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    • RicoR
      Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
      last edited by

      Sure, you just setup a Site-to-Site OpenVPN between your two pfSense.
      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/index.html
      You can go with Shared key or SSL/TLS (certificates).
      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/openvpn/site-to-site-example-configuration-shared-key.html
      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/book/openvpn/site-to-site-example-configuration-ssl-tls.html

      -Rico

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        xman111
        last edited by

        hey Rico, thanks so much for the reply. What is different from what you suggest to what i am doing now? other than the fact that instead of an unraid docker hosting the openvpn server at my folks house.

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        • RicoR
          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
          last edited by

          Well it's best practice to put OpenVPN on the edge device which in your case is pfSense.
          No idea about unraid, but you said some stuff is not working right now in your setup.
          So the difference is with two pfSense both OpenVPN I can tell you it will work 100%. 🙃

          -Rico

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            xman111
            last edited by

            thanks Rico.. So there is a difference between peer to peer and remote access that i have setup now on my pfsense.

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
              last edited by

              Sure, Site-to-Site and Remote Access are total different operation modes.

              -Rico

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                xman111
                last edited by

                thanks Rico, i will go do some reading.. Really appreciate you taking the time to confirm for me.. have a great day!

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                  xman111
                  last edited by

                  Can i run an instance of both at the same time? I would like to use the server config so i can remote in with my Android phone and use the peer to peer so i can connect to my remote pfsense server. Maybe using different ports, 1194/1195.

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                  • RicoR
                    Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                    last edited by

                    Sure, you can have as many OpenVPN server and/or client instances as you want.
                    Just check to not overlap any tunnel networks, they need to be unique per instance.

                    -Rico

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                      xman111
                      last edited by

                      thanks Rico!!!!

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                        xman111
                        last edited by

                        had a spare computer and 2 public ip addesses from my ISP. Tried it out and it worked pretty good.. was able to see both networks, etc. there are a few issues i need to sort out with Windows Firewall but it worked well. thanks for your help.

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                        • RicoR
                          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                          last edited by

                          Glad you have it working. ☺

                          -Rico

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