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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      bump ^

      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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        ariban99 @Derelict
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        @Derelict
        my firewall in pfsense has a rule for openvpn interface to pass any protocal from ipv4
        source and destination is set to any.
        do i need another firewall rule in pfsense?

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        • DerelictD
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          Post said rule.

          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
          A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
          DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
          Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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            ariban99 @Derelict
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            @Derelict see attached
            sorry for the delay in responses, i have to wait 120 seconds between each postscreencapture-192-168-1-1-firewall-rules-edit-php-2019-07-02-17_39_13.png

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            • DerelictD
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              OK it's not that. check the firewalls on the target hosts.

              Try to ping the pfSense interface addresses.

              Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
              A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
              DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
              Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                ariban99
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                ping from pfsense router 192.168.1.1 to a remote one 192.168.3.1

                PING 192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1): 56 data bytes
                64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=31.684 ms
                64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=34.436 ms
                64 bytes from 192.168.3.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=33.773 ms

                --- 192.168.3.1 ping statistics ---
                3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
                round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 31.684/33.298/34.436/1.173 ms

                ping from CMD windows 10
                Pinging 192.168.3.1 with 32 bytes of data:
                Request timed out.

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by

                  No. From an OpenVPN client, man.

                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                  A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                  DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                    ariban99
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                    im sorry if im new and not understanding this properly and i appreciate your help.
                    isnt my windows 10 computer considered the client? this is a vpn connection on my laptop when i travel i have openvpn installed and i login and i can connect only to the main pfsense server that is hosting my openvpn to my laptop client as a remote access user auth.
                    however the same pfsense main server has other openvpn connections to remote pfsense routers in 2 other office locations using peer to peer shared key, and from my laptop i can not access those remote offices that are connected to my main pfsense server at the main office

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Your client is connecting and getting an address in the tunnel network, 10.1.0.0/24 (10.1.0.2)

                      It is being pushed routes to route 192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.0/24, 192.168.3.0/24 over the tunnel. That looks like it's working.

                      So from that connected client, ping 192.168.3.1. If that works, the VPN is working.

                      Then try to access a host on that network (or one of the others.) if that fails it is almost certainly a firewall on the TARGET host, not on the pfSense firewall. Windows in particular likes to filter connections to it to just it's local subnet. Yout 10.1.0.0/24 tunnel network will be outside of that subnet.

                      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Don't take this the wrong way, but you might want to hire someone to set this up for you.

                        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                          ariban99
                          last edited by

                          do you know someone?

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                          • DerelictD
                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                            Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                            A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                            Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                              ariban99
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                              thx

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