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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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                            • M
                              mst
                              last edited by

                              Simply just do not want to be like rest of ….. begging ..... asking .... pushy .... etc....

                              1. I have added to my scenario DD-WRT with OPenVpn and simply connected using SHARED KEY (easiest one) so now it looks like:

                              DDWRT ------ OpenVPN 10.0.7.0/30-----PFSENCE A 1.2.3-------OpenVpn 10.0.8.0/30-------PFSENCE B 1.2.3
                              192.168.1.1                                      192.168.99.1                                                  192.168.10.1

                              So clients behind DDWRT and PFSENCE A can ping each other and clients between PFSENCE A and PFSENCE B. What static route should I add (if any) and does it have to be under SYSTEM (STATIC ROUTES) in PFSENCE and respectively in DDWRT to be able ping clients behind DD_WRT and PFSENCE B?

                              Or just extra line with route "X.X.X.X MASK" to each Open VPN client like in DDWRT:

                              remote X.X.X.X
                              port
                              proto udp
                              dev tun
                              ifconfig 10.0.7.1 10.0.7.2
                              route 192.168.99.0 255.255.255.0
                              ROUTE 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 ???????????????
                              secret /tmp/static.key
                              ping 10

                              AND PFSENCE B:

                              daemon
                              keepalive 10 60
                              ping-timer-rem
                              persist-tun
                              persist-key
                              dev tun
                              proto udp
                              cipher BF-CBC
                              up /etc/rc.filter_configure
                              down /etc/rc.filter_configure
                              ifconfig 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2
                              lport
                              push "dhcp-option DISABLE-NBT"
                              route 192.168.99.0 255.255.255.0
                              ROUTE 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0  ???????????????????????
                              secret /var/etc/openvpn_server0.secret
                              comp-lzo
                              persist-remote-ip
                              float
                              comp-lzo
                              cipher AES-128-CBC
                              verb 3
                              mute 10

                              2. I see that PFSENCE 1.2.3 does not have TLS_AUTH option in GUI so If I just add in server/client file config --- will it work? Or have to fallow this link http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,2747.msg16214.html#msg16214 (does it applied to 1.2.3 ?)

                              I have added 2nd question and this is not a good sign ...... :)

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                              • jimpJ
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                On pfSense B, add "route 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0;" to the custom options.
                                On DD-WRT, it needs "route 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0;" - That should be all you need.

                                As for TLS on 1.2.3, I'm not sure what all you need. I've never tried it (I only use 2.0 these days) - but if someone has a howto, it may work.

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                                • M
                                  mst
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank You, this is all what I needed in this topic and got even more answers than I expected.

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                                  • M
                                    mst
                                    last edited by

                                    have answer to my question regarding TLS-AUTH

                                    simply go to PACKAGE MANAGER and install OpenVPN-Enhancements (TLS-auth and client/server-options)

                                    unfortunately, it cannot be uninstall-ed later  so do not know if affects anything …..

                                    Cheers,

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                                    • M
                                      mst
                                      last edited by

                                      regarding the static routing ….

                                      I can ping from XP client behind PFSENCE B DD_WRT and vice versa, but cannot ping any client behind ddwrt like XP .... (after turning off local firewall)

                                      XP1 ----DDWRT------PFSENCEA-------PFSENCEB------XP2 so XP1 cannot ping XP2 and vice versa.

                                      Could be missing gateway on DD-wrt? there is setup IP 192.168.1.1 mask: /24 but no default gateway .....

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