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    Cant Ping\Access anything on Local Network apart from the gateway.

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      bigp
      last edited by

      Thanks Viragomann,

      Here is the result of my route print.

      Many thanks for your time.

      notworking_route.txt
      [working route.txt](/public/imported_attachments/1/working route.txt)

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        viragomann
        last edited by

        I think the "IPv4 Local Networks" must be set wrong at server. It seems you have 10.20.0.0/16 there for your LAN instead of 10.20.0.0/24, so it includes your tunnel subnet at the failing setup, but not at the working one.

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          bigp
          last edited by

          Sorry Viragomann

          but can you point me in the direction where I would check this? is it a forwarding rule?

          many thanks

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            bigp
            last edited by

            just another question could I not just change the tunnel network to another address instead?

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              viragomann
              last edited by

              No, that's in the OpenVPN server settings. Go down to "IPv4 Local Networks"  and check your entry.

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                viragomann
                last edited by

                @viragomann:

                No, that's in the OpenVPN server settings. Go down to "IPv4 Local Networks"  and check your entry.

                Yes, any tunnel subnet beyond 10.20.0.0/16 (10.20.0.0 - 10.20.255.255) should work also.

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                  bigp
                  last edited by

                  Please see attached. I do have redirect gate way enabled. But when unchecking that I can see the ipv4 local networks to be 10.20.0.0/24?

                  setup.png
                  setup.png_thumb

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                    viragomann
                    last edited by

                    Yeah, you have redirect gateway, so there are no further route needed.
                    But you have strange routes at your client that are caused by the OpenVPN setup.

                    Do you have something special in the "Custom options" in the server settings or client specific overrides?

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                      bigp
                      last edited by

                      I will check them out, but i don't believe i have any custom options set.  Is there a way i can generate the OpenVPN server config and post it?

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                        viragomann
                        last edited by

                        Just make screenshots and add it to your post as attachments. Don't use spaces in the file names.

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                          bigp
                          last edited by

                          Just checked I have no client specific overrides and I have nothing set in advanced configuration.

                          Re:
                          Do you have something special in the "Custom options" in the server ?  Where would I find custom options?

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                            viragomann
                            last edited by

                            In the server config right down at the bottom.

                            It would be more meaningful to post screenshots here. It's easy.

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                              bigp
                              last edited by

                              viragomann please find attached server screenshots

                              ![SERVER CONFIG 1.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 1.png)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 1.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 1.png_thumb)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 2.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 2.png)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 2.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 2.png_thumb)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 3.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 3.png)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 3.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 3.png_thumb)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 4.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 4.png)
                              ![SERVER CONFIG 4.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/SERVER CONFIG 4.png_thumb)

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                                viragomann
                                last edited by

                                Everything looks fine in the setup. So I've no Idea where the strange routes come from.
                                Maybe they are not from the VPN setup. Make a route print on your Windows while no VPN is connected.

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                                  bigp
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi - I have attached 3 route prints.  One without any VPN as requested. One with the working VPN for the other WAN link, and one for the non working wan link.

                                  Route_with_no_connection.txt
                                  Route_with_not_working_WANVPNinterface.txt
                                  Route_with_working_WANVPNinterface.txt

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                                    viragomann
                                    last edited by

                                    Obviously the strange route is caused by the VPN connection.

                                    10.20.0.0      255.255.0.0        10.20.0.1        10.20.2.6     31

                                    But your config looks well. So no idea why.

                                    So try to change the VPN tunnel subnet to 10.23.0.0/24 or any other outside of 10.20.0.0/16.

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                                      bigp
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok so I've changed the tunnel to what you suggested and I now have access to both the local network and gateway https://forum.pfsense.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif

                                      However I know cant access the internet? getting closer lol

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                                        viragomann
                                        last edited by

                                        For accessing the internet over VPN it's needed to add an outbound NAT rule for each VPN tunnel subnet. Firewall > NAT > Outbound

                                        By default, pfsense does this automatically if your outbound NAT is set to automatic or hybrid rule generation. But if you change the tunnel that could fail.

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                                          bigp
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks very much for all your help, I really appreciate it. Its drove me nuts this problem for days.

                                          I added the attached NAT Outbound rule and all is working.

                                          Out of interest why do you think the 10.20.2.0 tunnel wasn't working.  I had also already tried changing the address to be 10.20.0.0 which also didn't work.  I'm not the best when it comes to networks!

                                          Thanks again.

                                          rule.png
                                          rule.png_thumb

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                                            viragomann
                                            last edited by

                                            Fine that everything is working at last.

                                            I mentioned the problem above. Your client gets a route pushed from the VPN server that directs the subnet 10.20.0.0/16 to 10.20.0.1. I don't know, where this comes from and you get it on both setup, the working and the not working one. This subnet includes the tunnel subnet (10.20.2.0/24) which you have used before. So your access to the VPN server was miss-routed.
                                            The other tunnel subnet was outside of 10.20.0.0/16, so it worked.

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