OpenVPN will not connect
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@viragomann said in OpenVPN will not connect:
However, consider the possibility that the router may do NAT on incoming traffic as mentioned.
What do you mean here? Sorry for me a double check if i am understanding good.
When set my modem to forward all via DMZ to my PFsense Router, my pfsense maps all the NAT ports?
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@erbalo
Many ISP routers and also other ones translate the source IP form incoming packets to their LAN IP when forwarding to an internal device.
If that is the case and you have and you cannot deactivate it, you have to remove the check from WAN settings as mentioned above. -
@viragomann said in OpenVPN will not connect:
@erbalo
Many ISP routers and also other ones translate the source IP form incoming packets to their LAN IP when forwarding to an internal device.
If that is the case and you have and you cannot deactivate it, you have to remove the check from WAN settings as mentioned above.Another ports forwards works fine, just this problem i don't have it. I have just set my Modem/Router on DMZ and just all forwardings goes via PFsense but VPN not working.. Tried via that Android explort client file on my Android OpenVPN app.
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@erbalo said in OpenVPN will not connect:
but VPN not working
What do you get?
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@viragomann said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Many ISP routers and also other ones translate the source IP form incoming packets to their LAN IP when forwarding to an internal device.
Like what devices do this - this would be utterly moronic.. Never seen this.. Sure you could do such a thing on pfsense. But you would have to do it on purpose, ie a source nat..
Never seen some soho router that would do source natting even if you wanted to, let a lone on its own.
Where is the sniff on the wan when trying to access the openvpn? Lets see this please..
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Like what devices do this
Seen on a Fortigate B60, but also on others.
It's some kind of a "plug and play" setup. There is no need to configure the destination devices firewalls, cause the access seems to come from its own subnet.@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
this would be utterly moronic
Absolutly agree.
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@viragomann said in OpenVPN will not connect:
There is no need to configure the destination devices firewalls, cause the access seems to come from its own subnet.
Which is a utterly horrible idea ;) Sure its an option if the device doesn't have a gateway set, I do it myself to talk to one of my devices when I vpn in, because it doesn't have a gateway..
But to auto do that without the admin purposely having to enable - just horrible idea.
If that is the case and its coming from rfc1918, then just turn off the block rfc1918 rule.. As already mentioned.. But would still like to see the sniff of hist phone trying to access the vpn..
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
If that is the case and its coming from rfc1918, then just turn off the block rfc1918 rule.
Obviously it's not:
@erbalo said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Another ports forwards works fine, just this problem i don't have it.
But that's all he let us know...
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
@viragomann said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Many ISP routers and also other ones translate the source IP form incoming packets to their LAN IP when forwarding to an internal device.
Like what devices do this - this would be utterly moronic.. Never seen this.. Sure you could do such a thing on pfsense. But you would have to do it on purpose, ie a source nat..
Never seen some soho router that would do source natting even if you wanted to, let a lone on its own.
Where is the sniff on the wan when trying to access the openvpn? Lets see this please..
What do you mean about sniff on my Phone and WAN? i don't understand the question sorry.
If you mean where my phone then located i have tried all the time WIFI disabled on my phone.
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Sniff on your pfsense wan, via diag, packet capture menu item for the port your listening on for openvpn. Then try and make a connection from your phone - or other client that is not on your network..
example
That is my phone coming from the 172.58 address (t-mobile) hitting my openvpn port (1194 udp) on my wan IP 64.53.x.x
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Sniff on your pfsense wan, via diag, packet capture menu item for the port your listening on for openvpn. Then try and make a connection from your phone - or other client that is not on your network..
example
That is my phone coming from the 172.58 address (t-mobile) hitting my openvpn port (1194 udp) on my wan IP 64.53.x.x
Ohh learned something news!! Did that but nothing to see there. Tested another port which i have use for other thinks and i see that as well.
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@erbalo said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Did that but nothing to see there
Well if you do not see anything there when you attempt to access vpn.. Then how would you connect? Pfsense can only work with traffic it actually sees.
You have something upstream blocking access then, so no you would never be able to connect to pfsense vpn until traffic actually gets to pfsense.
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
@erbalo said in OpenVPN will not connect:
Did that but nothing to see there
Well if you do not see anything there when you attempt to access vpn.. Then how would you connect? Pfsense can only work with traffic it actually sees.
You have something upstream blocking access then, so no you would never be able to connect to pfsense vpn until traffic actually gets to pfsense.
Thats right my problem, i can't get any traffic via VPN client to the pfsensen. I think should be somehting with my NAT port... What did you fill in here as Target IP address? Should that be the the Gateway IP address of my Pfsense?
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@erbalo said in OpenVPN will not connect:
What did you fill in here as Target IP address? Should that be the the Gateway IP address of my Pfsense?
What? The openvpn wizard will setup the firewall rule to pfsense wan address.. You would not be doing a port forward for openvpn. Unless openvpn server was behind pfsense, and that is going to have its own problems with most likely asymmetrical traffic flow.
Again if you do not see traffic on pfsense WAN, then how would openvpn work? You need to validate your client is actually trying to talk to PUBLIC pfsense wan IP.. or if you have something natting in front of pfsense. Than that PUBLIC ip and that whatever is natting in front of pfsense is sending to pfsense wan IP.
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
@erbalo said in OpenVPN will not connect:
What did you fill in here as Target IP address? Should that be the the Gateway IP address of my Pfsense?
What? The openvpn wizard will setup the firewall rule to pfsense wan address.. You would not be doing a port forward for openvpn. Unless openvpn server was behind pfsense, and that is going to have its own problems with most likely asymmetrical traffic flow.
Again if you do not see traffic on pfsense WAN, then how would openvpn work? You need to validate your client is actually trying to talk to PUBLIC pfsense wan IP.. or if you have something natting in front of pfsense. Than that PUBLIC ip and that whatever is natting in front of pfsense is sending to pfsense wan IP.
On the all off the tutorials people saying "Via Wizard hit at the end to create firewall rules also, ports should be open on the NAT.." i am stuck on here
I think there somehting with my openVPN config or OpenVPNexport. Because i don't see any traffic when connecting from client, that file is not correct or is not comunicating with that public IP. Also on that Wizard i don't see any option to fill my public IP address..
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You don't need to fill in anything with the openvpn wizard, other then select the wan interface! You do not have to put in a IP.
What IP or fqdn is your client pointing to?
In the export wizard for your client, you can pick what you want the client to point to
ports should be open on the NAT.." i am stuck on here
Where does it say this???
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/openvpn-ra.html -
So simple as that.... this was the solution... it was by me on interface IP address!!!! changed that to other and filled in my public IP on Other..
Another question, when i have created the OpenVPN via Wizard it have created an interface but not assigned in the assignments page. Do i need to assign that? (Without that VPN works now like a charm)
Available network ports: opvns1 (VPN)
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No for Remote Access vpn setups you do not need to assign an interface.. You would adjust any firewall rules you wan in the openvpn tab on the firewall rules.
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@johnpoz said in OpenVPN will not connect:
No for Remote Access vpn setups you do not need to assign an interface.. You would adjust any firewall rules you wan in the openvpn tab on the firewall rules.
I think that should be now correct, have only one OpenVPN rule there.
When connected via my Phone with VPN i like to use my pfblocker settings such as AD blocker etc.. what do i need to fill in the DNS or do i need to set redirect gateway on Openvpn server settings?
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Well you would need to make sure your phone is sending all traffic down the vpn, ie internet not just your networks behind pfsense. Yes this would be the redirect all traffic setting.
Also you will need to make sure pfsense IP is being given as dns. And will also want to make sure your remote vpn clients IP (the tunnel network) is allowed to query unbound.
This would be done via your ACLs on unbound settings. Out of the box unbound would not allow this vpn tunnel networks IP to query it.
