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      irs
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      nas4free is working on LAN no problem. but as soon as i tried to ping from openvpn it fails

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        biggsy
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        irs,

        Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this.

        Is it the NAS4Free web GUI that you cannot access, shares on NAS4Free or both?

        What is the IP address of your OpenVPN client before you your start OpenVPN?  Is it always in the range 192.168.10.0/24?

        Your pfSense subnets are as follows:
          LAN - 192.168.0.0/24  (NAS4Free is in that subnet.  Correct?)
          Tunnel - 10.0.7.0/24
        Correct?

        Can you please post screenshots of the following:

        Each of these sections from pfSense GUI:
            VPN / OpenVPN / Servers / Edit
            Firewall / Rules / WAN
            Firewall / Rules / OpenVPN
            Firewall / NAT / Port Forward

        From NAS4Free:
            System > General Setup
            Network > LAN Management
            Network > Firewall
            WebGUI section of System > General Setup

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          can your nas4free get to the internet?  Your first post stated

          1. Nas4free ip: 10.0.10.15

          I think I am going to fireup a copy of nas4fee on my esxi host.. This really should be just clickity clickity!!

          edit:  Like I thought clickity clickity..  Fired up nas4free as vm on my home network esxi host.  Set it to dhcp, got IP address 192.168.9.218, I then accessed the gui and setup the host allow in general to allow my vpn tunnel network and my local 192.168.9.0/24 network.

          Bing bang zoom - into the gui from my vpn connection, before this got the 403 forbidden error.

          nas4freeaccess.png
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            biggsy
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            @johnpoz:

            can your nas4free get to the internet?  Your first post stated

            1. Nas4free ip: 10.0.10.15

            That was in this thread.  Here it's on the LAN.

            Maybe a mod could lock the other topics in NAT and General Questions

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              No in this thread go to the top of the page he states 10.0.10.15  Which is why you don't freaking cross post ;)

              I have no idea what he is doing - this literally took a minute to setup…. There is nothing special to do other than allow your vpn tunnel network access via the screenshot I posted.

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                irs
                last edited by

                @biggsy:

                irs,

                Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this.

                Is it the NAS4Free web GUI that you cannot access, shares on NAS4Free or both?

                What is the IP address of your OpenVPN client before you your start OpenVPN?  Is it always in the range 192.168.10.0/24?

                Your pfSense subnets are as follows:
                  LAN - 192.168.0.0/24  (NAS4Free is in that subnet.  Correct?)
                  Tunnel - 10.0.7.0/24
                Correct?

                Can you please post screenshots of the following:

                Each of these sections from pfSense GUI:
                    VPN / OpenVPN / Servers / Edit
                    Firewall / Rules / WAN
                    Firewall / Rules / OpenVPN
                    Firewall / NAT / Port Forward

                From NAS4Free:
                    System > General Setup
                    Network > LAN Management
                    Network > Firewall
                    WebGUI section of System > General Setup

                ![n4f network hosts.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/n4f network hosts.png)
                ![n4f network hosts.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/n4f network hosts.png_thumb)

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                  irs
                  last edited by

                  @biggsy:

                  irs,

                  Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this.

                  Is it the NAS4Free web GUI that you cannot access, shares on NAS4Free or both?

                  What is the IP address of your OpenVPN client before you your start OpenVPN?  Is it always in the range 192.168.10.0/24?

                  Your pfSense subnets are as follows:
                    LAN - 192.168.0.0/24  (NAS4Free is in that subnet.  Correct?)
                    Tunnel - 10.0.7.0/24
                  Correct?

                  Can you please post screenshots of the following:

                  Each of these sections from pfSense GUI:
                      VPN / OpenVPN / Servers / Edit
                      Firewall / Rules / WAN
                      Firewall / Rules / OpenVPN
                      Firewall / NAT / Port Forward

                  From NAS4Free:
                      System > General Setup
                      Network > LAN Management
                      Network > Firewall
                      WebGUI section of System > General Setup

                  ![nas4free general.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png)
                  ![nas4free general.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png_thumb)
                  ![nas4free general.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png)
                  ![nas4free general.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png_thumb)
                  ![nas4free general.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png)
                  ![nas4free general.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png_thumb)

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                    irs
                    last edited by

                    @johnpoz:

                    can your nas4free get to the internet?  Your first post stated

                    1. Nas4free ip: 10.0.10.15

                    I think I am going to fireup a copy of nas4fee on my esxi host.. This really should be just clickity clickity!!

                    edit:  Like I thought clickity clickity..  Fired up nas4free as vm on my home network esxi host.  Set it to dhcp, got IP address 192.168.9.218, I then accessed the gui and setup the host allow in general to allow my vpn tunnel network and my local 192.168.9.0/24 network.

                    Bing bang zoom - into the gui from my vpn connection, before this got the 403 forbidden error.

                    Thx dear, Yes I changed as I was trying different options at different times. but still no luck my nas4free can not access internet. I have installed it in new machine without firewall but still nas4free can not access internet.

                    The host you suggested I tried that as well but no luck. i tried with several ip but no way.

                    ![nas4free general.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png)
                    ![nas4free general.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/nas4free general.png_thumb)

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                      biggsy
                      last edited by

                      I thought the problem was that you couldn't access teh NAS4Free from OpenVPN.

                      You are now saying that it can't access the internet.

                      @biggsy:

                      irs,

                      Can you please post screenshots of the following:

                      Each of these sections from pfSense GUI:
                          VPN / OpenVPN / Servers / Edit
                          Firewall / Rules / WAN
                          Firewall / Rules / OpenVPN
                          Firewall / NAT / Port Forward

                      From NAS4Free:
                          System > General Setup
                          Network > LAN Management
                          Network > Firewall
                          WebGUI section of System > General Setup

                      And the rest of it?  BTW, you could cut down the repetition in the screenshots  ;)

                      Why do you have 0.0.0.1/1, 1.0.0.0/2, 2.0.0.0/3 and 192.168.10.0/24 in the Hosts Allow?

                      I think you might need to learn something about networking before you go any further.

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                        irs
                        last edited by

                        some other guy suggested to have allow host and try though i tried 192.168.10.0/24 10.0.7.0/24 but no luck

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          dude can your nas4free access the internet or not?

                          I already posted how freaking clickity clickity simple it is to allow access from other networks.  Your screenshots are not even the correct place to do that for access to the webgui..

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                          If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                          Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                            irs
                            last edited by

                            even new system can not ping internet

                            ![ping diagnostic.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping diagnostic.png)
                            ![ping diagnostic.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/ping diagnostic.png_thumb)

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                              irs
                              last edited by

                              @johnpoz:

                              dude can your nas4free access the internet or not?

                              I already posted how freaking clickity clickity simple it is to allow access from other networks.  Your screenshots are not even the correct place to do that for access to the webgui..

                              No my n4f can not access internet

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                well if it can not get to internet - how and the F do you think you could get to it from vpn through the internet

                                Is pfsense its gateway?  Can it ping pfsense gateway?  What are the rules on your pfsense interface this nas is connected to?  Are you using captive portal?

                                An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                                  irs
                                  last edited by

                                  @biggsy:

                                  I thought the problem was that you couldn't access teh NAS4Free from OpenVPN.

                                  You are now saying that it can't access the internet.

                                  @biggsy:

                                  irs,

                                  Can you please post screenshots of the following:

                                  Each of these sections from pfSense GUI:
                                      VPN / OpenVPN / Servers / Edit
                                      Firewall / Rules / WAN
                                      Firewall / Rules / OpenVPN
                                      Firewall / NAT / Port Forward

                                  From NAS4Free:
                                      System > General Setup
                                      Network > LAN Management
                                      Network > Firewall
                                      WebGUI section of System > General Setup

                                  And the rest of it?  BTW, you could cut down the repetition in the screenshots  ;)

                                  Why do you have 0.0.0.1/1, 1.0.0.0/2, 2.0.0.0/3 and 192.168.10.0/24 in the Hosts Allow?

                                  I think you might need to learn something about networking before you go any further.

                                  VPNOpenVPNServersEdit.png
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                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 2.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 2.png)
                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 2.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 2.png_thumb)
                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 3.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 3.png)
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                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 4.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 4.png)
                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 4.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 4.png_thumb)
                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 5.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 5.png)
                                  ![VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 5.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/VPNOpenVPNServersEdit 5.png_thumb)
                                  FirewallRulesWAN.png
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                                  FirewallRulesOpenVPN.png
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                                  ![FirewallNATPort Forward.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/FirewallNATPort Forward.png)
                                  ![FirewallNATPort Forward.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/FirewallNATPort Forward.png_thumb)
                                  ![n4f general setup.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/n4f general setup.png)
                                  ![n4f general setup.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/n4f general setup.png_thumb)
                                  ![n4f Network Firewall.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/n4f Network Firewall.png)
                                  ![n4f Network Firewall.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/n4f Network Firewall.png_thumb)

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                                    irs
                                    last edited by

                                    @johnpoz:

                                    well if it can not get to internet - how and the F do you think you could get to it from vpn through the internet

                                    Is pfsense its gateway?  Can it ping pfsense gateway?  What are the rules on your pfsense interface this nas is connected to?  Are you using captive portal?

                                    yes my gateway is pfsense and I can ping nas4free witin pfsense. No I am not using captive portal.

                                    FirewallRulesWAN.png
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                                      biggsy
                                      last edited by

                                      :o  Got WannaCrypt yet?

                                      Why do you have all those ports open on WAN!!!  All you need open on the WAN is OpenVPN.

                                      Do a fresh install of pfSense to clear out all those rules.

                                      Redo your OpenVPN configuration and client export. Use the standard UDP port 1194. Set your tunnel network to 172.23.45.0/24 or something else in that range.  (With your tunnel set to 10.0.7.0/24, if you try to use OpenVPN from a network that uses the 10.0.0.0/8 range, you will have problems.)

                                      NAS4Free GUI can just run on TCP port 443.  Change the NAS4Free Hosts Allow setting to match your tunnel network and the LAN.  (VPN access to any SMB shares can be dealt with later.)

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                                        irs
                                        last edited by

                                        ok I will do that as per your Guide.

                                        Will let you know after fresh install.

                                        Thx for your help and guide. i hope it will work this time. But I tried to install nas4free fresh but it can not ping internet.

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          WTF… Yeah start clean!  How do you think forwarding the same port to different IPs would ever work?

                                          And why in the world would you forward netbios from internet into your network?

                                          Why/How could you have a source of your lan net hitting your wan, trying to go to 10.10.25.158??

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                                          If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                          Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                                            irs
                                            last edited by

                                            @johnpoz:

                                            WTF… Yeah start clean!  How do you think forwarding the same port to different IPs would ever work?

                                            And why in the world would you forward netbios from internet into your network?

                                            Why/How could you have a source of your lan net hitting your wan, trying to go to 10.10.25.158??

                                            Yes I understand my mistake I should be careful next time not to forward same port to different ips.

                                            the netbios I don't remember why?

                                            that address 10.10.25.158 is another mistake.

                                            Thanks for pointing and helping to understand my mistakes.

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