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    Open VPN Site-to-Site not routing from Clients

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    • lawrencesystemsL
      lawrencesystems
      last edited by

      I have the Open VPN setup and working fine for individual computers that remotely connect.  I am trying to get the VPN working so that all of the clients at a remote office can connect.  The client router connects but the traffic will not route.  I can log into the clientside pfSense box and ping devices on main site fine but clients at the remote site are not routing traffic over the VPN.  Because it's working fine for individual computer to connect and its working on the remote VPN I am sure there is something simple i am missing. HELP!

      Main office is 192.168.2.0/24 & 192.168.3.0/24
      remote office is 192.168.0/24

      Netstat -r on remote pfSense
      Internet:
      Destination        Gateway            Flags      Netif Expire
      default            XX-XX-1-XX.XX.wi UGS        bge0
      XX.XX.60.0/22      link#2            U          bge0
      d14-69-162-62.try. link#2            UHS        lo0
      localhost          link#8            UH          lo0
      192.168.1.0        link#3            U          bge1
      pfSense            link#3            UHS        lo0
      192.168.2.0        192.168.70.1      UGS      ovpnc1
      192.168.3.0        192.168.70.1      UGS      ovpnc1
      192.168.70.0      192.168.70.2      UGS      ovpnc1
      192.168.70.1      link#10            UH      ovpnc1
      192.168.70.2      link#10            UHS        lo0

      Server Side Setup

      The client side VPN is all default

      Client Side Firewall

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        heper
        last edited by

        try filling in the tunnel network

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        • lawrencesystemsL
          lawrencesystems
          last edited by

          I have tried it the the tunnel filled in, I have tried it with adding the routes for the other network.  Either way I can only ping the clients at the main site via the pfSense box and not from the clients at the remote site.

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            divsys
            last edited by

            Is this a Shared key or SSL/TLS setup?

            -jfp

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            • lawrencesystemsL
              lawrencesystems
              last edited by

              Shared key.  Here is the log from the remote / client side when connecting.  I can ssh into the remote box and once OpenVPN connects I can ping clients from both sides of the network, I just can not get the clients on the remote site to see the clients at at the main office.

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                heper
                last edited by

                @lawrencesystems:

                I just can not get the clients on the remote site to see the clients at at the main office.

                what do you mean? if you can ping from both sides, then there shouldn't be any issue's (unless you allow icmp, but block everything else).

                if this is about "windows neighborhood network' : it doesn't route, it only broadcasts.
                setup proper dns.

                if you want to send broadcasts over your vpn you need a different type of setup: https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/BridgingAndRouting
                ^^^^
                don't do it, broadcasts waste too much precious bandwidth

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                • lawrencesystemsL
                  lawrencesystems
                  last edited by

                  I can ping / access the main sites lan devices from the remote pfSense box.  But NONE of the clients on the remote site can reach clients on the main site.

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                  • DerelictD
                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                    last edited by

                    @lawrencesystems:

                    I can ping / access the main sites lan devices from the remote pfSense box.  But NONE of the clients on the remote site can reach clients on the main site.

                    What do you mean by "reach"?  What are you trying to do?

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                      doktornotor Banned
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                      @Derelict:

                      What do you mean by "reach"?

                      Most likely "I'm pinging and the Windows firewall is silently blocking that…"

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                      • lawrencesystemsL
                        lawrencesystems
                        last edited by

                        The clients that I am reaching are linux boxes and I can ping them fine from the remote pfSense box once the VPN connects.  The clients at the remote site that are behind the connected pfSense box can not ping / reach clients on the other side at the main site.

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                          heper
                          last edited by

                          check fw rules on their respective LAN-tabs

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