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    Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.

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    • KOMK
      KOM
      last edited by

      Only the rules on the OpenVPN tab matter at this point. WAN/LAN rules aren't relevant to your problem for now.

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan
        last edited by Gertjan

        Like :

        18178eb6-463f-4a69-9308-cb27407f6a1c-image.png

        See here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qscIIZ10WTQ&t=5016s 54 minutes, 19 seconds.

        As you can see, IPv4 and IPv6 traffic hits these rules just fine -> traffic is passing.

        Note : because I created a dedicated Interface from the auto created "OpenVPN", I added my rules on the "VPN" interface - the list with rules on OpenVPN can be left empty. See the official https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZxuC9IyTg for this.

        edit Your images are still not readable. Click on mine, created by the windows capture tool.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • PippinP
          Pippin
          last edited by Pippin

          Look at "DNS Server enable" and "WINS server enable", those are tunnel IPs.
          I doubt there is a DNS/WINS server listening on that address.

          The following addresses are not usable in topology subnet:
          192.168.100.0
          192.168.100.1
          192.168.100.254
          192.168.100.255

          *Edit to be more accurate.

          I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
          Halton Arp

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @Pippin
            last edited by

            This :
            @Pippin said in Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZxuC9IyTg
            192.168.100.254
            192.168.100.1

            are valid addresses.
            pfSense is delivered with a 192.168.1.1 on it's LAN.

            "WINS" servers still exists these days ?

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            • S
              szneo
              last edited by

              Thanks for the answers.

              I'm attaching the rules for firewall view.

              Please let me know if its needed more information.

              Wan
              ovpn wan.png

              Lan
              ovpn lan.png

              Openvpn Tab
              ovpn tab.png

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan
                last edited by Gertjan

                Your OpenVPN firewall rule looks fine.
                33,86 MB of traffic passed by : ok.

                It's time to make this :

                430cae38-b9af-4ac8-9e0e-33066a74502b-image.png

                readable.

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                • KOMK
                  KOM @Gertjan
                  last edited by

                  @Gertjan It must be your settings because his updated images look good to me. I can read every line, and I have pretty thick glasses.

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                  • S
                    szneo
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for your comments again.

                    Ive just edited images at full image size, hope it works this time.

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                    • PippinP
                      Pippin @Gertjan
                      last edited by

                      Images look fine here too.

                      @Gertjan said in Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.:

                      This :
                      @Pippin said in Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.:

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZxuC9IyTg
                      192.168.100.254
                      192.168.100.1

                      are valid addresses.
                      pfSense is delivered with a 192.168.1.1 on it's LAN.

                      "WINS" servers still exists these days ?

                      It won't work...
                      .0 is the tunnel network designation
                      .1 is the servers tunnel IP
                      .254 is OpenVPNs internal DHCP server
                      .255 is broadcast
                      Leaving 252 addresses for clients.

                      There is an exception though. The servers tunnel IP could be used to point to a service if that service is running on the OpenVPN host.
                      Pointing to a service is typically not done on tunnel addresses.

                      I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                      Halton Arp

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                        szneo @Pippin
                        last edited by

                        @Pippin said in Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.:

                        It won't work...
                        .0 is the tunnel network designation
                        .1 is the servers tunnel IP
                        .254 is OpenVPNs internal DHCP server
                        .255 is broadcast
                        Leaving 252 addresses for clients.

                        192.168.100.254 it's the pfsense gateway and we put the " IPv4 Tunnel Network " as 192.168.100.0/24 for supposedly new openvpn clients get an IP from the same Pfsense LAN ( 192.168.100.0/24 ).

                        Thanks for your comments.

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                        • PippinP
                          Pippin
                          last edited by

                          That's not how it works.

                          Your tunnel network cannot be your LAN network...case of conflicting subnets.

                          I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                          Halton Arp

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                            szneo @Pippin
                            last edited by

                            @Pippin said in Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.:

                            That's not how it works.

                            Your tunnel network cannot be your LAN network...case of conflicting subnets.

                            @Pippin thanks for the clarification. Could you confirm to me if, after changing the ' Virtual Tunnel Network ' to anything else ( ie: 10.0.8.0/24 ), will be needed to add any rule to firewall/openvpn in order to that change work ?.

                            Regards,

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                            • PippinP
                              Pippin
                              last edited by Pippin

                              All rules related to the virtual tunnel network.

                              I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                              Halton Arp

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                                szneo @Pippin
                                last edited by

                                @Pippin said in Only first connected user got DNS domain resolution.:

                                All rules related to the virtual tunnel network.

                                @Pippin really appreciate all comments. Works great now. As you mention, the error were putting the LAN network as the Virtual Network. Now, all clients connects, resolve domains and ping lan ips : ).

                                Thank u all for the time.

                                Regards,

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                                • PippinP
                                  Pippin
                                  last edited by

                                  Glad you got it working.

                                  I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                                  Halton Arp

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