losing OpenVPN connection every 20 - 120 seconds
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@stephenw10 let me check and get back to u
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@akkiz couldnt see any traffic coming out of OPT1 port (which is assigned ovp3) problem still persist
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Ok are you able to connect to ExpressVPN using that same config from a local client directly?
Can you get the connection logs from that so we can see how it connects?
Steve
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@akkiz said in losing OpenVPN connection every 20 - 120 seconds:
@akkiz couldnt see any traffic coming out of OPT1 port (which is assigned ovp3) problem still persist
You do not generally need to assign a VPN connection to an interface.. (not sure if this is the case when transferring all traffic to a "VPN service".
Is it possible to remove this "assignment" to test?
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It shouldn't make any difference here but it's easy to test so...
I notice it's setting the send and receive buffers everytime. You might try removing that setting so it just uses the default values.
Connecting but not passing traffic really looks like a compression mismatch though. If you can connect using those settings from a host client instead of pfSense then we will at least have a known set of connection settings.
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@stephenw10 let me set up and see but through their app it works fine for some countries but for some countries it connects but no traffic flows since ISP is blocking or throttling vpn connection here
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@chpalmer it didnt make any difference
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Ok so no connection logs from a phone app, you're going to need to connect from a PC to get that I think.
However the fact it connects and doesn't pass traffic to some servers seems exactly like what you're seeing in pfSense. It could just be your ISP blocking the traffic.
Steve
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@stephenw10 yes i just came to know here they are blocking open vpn protocol but ipsec is open but i cant find any write up for it do u know how to configure ipsec in pf sense
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@akkiz because i tried open vpn on my work pc it connects fine but no internet flows so i think my isp blocks open vpn from ipsec works fine here
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@stephenw10 through phone app it works fine since it had all 3 protocols see attached pic
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to be clear.
its not working using their equipment + pfsense and openvpn
but its working over wireless using the same equipment using the app + openvpn?
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That looks like a Windows application. Are there logs there showing how it is connecting?
You might try using their TCP setting instead, if you know what those are.
IPSec is far more likely to be blocked, on the standard ports at least.
Steve
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@bcruze express vpn app works fine in android and in windows laptop but open vpn does not work in pf sense or in windows ,but ipsec is working in windows
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@stephenw10 my goal is to create 2 wireless access point one regular internet one vpn internet,so i can switch between the 2 networks
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the internet speed is nearly same as before vpn
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So OpenVPN does not work from Windows using either UDP or TCP?
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@stephenw10 wait a sec let me try
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@stephenw10 log.txt
it connects to server but no traffic flows my vpn provider has onlu udp i guess didnt see tcp
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It shows TCP on the phone app.
If you see no traffic when connecting from Windows then there's no point trying to get pfSense to connect IMO. Something is blocking that traffic.
Steve
