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      DasK
      last edited by DasK

      Ok I'm sorry, I was meaning the IP of the pfSense, my bad

      Proxmox IP: 10.1.1.1
      PfSense WAN IP: 10.1.1.2
      PfSense LAN IP: 192.168.10.254
      PfSense VPN IP: 10.23.1.200
      VPN NETWORK: 10.23.1.0/24

      And the server I try to communicate with on the VPN is : 10.23.1.100

      Outbound rules (without this, proxmox can't ping 10.23.1.100 anymore)
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      Interfaces
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      Wan rules
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      Lan rules
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      OPT1 rules
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      Routes
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      pfSense traceroute:
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      pfSense rpcinfo:
      alt text

      Proxmox traceroute:
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      Proxmox rpcinfo:
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      Proxmox ping:
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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Hmm, you might have to check the OpenVPN server, it's able to reach that at 10.23.1.1 but no further. Something blocking or re-routing it there maybe?

        Hard to imagine what the difference might be there though. It could only really be TTL....

        You probably need that outbound NAT rule as those target devices otherwise have no route back.

        Steve

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          DasK
          last edited by

          All if good for the OpenVPN server.

          Any example of how "outbound NAT rule as those target devices " ?

          Best

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            The rule you already have for source NATing 10.1.1.0/30 to 10.23.1.200.

            Devices at 10.23.1.100 (and .1) obviously know how to reach 10.23.1.200 but probably have no route to 10.1.1.0/30. That is the reason you need that rule.

            Steve

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              DasK
              last edited by

              I added the rule, but still the same problem

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                DasK
                last edited by

                Well I think I'll give up and just also connect the proxmox server to the VPN, so there will be a direct connection to both server.. It just look weird to connect proxmox to VPN, when there is a VM pfSense already connected to this VPN

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  We haven't yet seen a packet capture of a TCP connection failing. That should be revealing. If there is no traffic coming back at all for example.

                  This still looks like some route asymmetry somewhere.

                  Does an icmp traceroute succeed?

                  Steve

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                    DasK
                    last edited by

                    Yes all ICMP traceroute work, like ping.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      When you have ICMP works but TCP fails it's usually an asymmetric routing problem.

                      It can also be a packet size issue but that would not normally affect UDP traceroute.

                      Or it can be a hardware off loading problem if the a NIC/driver somewhere is not doing what it reports it can.

                      Steve

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                        DasK
                        last edited by

                        How does I can solve this asymetric routing problem ? Or detect where is located the routing problem.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Run a packet capture showing some TCP connection failing. If you see parts of the TCP setup missing they are either being blocked somewhere or routed some other way.

                          Steve

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                            DasK
                            last edited by DasK

                            There is a little diagram, if that can help to understand how is setup

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Yeah, there is some difference between what happens when you run, say, rpcinfo from pfSense directly and when it's run from Proxmox. So I would run a pcap on the OpenVPN interface and compare them.

                              rpcinfo will create quite a lot of output so you might want to use something simpler like just telneting to a port assuming that also fails from Proxmox.

                              Steve

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