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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      And which gateway do you have?  I wish the terms would be used correctly, a "modem" does not do NAT..  If it a combo device of a modem and router (can do nat) then its a GATEWAY..  If does not have a modem then its just a router, etc.

      If you tell use what is the model number of your "modem" and who your carrier is then we can look up if you can put the device in bridge mode – turn off nat..

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        LeCygne
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        @johnpoz:

        a "modem" does not do NAT..

        Hi…below what i have :

        http://www.huaweidevice.com/br/productFeatures.do?pinfoId=660&directoryId=2663&treeId=663

        but the last version (it's a router ).

        thank you .

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          If its a modem and a router then its a gatway!

          What is the model number – the HG510?  I show an a model, a v model, just the 510...  If your on the 520 there there even more model versions.  Its real hard -- look on the device!!!  What does it say for the model number?

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            LeCygne
            last edited by

            @johnpoz:

            What does it say for the model number?

            HG655b

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              Well that is sure not the last one one the url you sent ;)

              Simple google found this
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzPUxjPDW9Y

              and this
              https://luciancovaci.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/adsl-romtelecom-configurare-in-bridge/

              And from the manual
              Says to adjust the connection type to bridge in drop down combo box..  So clearly it supports it - I would highly suggest you just contact your isp and them them you want to put it in bridge mode and they can walk you through the steps.

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                LeCygne
                last edited by

                @johnpoz:

                Well that is sure not the last one one the url you sent ;)

                Simple google found this
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzPUxjPDW9Y

                and this
                https://luciancovaci.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/adsl-romtelecom-configurare-in-bridge/

                And from the manual
                Says to adjust the connection type to bridge in drop down combo box..  So clearly it supports it - I would highly suggest you just contact your isp and them them you want to put it in bridge mode and they can walk you through the steps.

                thank you man

                now all thing go correctlly but how will i make a VPN client a part of my network,meaning sees all people on my network ?

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                  LeCygne
                  last edited by

                  Guys help me…this is the last step of our topic .

                  i'm waiting you .

                  thank you .

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                    firewalluser
                    last edited by

                    I havent been able to get OpenVPN using TAP to work either as you can see from my post here http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,58724.0.html

                    I have got TUN working though, I can ping the pfsense firewall, ping other devices on the network and can even remote access onto my Win7 desktop and SSH to my linux servers from inside the lan.

                    It might pay to use TUN for now as I have seen some comments on this board that 2.0.x has some issues which might be affecting the TAP/Bridge mode, but these should be resolved when 2.1 is released. Alternatively you could try a beta of 2.1 if you fancy the risk.

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                      LeCygne
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                      Guys…i'm waiting you .

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                        Waiting for what?

                        So now your pfsense has public IP on its wan?  Then run through the openvpn wizard and your done.. Not sure what else you think you need to do?

                        What is not working now?

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                          LeCygne
                          last edited by

                          @johnpoz:

                          Waiting for what?

                          So now your pfsense has public IP on its wan?  Then run through the openvpn wizard and your done.. Not sure what else you think you need to do?

                          What is not working now?

                          I'm waiting for this :i could see any device on my network (servers,printers,etc) .

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                            Yeah once you vpn in, depending on what firewall rules you put in place you can access anything you want on your network.  I vpn into my home network pretty much every day.  I am on now - yes I can print to my printer if I want, I can remote desktop to any box on my network, I can access my file shares, etc. etc. etc.

                            D:>net view \storage.local.lan
                            Shared resources at \storage.local.lan

                            My storage server

                            Share name  Type  Used as  Comment

                            –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            J          Disk
                            Media      Disk
                            Molly      Disk
                            temp        Disk
                            The command completed successfully.

                            Thats my NAS on my home network, while I am here at work.

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                              LeCygne
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                              @johnpoz:

                              Yeah once you vpn in, depending on what firewall rules you put in place you can access anything you want on your network.  I vpn into my home network pretty much every day.  I am on now - yes I can print to my printer if I want, I can remote desktop to any box on my network, I can access my file shares, etc. etc. etc.

                              D:>net view \storage.local.lan
                              Shared resources at \storage.local.lan

                              My storage server

                              Share name  Type  Used as  Comment

                              –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              J           Disk
                              Media       Disk
                              Molly       Disk
                              temp        Disk
                              The command completed successfully.

                              Thats my NAS on my home network, while I am here at work.

                              So tell me what are rules will i use ?

                              thank you .

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                You wouldn't use any rules really unless you want to limit or block something - wizard should create the default rule

                                IPv4 * * * * * * none   OpenVPN pfsense wizard

                                The above is what I have in my openvpn tab

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                                  LeCygne
                                  last edited by

                                  @johnpoz:

                                  You wouldn't use any rules really unless you want to limit or block something - wizard should create the default rule

                                  IPv4 * * * * * * none   OpenVPN pfsense wizard

                                  The above is what I have in my openvpn tab

                                  What is subnet' ip address are you using and for vpn' clients ?

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                    You can use whatever you want.. I use 2 different ones for tcp or udp connections I use

                                    NO TCP / 443 10.0.200.0/24 pfsense tcp
                                    NO UDP / 1194 10.0.8.0/24 pfsense udp

                                    Just use something that is unlikely to conflict with the network segment connecting to you.

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                                      LeCygne
                                      last edited by

                                      @johnpoz:

                                      You can use whatever you want.. I use 2 different ones for tcp or udp connections I use

                                      NO TCP / 443 10.0.200.0/24 pfsense tcp
                                      NO UDP / 1194 10.0.8.0/24 pfsense udp

                                      Just use something that is unlikely to conflict with the network segment connecting to you.

                                      So why i could not see any device on my network also i can't ping any device except my pfsense ?

                                      i have a rule like your rule on my WAN and LAN

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        Are we to just guess your setup?  For all I know you have host firewalls blocking ping.  What does could not see mean?  Are you talking like a windows browse list - thats not going to happen over different segments and a nat.  You could run a wins server if you want to have browselists across segments.

                                        For all we know you have 192.168.1.0/24 on your pfsense lan side and remote network is also 192.168.1.0/24 – are you sending your route, is the client getting the route?

                                        Post up your openvpn config, did you do a traceroute from the client that could not ping your pfsense box?  Is he sending the traffic down the tunnel?

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                                          LeCygne
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                                          @johnpoz:

                                          Are we to just guess your setup?  For all I know you have host firewalls blocking ping.  What does could not see mean?  Are you talking like a windows browse list - thats not going to happen over different segments and a nat.  You could run a wins server if you want to have browselists across segments.

                                          For all we know you have 192.168.1.0/24 on your pfsense lan side and remote network is also 192.168.1.0/24 – are you sending your route, is the client getting the route?

                                          Post up your openvpn config, did you do a traceroute from the client that could not ping your pfsense box?  Is he sending the traffic down the tunnel?

                                          tunnel network : 192.168.10.0/24
                                          my lan:192.168.1.0/24

                                          after connecting to my network i got 192.168.10.6 (windows told me that )

                                          after that i can ping only pfsense box

                                          tell me exactly what are you looking about openvpn confi because there are many fields with vpn confi .

                                          Also about i could't see any device i mean at least i ping them (my devices:pritner,computers,servers)
                                          and sharing files .

                                          i hope what i told you to be helpful .

                                          thank you .

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            And where are you connecting from?  What is that network?

                                            Post up output of route print after you connect.

                                            Do a traceroute to the IP your trying to ping.

                                            So what if there are multiple fields, here attached is mine.. And then the client config from client export.  Just snipped out part of public IP for privacy.
                                            –
                                            dev tun
                                            persist-tun
                                            persist-key
                                            cipher BF-CBC
                                            tls-client
                                            client
                                            resolv-retry infinite
                                            remote 24.13.xx.xx 443 tcp
                                            tls-remote pfsense-openvpn
                                            pkcs12 pfsense-TCP-443-johnpoz.p12
                                            tls-auth pfsense-TCP-443-johnpoz-tls.key 1
                                            ns-cert-type server
                                            comp-lzo

                                            config.png
                                            config.png_thumb

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