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    AWS Pfsense OpenVPN no access to private subnet

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      Heikum @isolatedvirus
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      @isolatedvirus ok, thank you for your reply. I currently have 2 linux hosts in the private subnet (which has access to the internet for now otherwise I could not SSH into the hosts):

      Nagios XI on centos:
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      Ubuntu server:
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      firewall is off:
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      Amazon private subnet (should be without internet access):
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        isolatedvirus
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        your hosts have their gateway set as 10.3.1.1, it should be 10.3.1.5 (PFSense Lan) unless you have another gateway in the environment.

        Otherwise, set a route for your VPN subnet to point to 10.3.1.5 on the linux hosts

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          Heikum @isolatedvirus
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          @isolatedvirus said in AWS Pfsense OpenVPN no access to private subnet:

          10.3.1.5

          Yes this worked!

          I can now ping my private subnet instances from the vpn client.
          Do you happen to know why the default gateway gets set to 10.3.1.1?
          Everytime I make a new instance it sounds like I need to change the default gateway manually.

          Thank you for your time and help.

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            isolatedvirus @Heikum
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            I'm not sure why. If youre handing out IP's behind pfsense via DHCP i'd check the dhcp config to verify youre not handing out the wrong gateway config.

            Its also possible that this is just a AWS thing, since im not familiar with AWS i cant really say.

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              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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              What have you done in the VPC routing table so it knows to send traffic for the 10.3.2.0/24 subnet back to the pfSense interface?

              Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
              A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
              DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
              Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                Heikum @Derelict
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                @derelict

                Is this regarding the default gateway of the instances?
                I thought I should edit the route table of the private subnet to point to 10.3.1.5 which is the LAN side of the pfsense firewall but it won't let me do just that:

                private subnet
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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by Derelict

                  You can't use subnets contained inside your VPC subnet anywhere but the VPC itself.

                  Use something outside of that for the other side of the VPN. Sorry. That's just the way AWS works, as you can see from that error message.

                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                  A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                  DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                    Leonardo Fernandes @Heikum
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                    @Heikum in my case hardware checksum offloading chacked solved the problem. Thanks!

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                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @Leonardo Fernandes
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                      @Leonardo-Fernandes That is only when using ena adapters and is fixed by a later version of the ena driver in pfSense 2.5.0.

                      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                        Konron @Leonardo Fernandes
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                        @leonardo-fernandes You are my hero. Thank you very much. My OpenVPN with AWS works perfectly now

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