New OpenVPN setup for road-warriors - connected but no routing

Cylindric

I have a newly-setup pfSense firewall and need to set up the OpenVPN for users to connect their laptops.

I've managed to get the client connecting to the firewall okay, I see it connected at the client and also in the list on the firewall, I think the problem is either with routing or with rules.

I am running the OpenVPN client "as administrator", so it shouldn't have any problem with creating routes etc.

Part of the problem is that I'm not sure what sort of diagnostic steps to take next, i.e. what should be able to ping where, and so on. Apologies if I've not provided enough info, I just wasn't sure what to tell :)

The LAN subnet is 10.10.0.0/24
The VPN subnet is 172.29.0.0/24

My home ip address is 172.29.14.100
The subnet at home is 172.29.14.0/24

Here's my route table at home:

===========================================================================
Interface List
 24…00 ff 88 de fc 9e ......TAP-Windows Adapter V9
 12...f4 6d 04 97 b3 68 ......Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
 17...00 50 56 c0 00 01 ......VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
 18...00 50 56 c0 00 08 ......VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
  1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
 15...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
 16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
 19...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
 20...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
 21...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      172.29.14.1    172.29.14.100     10
        10.10.0.0    255.255.255.0       172.29.0.5       172.29.0.6     30
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
  127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
       172.29.0.1  255.255.255.255       172.29.0.5       172.29.0.6     30
       172.29.0.4  255.255.255.252         On-link        172.29.0.6    286
       172.29.0.6  255.255.255.255         On-link        172.29.0.6    286
       172.29.0.7  255.255.255.255         On-link        172.29.0.6    286
      172.29.14.0    255.255.255.0         On-link     172.29.14.100    266
    172.29.14.100  255.255.255.255         On-link     172.29.14.100    266
    172.29.14.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     172.29.14.100    266
     192.168.64.0    255.255.255.0         On-link      192.168.64.1    276
     192.168.64.1  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.64.1    276
   192.168.64.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.64.1    276
    192.168.233.0    255.255.255.0         On-link     192.168.233.1    276
    192.168.233.1  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.233.1    276
  192.168.233.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.233.1    276
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link        172.29.0.6    286
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     192.168.233.1    276
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      192.168.64.1    276
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     172.29.14.100    266
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link        172.29.0.6    286
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     192.168.233.1    276
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.64.1    276
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link     172.29.14.100    266
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
 If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
  1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
 24    286 fe80::/64                On-link
 17    276 fe80::/64                On-link
 18    276 fe80::/64                On-link
 12    266 fe80::/64                On-link
 18    276 fe80::21b3:c7b1:1154:b236/128
                                    On-link
 12    266 fe80::6d13:2082:832:51ff/128
                                    On-link
 17    276 fe80::ad39:9096:d008:a290/128
                                    On-link
 24    286 fe80::f13e:a604:2a0c:d944/128
                                    On-link
  1    306 ff00::/8                 On-link
 24    286 ff00::/8                 On-link
 17    276 ff00::/8                 On-link
 18    276 ff00::/8                 On-link
 12    266 ff00::/8                 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None

And my IP config:

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Megavec
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : myworkdomain.co.uk

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : myworkdomain.co.uk
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-88-DE-FC-9E
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f13e:a604:2a0c:d944%24(Preferred) 
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.0.6(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 24 July 2013 16:43:50
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 24 July 2014 16:43:50
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.0.5
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 553713544
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-CE-4B-ED-F4-6D-04-97-B3-68
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.35
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F4-6D-04-97-B3-68
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6d13:2082:832:51ff%12(Preferred) 
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.14.100(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22 July 2013 13:39:42
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 July 2013 13:39:42
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.14.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.14.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 267676932
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-CE-4B-ED-F4-6D-04-97-B3-68
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
                                       194.168.8.100
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

phil.davis

The routes on the client look good - there is a route to 10.10.0.0/24 across the OpenVPN.
Have you got rule/s on the OpenVPN tab of Firewall Rules at the pfSense server end?
You have to explicitly allow (pass) incoming traffic arriving on the OpenVPN heading for the LAN 10.10.0.0/24. For testing, put an allow any to any rule on the OpenVPN tab. If that works then you can make the rule more restrictive as needed.
From the Windows client end you can:

tracert 10.10.0.1 (use an IP address of a device on the server-end LAN)

Then you can see where the packets are routed and what hops do/don't answer.

Cylindric

Okay, so I do have a rule on the OpenVPN tab (see attached vpn1.png and vpn2.png for VPN and LAN rules).

I ran a trace from the home machine (172.29.0.6) to my office machine (10.10.0.122), and it timed out on all hops. The same with the firewall's LAN address (```

- - Request timed out."


I'm not sure if I should be able to ping LAN-to-VPN, but I tried that just in case :)  That also times out, but the first hop does get to 10.10.0.3 (the pfSense LAN IP) okay, and times out after that.

![vpn2.PNG](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/vpn2.PNG)
![vpn2.PNG_thumb](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/vpn2.PNG_thumb)
![vpn1.PNG](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/vpn1.PNG)
![vpn1.PNG_thumb](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/vpn1.PNG_thumb)

kejianshi

At the TOP of your LAN interface firewalls, why don't you temporarily put in a pass all to anywhere rule just until your VPN is working correctly and then after that go back to being restrictive that way you won't be wondering if its a firewall rule breaking your setup.

Also, is there a reason you selected TAP vs. TUN? I always use TUN + Layer 3 with NAT to tunnel clients back to a particular subnet, and give them full internet Access + network access to resources on the LAN and each other as well.

marvosa

Post your server1.conf and network map.

Also, have we tried the easy stuff like turning off the windows firewall?

kejianshi

Yep - The bubba list for windows installs.

1. Export a Windows package
2. Makes sure that when you run the install package on the windows machine, you right click it and run as admin.
If you don't right click and run as admin, it will install, and connect even… But will not route any packets to speak of.
3. If you didn't install as admin, uninstall - Then install as admin.
4. If still blocked, turn off the Windows Firewall. Turn off all the firewalls during testing till it works.

Cylindric

@kejianshi:

At the TOP of your LAN interface firewalls, why don't you temporarily put in a pass all to anywhere rule just until your VPN is working correctly and then after that go back to being restrictive that way you won't be wondering if its a firewall rule breaking your setup.

I've added that now

@kejianshi:

Also, is there a reason you selected TAP vs. TUN? I always use TUN + Layer 3 with NAT to tunnel clients back to a particular subnet, and give them full internet Access + network access to resources on the LAN and each other as well.

No particular reason - I can try changing that.

@marvosa:

Post your server1.conf and network map.

dev ovpns1
dev-type tun
dev-node /dev/tun1
writepid /var/run/openvpn_server1.pid
#user nobody
#group nobody
script-security 3
daemon
keepalive 10 60
ping-timer-rem
persist-tun
persist-key
proto udp
cipher AES-128-CBC
up /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup
down /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown
local my.wan.ip.address
tls-server
server 172.29.0.0 255.255.255.0
client-config-dir /var/etc/openvpn-csc
username-as-common-name
auth-user-pass-verify /var/etc/openvpn/server1.php via-env
tls-verify /var/etc/openvpn/server1.tls-verify.php
lport 1194
management /var/etc/openvpn/server1.sock unix
max-clients 10
push "route 10.10.0.0 255.255.255.0"
push "dhcp-option DOMAIN myworkdomain.co.uk"
push "dhcp-option DNS 10.10.0.35"
ca /var/etc/openvpn/server1.ca 
cert /var/etc/openvpn/server1.cert 
key /var/etc/openvpn/server1.key 
dh /etc/dh-parameters.1024
tls-auth /var/etc/openvpn/server1.tls-auth 0
persist-remote-ip
float

@marvosa:

Also, have we tried the easy stuff like turning off the windows firewall?

Yep.

kejianshi

I hate to assume anything so I'm going to repeat this bit again.

Makes sure that when you run the install package on the windows machine, you right click it and run as admin.
If you don't right click and run as admin, it will install, and connect even… But will not route any packets to speak of.
(I also prefer TUN for your setup)

Cylindric

That's fine, it's always likely that I've made a daft mistake :)

I did just uninstall and re-install as admin, just in case, and even run the client as admin to be sure, and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Is there any change to moving to TUN apart from changing the server and client settings to the "tun" option?

kejianshi

Yes - You have to export your client config again and reinstall it on windows.
So, uninstal the old one then reinstall the new one.
Also make sure your firewall rules in pfsense on the openvpn tab pass to anywhere, just like your LAN rule.

(I'm all IPV4 here, so if this is a IPV6 glitch, all bets are off)

Cylindric

No idea what I'm missing now. I have some images of my current setup.

I'll try a full removal of the client from the PC and clean up whatever I can see, and try again. As it's connecting but not routing, it smells like the problem of not installing as admin, even though I definitely did.

I assume that if the correct routes are created and visible in "route print", then admin isn't the problem?

client-ipconfig.png_thumb

client-ovpn.png_thumb

client-route.png_thumb

ovpn-client.png_thumb

ovpn-export.png_thumb

ovpn-server.png_thumb

rules-lan.png_thumb

rules-vpn.png_thumb

kejianshi

Still using the TAP adapter? Seriously want you to reconsider using TUN for you own sanity.
Openvpn Should come with a warning that says "Don't use TAP unless you absolutely intend to bridge to your server network or absolutely require layer2".
As a mater of fact, Some openvpn tools do say something like that. To get TAP to work, you will need IPs assigned, so DHCP start and end range. Probably want bridging. Probably want LZO compression on no matter what you use. Probably want type-of-service checked…

But, unless you can tell me why you need TAP, probably need to dump it and use TUN for this.

Cylindric

Ah, sorry my bad - I had tried both, so think I must've changed it back before screenies. I'll set it to TUN now and test again just to be sure! I also found the "Management Interface" option for the client download, and the newer version of OpenVPN, so I'll get through those…

kejianshi

Something just occured to me. What versions of openvpn client export package are you on? If you go to your packages, is there an update available for it? Its a one button push to update that. Basically you just press the little pkg button out to the right. Before you export a new TUN adapter (You have to export a new config each time you make a server change to be safe), please make sure client export package is latest one.

Cylindric

Doesn't appear to be, I only installed it a few days ago too - I'm on 1.0.11

kejianshi

If its not offering an update there, you version is current. We are on the same thing.

kejianshi

Sorry to nit-pick but just checking. When you stipulate your tunnel IP make sure that subnet isn't used on the client side or the server side. Give the openvpn tunnel a seperate range.

So if client is on a 192.168.1.0/24 and server is on a 178.x.x.x make the tunnlel network something like 10.122.20.0/24 (or whatever)

No need to push routes or any other madness.

I do provide DNS servers and NTP servers though. Get two online for NTP servers in your timezone and use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 if you want google DNS

I also provide a default domain NAME. Just pick a name like tunnel1194 if you only use one server.

Cylindric

Still no joy, even with both server and client set to "TUN". With or without the Management part. With 2.2 or 2.3-x86.

Tue Jul 30 16:07:21 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.2 i686-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Jun  3 2013
Enter Management Password:
Tue Jul 30 16:07:27 2013 Control Channel Authentication: using 'firewall-udp-1194-mark-tls.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Tue Jul 30 16:07:27 2013 UDPv4 link local (bound): [undef]
Tue Jul 30 16:07:27 2013 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]88.215.3.70:1194
Tue Jul 30 16:07:27 2013 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory – use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Tue Jul 30 16:07:29 2013 [MyVPN_Server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]88.215.3.70:1194
Tue Jul 30 16:07:31 2013 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Tue Jul 30 16:07:31 2013 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Tue Jul 30 16:07:31 2013 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection] opened: \\.\Global\{27851D99-6A01-467F-965E-44884FAA8B29}.tap
Tue Jul 30 16:07:31 2013 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 172.29.0.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {27851D99-6A01-467F-965E-44884FAA8B29} [DHCP-serv: 172.29.0.5, lease-time: 31536000]
Tue Jul 30 16:07:31 2013 Successful ARP Flush on interface [22] {27851D99-6A01-467F-965E-44884FAA8B29}
Tue Jul 30 16:07:36 2013 Initialization Sequence Completed

ipconfig.txt
route.txt

kejianshi

All firewalls off on the windows box?

doktornotor

@Cylindric:

Still no joy, even with both server and client set to "TUN". With or without the Management part. With 2.2 or 2.3-x86.

I don't understand what are you trying to do there.


   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #2
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.29.0.6(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252

This for sure again looks like /30.