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    Connected to OpenVPN, but no network except for 1 IP Address

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      tocheeba
      last edited by

      Yeah, that's what is weird. Different user names. Client log shows it connects just fine and gets DHCP. I feel like it's a routing issue of some sort, but everything looks setup correctly.

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        tocheeba
        last edited by

        Sounds stupid, but on my LAN interface, it's setup as 192.168.1.1/24. I'm not limiting myself at all am I ? That's just configuring the IP of the pfSense box, right?

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          viragomann
          last edited by

          For troubleshooting try to ping the LAN address 192.168.1.1.
          This should work at least if the client routes are set correctly.
          Then try to ping a LAN device.

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            tocheeba
            last edited by

            Not able to ping either when connected as the 2nd VPN client (1921.68.2.3)

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              viragomann
              last edited by

              So please post the clients IPv4 routing table.

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                marvosa
                last edited by

                Post your server1.conf (/var/etc/openvpn).

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                  tocheeba
                  last edited by

                  I posted the IPv4 routing table above earlier, and you stated that it looked fine?

                  Here is the server1.conf files:

                  dev ovpns1
                  verb 1
                  dev-type tun
                  dev-node /dev/tun1
                  writepid /var/run/openvpn_server1.pid
                  #user nobody
                  #group nobody
                  script-security 3
                  daemon
                  keepalive 10 60
                  ping-timer-rem
                  persist-tun
                  persist-key
                  proto tcp-server
                  cipher AES-128-CBC
                  auth SHA256
                  up /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup
                  down /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown
                  client-connect /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh
                  client-disconnect /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh
                  multihome
                  tls-server
                  server 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0
                  client-config-dir /var/etc/openvpn-csc/server1
                  username-as-common-name
                  plugin /usr/local/lib/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-auth-script.so /usr/local/sbin/ovpn_auth_verify_async user TG9jYWwgRGF0YWJhc2U= false server1 1195
                  tls-verify "/usr/local/sbin/ovpn_auth_verify tls 'OpenVPN+Server+Certificate' 1"
                  lport 1195
                  management /var/etc/openvpn/server1.sock unix
                  push "route 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0"
                  push "route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0"
                  push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
                  push "dhcp-option DNS 4.4.4.4"
                  duplicate-cn
                  ca /var/etc/openvpn/server1.ca
                  cert /var/etc/openvpn/server1.cert
                  key /var/etc/openvpn/server1.key
                  dh /etc/dh-parameters.2048
                  tls-auth /var/etc/openvpn/server1.tls-auth 0
                  ncp-ciphers AES-128-GCM
                  persist-remote-ip
                  float
                  topology subnet
                  ~
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                    marvosa
                    last edited by marvosa

                    A couple things I see:

                    • The tunnel network is being pushed out to your clients as a route to a remote network, which is incorrect. Remove "192.168.2.0/24" from the IPv4 Local network(s) line.
                    • Considering this is a routed, split-tunnel deployment, why push public DNS servers?

                    Another thing to watch out for is... in a routed solution, the LAN subnets have to be unique across both ends. So, in your situation, any client that's connecting from a LAN subnet of either 192.168.1.0/24 or 192.168.2.0/24 will break the routing to the tunnel.

                    On the server-side, ideally, you will want to move away from popular subnets used by common SOHO routers (192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.0/24, etc) on both the LAN and the tunnel network.

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                      Pippin
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                        tocheeba @marvosa
                        last edited by

                        @marvosa Thanks. I removed the DNS and removed the 192.168.2.0/24 from local network line. Connected again just fine on the client, but still can't connect to anything. The network I'm on right now is using a 10.x.x.x scheme. I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out wtf the problem is.

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                          marvosa
                          last edited by

                          Post new screenshots of both the client's routing table when connected and PFsense.

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