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      comet424
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      sorry pics seem to have posted out of order... but that's the settings of the server settings.. is there any other screen shots you need?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        @comet424 said in Unable to reach LAN IP after connecting to openvpn:

        but I loose internet and I cant ping…

        Can't ping what?? Is what your trying to ping set to allow you to ping from 192.168.100/24 - for example windows out of the box firewall will not answer ping unless your on the same network..

        You have to adjust the host firewall. For you to get internet access via this vpn connection, did you set your outbound nat for your tunnel network.. Should of done that for you, but if you had changed to say manual mode on your outbound nat than it wouldn't..

        When you connect to your vpn, can you ping your lan IP of pfsense?

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          ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz Hi, I have already removed the custom option.
          0_1529079857178_85faf4f5-9455-45c9-aa37-88b7c63f7a38-image.png
          My client IP is 192.168.5.100

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            so do a traceroute.. What do you get from that?

            example here is traceroute to IP on my home lan network

            C:\Windows\System32>tracert -d 192.168.9.100

            Tracing route to 192.168.9.100 over a maximum of 30 hops

            1 101 ms 108 ms 103 ms 10.0.8.1
            2 106 ms 101 ms 109 ms 192.168.9.100

            Trace complete.

            C:\Windows\System32>

            Its long because my proxy is all the way in TX, while I am at work in Chicago, so from chicago to hou, back to chicago, etc. So yeah some added latency.

            Ping and traceroute to the pfsense lan IP.. For example my pfsense IP on my lan is 192.168.9.253.. You trying to talk to devices on your lan might have host firewalls blocking your remote tunnel IP.

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              ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz Hi, here is the story, I am able to reach the pfsense lan ip which is 192.168.1.2 but to ping any f the ip which are belongs to 192.168.1.x series.

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by johnpoz

                Well then your going down the tunnel and as already stated points to host firewall, or the host your trying to ping using a different gateway other than pfsense.

                You not being able to get to say public iP 8.8.8.8 down the tunnel would point to outbound nat not configured for your tunnel network on pfsense.

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                  ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
                  last edited by

                  @johnpoz Hi, we are using only one GW and that is PfSense local ip 192.168.1.2 and also able to ping 8.8.8.8 or 4.4.2.2 when I am in VPN.
                  I am really clueless now :(

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                    ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz Hi, I got an log below, please help me to understand the same

                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:01 2018 Block_DNS: Using existing sublayer
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:01 2018 Block_DNS: Added permit filters for exe_path
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:01 2018 Block_DNS: Added block filters for all interfaces
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:02 2018 Block_DNS: Added permit filters for TAP interface
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:07 2018 Warning: address 192.168.1.2 is not a network address in relation to netmask 255.255.255.0
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:07 2018 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: The parameter is incorrect. [status=87 if_index=9]
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:07 2018 env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
                    Fri Jun 15 22:54:07 2018 Initialization Sequence Completed

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                      comet424
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                      2_1529086268703_nat3.jpg 1_1529086268703_nat2.jpg 0_1529086268703_nat1.jpg
                      here is my outbound nat I set

                      as for the pinging what I ment was on my cell I have a Ping program when I'm not on my vpn I can ping say 192.168.0.15 which is my Freenas IP as soon as I connect to VPN I get the 192.168.100.2 for my cell and I loose all internet.. I can no longer ping 192.168.0.15(freenas) I cant ping 192.168.0.1 the router or 192.168.100.1 which be the router I in virtual lan setting and this happens when I connect open vpn using my home internet or at the coffee shop

                      I'm sure its something simple like a check box I missed that's causing all this right? for the traceroute id have to be at the coffee shop with the openvpn to get the results you want correct?

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                        comet424
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                        the only ip address I can ping while on vpn is 192.168.100.2 which is the cells ip address for the vpn..

                        so I confused I thought was so simple like the video showed boom boom boom done now your perfectly connected... I had to missed a step some how probably some check box I missed

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                          comet424
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                          1_1529087509032_rules2.jpg 0_1529087509032_rules1.jpg
                          here is the Rules pics for the firewall for the openvpn

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                            @ayanbanerjee said in Unable to reach LAN IP after connecting to openvpn:

                            Fri Jun 15 22:54:07 2018 Warning: address 192.168.1.2 is not a network address in relation to netmask 255.255.255.0

                            That is not a network that is a host!!! network would be 192.168.1.0/24

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              you have 2 different people posting different issues. Its becoming a bit hard to follow..

                              One guy says he has no problem getting to the internet through the vpn, the other says he can't etc. Just because your both having issues getting to your lan behind pfsense does not mean they are related to why.

                              I wold suggest the 2nd guy start your own thread.

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                                onyxfire @comet424
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                                @comet424 Based on your screenshots, your outbound NAT only allows the specific IPs of 192.168.0.51 and 192.168.0.52 outbound to internet. Any other clients will not be NAT'd so they will not be route-able on the internet. You need to add outbound NAT for your VPN subnet. If you are receiving an IP of 192.168.100.2 on your phone than I am guessing your VPN subnet is 192.168.100.0/24. You should create a NAT rule for that network outbound. You will not need to select static port on that entry. As a side note, if you want the VPN to just give you access to things on your local network and don't need or want VPN access, you don't need the NAT entry but you need to make sure the box that says "Force all client generated traffic through the VPN" is unchecked in your VPN server settings.

                                Hope that helps.

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                                  comet424
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                                  @bloodlogic ah I not sure and I posted a new article as I didn't wanna tick off johnpoz and confuse everyone more the 192.168.0.50 is for the router nat.. the 51. is to try to get xbox one to work properly throught pfsense which didn't work... and I did the check all clinent generated track because I was told to try that for conflicts when I uncheck it it didn't help I was told like I thought if I use 192.168.0.x as my local network and I connect to a coffee shop that uses 192.168.0.x as there network if there would be a conflict.. I tried both ways check and uncheck no difference once I connect to vpn I loose all internet connection and no longer can ping expect the virtual IP for the cell

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                                    ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
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                                    @johnpoz Ok but could you please check the line stating regarding route addition failed

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                      last edited by johnpoz

                                      Dude you can not had a host address as a route.

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                                        ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz thanks.. I was done some mistake on configurations.. but the ping issue still not solved.

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                                          ayanbanerjee @johnpoz
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                                          @johnpoz Hi some more inputs from my side ,
                                          after vpn connection people from LAN able to ping my vpn ip, so its look like its working in one way. by any chance is there anything I need to do in firewall side ?

                                          Please help.

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            THE HOST FIREWALL!!! ie the client on the lan side your trying to ping, its software firewall... Went over this way back in the thread..

                                            Windows out of the box is not going to let some IP (tunnel network your remote guy got from vpn) ping it..

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