Routing PIA VPN to select devices on LAN
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Got it. I have learned a lot over the last week. :D
The only thing that is not working now is stopping and re-starting the OpenVPN service. Some change(s) I made today have caused a full reboot to be necessary in order to restart OpenVPN if it goes down.
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You could try to install Service_Watchdog from System->Package Manager->Available Packages
Then in Services->Service Watchdog->Add you can select the OpenVPN client that you're using
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You could try to install Service_Watchdog from System->Package Manager->Available Packages
Then in Services->Service Watchdog->Add you can select the OpenVPN client that you're using
I added it and set it up. No luck though. When I manually stop OpenVPN I cannot get it to restart, without rebooting pfSense.
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After a failed attempt, did you try to check on Status-> System Logs-> OpenVPN?
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After a failed attempt, did you try to check on Status-> System Logs-> OpenVPN?
This is what I get after I manually shut it down and try to re-start it.
Aug 16 16:55:11 openvpn 29537 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: swiss.privateinternetaccess.com: hostname nor servname provided, or not known
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It seems there is a problem with DNS.
Sometimes it happened in my system also, so I added the unbound service in Service Watchdog and the problem has not more occurred.
Actually right now there is only the unbound service in my Service Watchdog. -
It seems there is a problem with DNS.
Sometimes it happened in my system also, so I added the unbound service in Service Watchdog and the problem has not more occurred.
Actually right now there is only the unbound service in my Service Watchdog.I added the unbound DNS resolver.
After I reboot pfSense I get this in the DNS Resolver Sytem Log:
Aug 16 17:44:13 unbound 32313:0 notice: init module 0: validator
Aug 16 17:44:13 unbound 32313:0 notice: init module 1: iterator
Aug 16 17:44:13 unbound 32313:0 info: start of service (unbound 1.5.9).Then, after I take down OpenVPN and try to re-start I get this for a full page:
Aug 16 17:49:54 unbound 28726:2 error: can't bind socket: Can't assign requested address for 10.133.1.6
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I don't know what the problem is, it would take someone with more experience.
Meanwhile you could try to add some DNS servers in System->General Setup and to check the DNS Resolver setting.
I'll show you mine.
Don't take care of the "Custom options" field content, because it's related to pfBlocker.
![DNS Resolver.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/DNS Resolver.png)
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I don't know what the problem is, it would take someone with more experience.
Meanwhile you could try to add some DNS servers in System->General Setup and to check the DNS Resolver setting.
I'll show you mine.
Don't take care of the "Custom options" field content, because it's related to pfBlocker.That was it. I added 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and it works. Look at my DNS Resolver settings, they appear to be a little different than yours, would you change anything?
Post up your rules and we can discuss, etc.
Now that you have a working VPN connection, you can do this
Thanks again! … to everyone that helped me get this setup!
![resolver settings.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/resolver settings.png)
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Glad to help you! I don't think you need to change anything.