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    SG-3100 - routing all internet access over IPSEC tunnel

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      dhb
      last edited by

      Aha that's great, thanks. Just need to change the one Phase 2 setting to 0.0.0.0/0 on the existing tunnel it appears.

      Since we have a Barracuda F-series on the near end I'll need to translate those Netgate DEST NAT settings over, I imagine that should be do-able.

      Cheers.

      D.

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        ccb056
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        @dhb said in SG-3100 - routing all internet access over IPSEC tunnel:

        Cheers.

        I have been trying to achieve this in the routed ipsec, but it isn't working, any ideas?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Where is it failing? Where does traffic reach in a packet capture?

          There is an issue with VTI IPSec and NAT which you might be hitting here.

          Steve

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            ccb056
            last edited by

            Not really sure how to do a packet capture.

            What is the issue with VTI IPSEC and NAT?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              As I understand it pf cannot apply NAT to a VTI interface. That may apply here. I have a feeling we tried something similar and it failed.

              Start a continuous ping at the remote site to some external IP. Run a packet capture on the IPSec interface at the remote location to make sure that is leaving over the VPN. Run a packet capture at the SG-3100 end on the IPSec interface to make sure it is arriving then run it on the WAN to make sure it is leaving there and has been NAT'd.

              Steve

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              • DerelictD
                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @ccb056
                last edited by

                @ccb056 said in SG-3100 - routing all internet access over IPSEC tunnel:

                Not really sure how to do a packet capture.

                What is the issue with VTI IPSEC and NAT?

                Outbound NAT on a VTI interface does not work.

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                  ccb056
                  last edited by

                  Is there a bug in redmine for this?

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                  • DerelictD
                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Has to be fixed upstream in freebsd.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      If you're configured as expected though the outbound NAT is on the SG-3100 WAN not actually on the VTI interface. But I have a feeling this also hits it somehow. Try it and see.

                      You can run a packet capture from the webgui in Diag > Packet Capture. Filter by protocol ICMP and whatever the external IP is you're pinging.

                      Steve

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                          ccb056
                          last edited by ccb056

                          Is there a FreeBSD bug report?

                          I can't seem to find one:
                          https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?order=Importance&query_format=advanced&short_desc=ipsec%20nat&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr

                          I did find this pfsense bug:
                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9230

                          And this opnsense thread:
                          https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/440

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            That pfSense bug report is probably the closest thing. That is NATing over a VTI interface.

                            The Opnsense bug is refering to policy based IPSec which also has NAT limitations but is when you're hitting here specifically.

                            Were you able to run that test and get the pcaps?

                            Steve

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                            • DerelictD
                              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                              last edited by Derelict

                              I worked with a guy doing exactly this. He first tried this:

                              LAN <-> VTI (OB NAT) <-> VTI <-> WAN (OB NAT) <-> Internet

                              He changed it to this because of this limitation on NAT on the VTI interface:

                              LAN <-> VTI <-> VTI <-> WAN (OB NAT) <-> Internet

                              Setting the Outbound NAT on the WAN to NAT the LAN source addresses.

                              All works fine. I think he said he's getting 500Mbps or more over it.

                              You just have to make sure the WAN side has a gateway and a route back to the LAN network over the VTI.

                              I believe he used policy routing to send the internet traffic from certain local hosts over the VTI, not a 0.0.0.0/0 route. Both methods should work, but if I was going to try the route method I would probably adopt the OpenVPN strategy and add these instead of 0.0.0.0/0: 0.0.0.0/1 128.0.0.0/1 so your existing default route stays unmolested.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Ah nice!

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                                  ccb056
                                  last edited by ccb056

                                  Both my laptop and my phone can ping google.com through the ipsec tunnel, packet captures below

                                  pings from phone.zip

                                  pings from laptop.zip

                                  Here is the traceroute from my laptop without going through the tunnel:
                                  traceroute.default.PNG

                                  Here is the traceroute from my laptop going through the tunnel, but using local dns:
                                  traceroute.remote routing.local dns.PNG

                                  And this is what it looks like going through the tunnel and using remote dns:
                                  traceroute.remote routing.remote dns.PNG

                                  Here are some photos of the configs on both routers:
                                  001.PNG

                                  002.PNG

                                  003.PNG

                                  004.PNG

                                  Note, the browser on the laptop seems to load the google.com webpage, but the phone cannot browse to any webpage

                                  What do I need to change to get this working properly?

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                                  • DerelictD
                                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    None of that really gives us anything to go on.

                                    How are you selecting traffic to go over the tunnel? Policy routing or the routing table? How is that set up?

                                    How are the two devices configured for both IP routing and DNS?

                                    Not sure why you're showing us traceroutes and mentioning DNS. Use DNS tools to troubleshoot DNS and traceroute to troubleshoot routing.

                                    It looks like you are routing through the tunnel and out the charter WAN so everything including outbound NAT there is working.

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                                    • DerelictD
                                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @ccb056
                                      last edited by

                                      @ccb056 No idea why you're making it so complicated. Just policy route everything from hosts_tunneled out the VTI interface, get that working, then worry about whatever it is you're trying to do with DNS.

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                                        ccb056
                                        last edited by

                                        I am selecting traffic to go over the tunnel using this LAN rule on the local router:
                                        firewall rule.redirect to remote gateway.PNG

                                        Here are the routing tables on the local and remote routers:
                                        route table.local router.PNG

                                        route table.remote router.PNG

                                        Not everything is working.
                                        The laptop is very spotty when accessing webpages, it can access google right now, but not yahoo, msn, etc.

                                        The phone cannot access anything.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by stephenw10

                                          So you have three sites connected all connected together there? A quick diagram would be very useful.

                                          Could there be some route asymmetry here?
                                          Do you see blocked TCP traffic in the firewall logs at either site when you try to open a failing page?

                                          There is no reply-to added to traffic from VTI interfaces so the system routing is always used.

                                          Steve

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                                            ccb056
                                            last edited by ccb056

                                            Here is a diagram of the topology:
                                            network topology.png

                                            And here is a youtube video showing what I'm experiencing:
                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUI7dhAYaYM

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