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      nick.loenders @nick.loenders
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      @nick-loenders Biggest problem now is actually that I can ping from a client within the lan to the openvpnserver; but that is it.
      I want to do a mapping to a folder on the server, but it does not seem to find a route?

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        The compression type has to match. It's generally better to use 'omit preference' there. You appear to have different values set there.

        What subnets are you pushing to the client? Is it configured to route all traffic over the tunnel?

        Where are connecting from exactly?

        Is the server configured to allow traffic from the remote subnet?

        Steve

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          nick.loenders @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          My server.ovpn is set like:
          port 1194

          proto udp

          dev tun

          ca "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\ca.crt"
          cert "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\server.crt"
          key "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\server.key"

          dh "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\dh2048.pem"

          server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0

          ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt

          ;server-bridge 10.8.0.4 255.255.255.0 10.8.0.50 10.8.0.100

          push "route 172.16.17.0 255.255.255.0"
          push "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0"

          push "dhcp-option DNS 172.16.17.254"
          push "dhcp-option DNS 10.8.0.2"

          client-to-client

          duplicate-cn

          keepalive 10 120

          tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret

          cipher AES-256-GCM

          compress lz4-v2
          push "compress lz4-v2"

          max-clients 60

          persist-key
          persist-tun

          status openvpn-status.log

          verb 3

          explicit-exit-notify 1

          -------------

          I only hope it is using this server.ovpn file? :)

          The setup is that
          I have a windows 10 vm with openvpnserver.
          I have a pfsense at anothe location which is running openvpn-client, which connects to the openvpserver.
          On the LAN network of the pfsense I have client pcs and from there I need to map a shared folder which is located on the openvpnserver.

          So my openvpnserver is 10.8.0.1
          My pfsense openpvn client ip is 10.8.0.6
          The pc has ip in the range 172.16.17.0/24 and it can ping to 10.8.0.1, but not make a mapping.

          The tunnel does not have to be going to the internet. the client-pc's only need to be able to map the shared folder.

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            You shouldn't be pushing a route to the local subnet (172.16.17.0/24) over the tunnel. The client end is local to that subnet. It will be refusing that route anyway.
            You should have a route to the servers internal IP not just the tunnel subnet which may or may not respond.

            How are you trying to map the shares?

            Steve

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              I see on your other thread that the server is using 10.0.0.0/24 as it's internal IP and you are not pushing that as a route so pfSense has no route to it.

              I also see there you list the pfSense LAN subnet as 172.14.10.0 which is not what you wrote here and also not a private subnet.

              Steve

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                nick.loenders @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                ok, so I put
                push "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0"

                in the server.ovpn file and restarted the tunnelservices.

                I do a mapping using:
                net use q: \10.8.0.1\test /user:pcname\username password

                but nothing.

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                  nick.loenders @nick.loenders
                  last edited by

                  by the way, how can I know it is certainly using this file:
                  C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\easy-rsa\keys\server.ovpn ??

                  and is it ok if I just change that file, or do I need to do anything else when I change the contents of this file?

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    You don't actually need to push a route to the tunnel subnet since the client has an interface in it.

                    The tunnel IP is a virtual interface that may not respond like other interfaces. You should try to map the drive to the real server IP in the 10.0.0.0/24 subnet.

                    Since it's a TLS/SSL server you might also need a client specific override for the pfSense client so the server knows where the 172.16.17.0/24 subnet is.

                    Steve

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                      nick.loenders @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10
                      I appreciate the fast response.
                      But I really need more info on where to add/change what :(
                      It is the first time I do this kind of advanced thing

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        I've never tried to configure that in Windows so I can't really help you there.

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                          nick.loenders @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10
                          But you can tell me how it should look like in the openvpnclient on the Netgate?
                          maybe I need to put some ip's there as well? or do some weird nat ruling?

                          plus, the openvpn server, whether if it is running on Windows or Linux, the parameters stay the same, no?

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                          • stephenw10S Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            If the server is configured as SSL/TLS with a tunnel subnet larger than /30 then all values are passed from the server to the client when it connects.
                            As long as the client in pfSense is not configured with 'do not pull routes' then it should get a route to 10.0.0.0/24 when it connects. You can check the system routing table to make sure though.

                            Steve

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