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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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                              • M
                                mst
                                last edited by

                                ok I see…. so after changing Interface IP on the client from right one (10.0.8.0/24) to the wrong one (192.168.99.0/24)
                                I can ping each other and on pfsence client:

                                ping 192.168.10.1

                                PING 192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1): 56 data bytes
                                64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=15.586 ms
                                ^C
                                --- 192.168.10.1 ping statistics ---
                                1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
                                round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 15.586/15.586/15.586/0.000 ms

                                netstat -nr

                                Routing tables

                                Internet:
                                Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
                                default            x.x.x.x      UGS        0  297425    dc0
                                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.x        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      13  tun0
                                192.168.99.0/24    link#2            UC          0        2    em0
                                192.168.99.1      192.168.99.2      UH          1        0  tun0
                                192.168.99.109    00:04:f2:16:30:e9  UHLW        1  253487    em0    781
                                192.168.99.115    00:bb:46:8a:f3:bb  UHLW        1    4282    em0  1185

                                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

                                well so what can be done in order to make it right tun0? recreate vpn tunnel on the client side from scracth?

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  After you remove the static route from the system, you should just need to restart the OpenVPN process (edit/save the openvpn instance, don't need to change anything)

                                  And then it should put the right routes in.

                                  OpenVPN handles the routs itself, you don't need to add any static routes to the system.

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                                  • M
                                    mst
                                    last edited by

                                    wholly smoke !!!! it works !!!

                                    In the future if I add any static route under SYSTEM>STATIC ROUTES on the client or server side is that going to affect tun0 again?

                                    Thank You for your help.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      Only if the routes you add overlap the networks you want to use the VPN.

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                                      • M
                                        mst
                                        last edited by

                                        understand

                                        Thank You very much for your help.

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                                        • M
                                          mst
                                          last edited by

                                          is that ok If I ask one more question based on the routing?

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            Never ask to ask - just ask. If you think it would get buried in a thread, just start a new thread. It's a community, everyone can help. :-)

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