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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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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            Do you have static routes set on the client pfSense under System > Static Routes? If so, remove it.

                                            Your client pfSense box has a route for 192.168.10.0/24 on em0, not tun0 like it should be.

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