /var/etc :

            192.168.99.0/24 - openvpn client subnet
            192.168.10.0/24 - openvpn server subnet

            server:
            writepid /var/run/openvpn_server0.pid
            #user nobody
            #group nobody
            daemon
            keepalive 10 60
            ping-timer-rem
            persist-tun
            persist-key
            dev tun
            proto tcp-server
            cipher BF-CBC
            up /etc/rc.filter_configure
            down /etc/rc.filter_configure
            ifconfig 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2
            lport 64000
            push "dhcp-option DISABLE-NBT"
            route 192.168.99.0 255.255.255.0
            secret /var/etc/openvpn_server0.secret
            comp-lzo
            persist-remote-ip
            float

            client:

            writepid /var/run/openvpn_client0.pid
            #user nobody
            #group nobody
            daemon
            keepalive 10 60
            ping-timer-rem
            persist-tun
            persist-key
            dev tun
            proto tcp-client
            cipher BF-CBC
            up /etc/rc.filter_configure
            down /etc/rc.filter_configure
            remote x.x.x.x 64000
            lport 1194
            ifconfig 192.168.99.2 192.168.99.1
            route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0
            secret /var/etc/openvpn_client0.secret
            comp-lzo

            BOTH in GUI server and client CUSTOM OPTIONS have empty .....

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              You'd be looking for the "Address pool" and "Interface IP" boxes, not the local/remote subnets.

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              • M
                mst
                last edited by

                I am sorry ….. so "Address pool" and "Interface IP" should be the same? in my case 10.0.8.0/24

                Thank you

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Yes.

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                  • M
                    mst
                    last edited by

                    thank you,

                    looks like client connects to the server but can't ping each other …

                    Feb 3 08:50:01 openvpn[21655]: Connection reset, restarting [0]
                    Feb 3 08:50:01 openvpn[21655]: SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting
                    Feb 3 08:50:02 openvpn[21655]: Re-using pre-shared static key
                    Feb 3 08:50:02 openvpn[21655]: LZO compression initialized
                    Feb 3 08:50:02 openvpn[21655]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: x.x.x.x:58864
                    Feb 3 08:50:02 openvpn[21655]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0
                    Feb 3 08:50:02 openvpn[21655]: Listening for incoming TCP connection on [undef]:64000
                    Feb 3 08:50:27 openvpn[21655]: TCP connection established with x.x.x.x:59177
                    Feb 3 08:50:27 openvpn[21655]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:64000
                    Feb 3 08:50:27 openvpn[21655]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote: x.x.x.x:59177
                    Feb 3 08:50:27 openvpn[21655]: Peer Connection Initiated with x.x.x.x:59177
                    Feb 3 08:50:28 openvpn[21655]: Initialization Sequence Completed

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                    • M
                      mst
                      last edited by

                      hmmm i have added route "x.x.x.x x.x.x.x" to custom options in client and servers but still can't ping …....

                      advice would be appreciate

                      thank you

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                      • M
                        mst
                        last edited by

                        hmmmm I don't understand

                        if I go back to the client GUI config and change INTERFACE IP to local network I can ping each networks in VPN but Interface shoud be address pool of server …....

                        I am confused why wrong config works and right one does not .......

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Do the openvpn configs still have the routes in them? (you still need the 'remote network' box filled in with the subnet for the far side)

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                          • M
                            mst
                            last edited by

                            Yes I added to the client in custom options under GUI:

                            route "192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0";
                            push "route "192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0";

                            And to the server in custom options:
                            route "192.168.99.0 255.255.255.0";
                            push "route "192.168.99.0 255.255.255.0";

                            where: 192.168.99.0 - clien subnet
                                      192.168.10.0    server subnet

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              You can't push routes with shared key.

                              You need no custom options, you only need to fill in the remote network field properly.

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                              • M
                                mst
                                last edited by

                                OK,

                                then erasing everything from custom options on client side and server side …..

                                going back to the client and in field INTERFACE IP replacing 192.168.99.0/24 to 10.0.8.0/24

                                after that server and client logs shows

                                server:
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[42524]: TCP connection established with x.x.x.x:55362
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[42524]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:64000
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[42524]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote:x.x.x.x:55362
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[42524]: Peer Connection Initiated withx.x.x.x:55362
                                Feb 3 11:14:14 openvpn[42524]: Initialization Sequence Completed

                                client:

                                eb 3 11:14:06 openvpn[33248]: event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
                                Feb 3 11:14:06 openvpn[33248]: /etc/rc.filter_configure tun0 1500 1547 10.0.8.2 10.0.8.1 init
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: OpenVPN 2.0.6 i386-portbld-freebsd7.2 [SSL] [LZO] built on Dec 4 2009
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: WARNING: file '/var/etc/openvpn_client0.secret' is group or others accessible
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: LZO compression initialized
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: gw x.x.x.x
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: TUN/TAP device /dev/tun0 opened
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.0.8.2 10.0.8.1 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
                                Feb 3 11:14:08 openvpn[33652]: /etc/rc.filter_configure tun0 1500 1547 10.0.8.2 10.0.8.1 init.
                                Feb 3 11:14:09 openvpn[33248]: SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[33672]: Attempting to establish TCP connection with x.x.x.x:64000
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[33672]: TCP connection established with x.x.x.x:64000
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[33672]: TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef]
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[33672]: TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: x.x.x.x:64000
                                Feb 3 11:14:13 openvpn[33672]: Peer Connection Initiated with x.x.x.x:64000
                                Feb 3 11:14:14 openvpn[33672]: Initialization Sequence Completed

                                But again can't ping each other ….

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                                • M
                                  mst
                                  last edited by

                                  i have double checked on the server side:

                                  remote network: 192.168.99.0/24

                                  and client side: 192.168.10.0/24

                                  in field REMOTE NETWORK where:

                                  client network:192.168.99.0/24
                                  server network: 192.168.10.0/24

                                  So all should be perfect but still can't ping each other …....

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                                  • jimpJ
                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    Where are you trying to ping from?

                                    A client machine, or the firewall GUI?

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                                    • M
                                      mst
                                      last edited by

                                      both,

                                      in GUI on the server I try to ping client GW 192.168.99.1 and vice versa –-- no luck

                                      also on the XP laptop behind server try to ping 192.168.99.1 ----- no luck

                                      With Interface IP set to the wrong one "192.168.99.0/24" instead of "10.0.8.0/24" I can ping the other side from whatever place (GUI or XP client) in both ways....

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                                      • M
                                        mst
                                        last edited by

                                        In firewall rules under LAN I have respectivelly rules that

                                        on the server all traffic should be passed from source 192.168.99.0/24

                                        and client from source 192.168.10.0/24 so firewall should not be the issue. Also the WAN port 64000 TCP/UDP is open on both client and server.

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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          show the routing table from both sides:

                                          netstat -rn

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                                          • M
                                            mst
                                            last edited by

                                            server pfsence:

                                            netstat -nr

                                            Routing tables

                                            Internet:
                                            Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
                                            default            x.x.x.x            UGS        0  4541712  sis0
                                            10.0.8.2          10.0.8.1          UH          1        0  tun0
                                            127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          0        0    lo0
                                            X.X.X.80/29  link#2            UC          0        0  sis0
                                            X.X.X.85      00:00:0c:07:ac:f3  UHLW        2    20485  sis0    13
                                            192.168.1.0/24    192.168.200.2      UGS        0    16369  tun1
                                            192.168.8.0/24    link#4            UC          0        0    de1
                                            192.168.9.0/24    link#3            UC          0        0    de0
                                            192.168.10.0/24    link#1            UC          0        0    em0
                                            192.168.10.1      00:1a:a0:8d:20:ff  UHLW        1        0    lo0
                                            192.168.10.103    00:04:f2:10:52:6f  UHLW        1        1    em0  1029
                                            192.168.10.104    00:30:48:12:59:7f  UHLW        1    44503    em0  1169
                                            192.168.10.107    00:19:d1:4f:45:1a  UHLW        1      104    em0  1105
                                            192.168.10.111    00:0e:0c:aa:a0:93  UHLW        1  951812    em0  1151
                                            192.168.10.113    00:04:f2:03:0a:97  UHLW        1        1    em0    572
                                            192.168.10.114    00:04:f2:13:28:3f  UHLW        1    2144    em0    749
                                            192.168.10.115    00:14:c2:54:e5:cf  UHLW        1        1    em0    577
                                            192.168.10.118    00:1c:23:37:ac:bf  UHLW        2  159550    em0    563
                                            192.168.99.0/24    10.0.8.2          UGS        0      129  tun0
                                            192.168.100.2      192.168.100.1      UH          0        0  tun2
                                            192.168.200.2      192.168.200.1      UH          1        0  tun1

                                            client XP behind server (pfsence)
                                            C:>netstat -nr

                                            Route Table

                                            Interface List
                                            0x1 …........................ MS TCP Loopback interface
                                            0x2 ...00 1c 23 37 ac bf ...... Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller - Pac
                                            ket Scheduler Miniport
                                            0x3 ...00 1f 3a 1e 79 31 ...... Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card - Packet Sched
                                            uler Miniport
                                            0x4 ...00 ff 65 48 64 db ...... TAP-Win32 Adapter OAS - Packet Scheduler Minipor
                                            t
                                            0x5 ...00 ff 33 ec 08 85 ...... TAP-Win32 Adapter V9 - Packet Scheduler Miniport

                                            ===========================================================================

                                            Active Routes:
                                            Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway      Interface  Metric
                                                      0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0    192.168.10.1  192.168.10.118      20
                                                    127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        127.0.0.1      127.0.0.1      1
                                                192.168.10.0    255.255.255.0  192.168.10.118  192.168.10.118      20
                                              192.168.10.118  255.255.255.255        127.0.0.1      127.0.0.1      20
                                              192.168.10.255  255.255.255.255  192.168.10.118  192.168.10.118      20
                                                    224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0  192.168.10.118  192.168.10.118      20
                                              255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255  192.168.10.118              4      1
                                              255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255  192.168.10.118              3      1
                                              255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255  192.168.10.118  192.168.10.118      1
                                              255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255  192.168.10.118              5      1
                                            Default Gateway:      192.168.10.1

                                            Persistent Routes:

                                            CLIENT pfsence:

                                            netstat -nr

                                            Routing tables

                                            Internet:
                                            Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
                                            default            X.X.X.1      UGS        0  295969    dc0
                                            10.0.8.1          10.0.8.2          UH          0        0  tun0
                                            x.x.x.x            127.0.0.1          UGHS        0        0    lo0
                                            X.X.X.0/23        link#3            UC          0        0    dc0
                                            X.X.X.1            00:01:5c:22:3c:41  UHLW        2        0    dc0  1199
                                            X.x.x.x            127.0.0.1          UGHS        0        3    lo0
                                            127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          2        0    lo0
                                            192.168.10.0/24    192.168.99.1      UGS        0    2016    em0
                                            192.168.99.0/24    link#2            UC          0        2    em0
                                            192.168.99.1      00:1b:21:08:81:0b  UHLW        2    1984    lo0
                                            192.168.99.109    00:04:f2:16:30:e9  UHLW        1  222919    em0    467
                                            192.168.99.115    00:bb:46:8a:f3:bb  UHLW        1    4254    em0    861

                                            Internet6:
                                            Destination                      Gateway                      Flags      Netif Expire
                                            ::1                              ::1                          UHL        lo0
                                            fe80::%fxp0/64                    link#1                        UC        fxp0
                                            fe80::20e:4eff:fe9e:a22c%fxp0    00:0e:4e:9e:a2:2c            UHL        lo0
                                            fe80::%em0/64                    link#2                        UC          em0
                                            fe80::21b:21ff:fe08:810b%em0      00:1b:21:08:81:0b            UHL        lo0
                                            fe80::%dc0/64                    link#3                        UC          dc0
                                            fe80::2bb:46ff:fe8a:f3bb%dc0      00:bb:46:8a:f3:bb            UHL        lo0
                                            fe80::%lo0/64                    fe80::1%lo0                  U          lo0
                                            fe80::1%lo0                      link#4                        UHL        lo0
                                            fe80::20e:4eff:fe9e:a22c%tun0    link#8                        UHL        lo0
                                            ff01:1::/32                      link#1                        UC        fxp0
                                            ff01:2::/32                      link#2                        UC          em0
                                            ff01:3::/32                      link#3                        UC          dc0
                                            ff01:4::/32                      ::1                          UC          lo0
                                            ff01:8::/32                      link#8                        UC        tun0
                                            ff02::%fxp0/32                    link#1                        UC        fxp0
                                            ff02::%em0/32                    link#2                        UC          em0
                                            ff02::%dc0/32                    link#3                        UC          dc0
                                            ff02::%lo0/32                    ::1                          UC          lo0
                                            ff02::%tun0/32                    link#8                        UC        tun0

                                            don't have netstat -nr from any XP behind pfsence client .....

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