see local network ip address on pfsense

A Former User

@stephenw10 but in addition to configuring the openvpn server, do I also have to configure the client to connect?
Yes I forced gateway but it does not connect anyway it tells me waiting for the server

JKnott

@antonio-briguglio

Are you referring to this?

If so, you don't. I made that mistake when I first set up my VPN and had to change it when I got new hardware, resulting in a different host address. When I started from scratch again, I left it blank, as it says to in the text below those boxes.

stephenw10

Indeed. In a TLS/SSL OpenVPN tunnel all the routing and tunnel details are passed to the client by the server.
You do not need to set those details on the client.

Steve

JKnott

@stephenw10

I should have added IPv4 continued to work, as I had the same subnet, but IPv6 broke, as the new hardware resulted in a new prefix.

A Former User

@jknott @stephenw10
I give up I'm not able to connect opnvp I tried everything but nothing wrong something. I followed all the guides but one that worked and simple to do is not there. Now I restore the previous configuration thanks :-(

jahonix

@antonio-briguglio Maybe setting up an OpenVPN server is a bit over your current abilities:

@antonio-briguglio said in IP Pfsense:
Hi, in the SG-1100 the ip address is 192.168.1.1/24
Does this mean that the SG-1100's IP will have to vary between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.24?
Exact?

First you have to understand the basics. Setting up an OpenVPN server is not basic.

JKnott

@antonio-briguglio

Have you tried using the Wizard? I've never bothered with it, but it apparently makes things simpler.

stephenw10

Yuo, I always use the Wizard for a RA server. Much quicker. You can easily make adjustments afterwards.

Steve

Gertjan

@jknott said in see local network ip address on pfsense:

Have you tried using the Wizard?

These are ment to be used by people who already know how it works.
Like : "stance out a frame work and fine tune afterwards".
Please don't tell me know that it is the other way around ...

A Former User

@gertjan @jknott @stephenw10 @jahonix It is absolutely not true that I don't have the basics to configure an openvpn.
The problem is not the configuration of an openvpn, but the configuration of the pfsense firewall which unf.ortunately I cannot understand which of the settings I have put in pfsense blocks the connection with the server.
Netgate does not provide a guide in which it says that to configure an openvpn some settings may conflict and I have not found anything about this on the net.
I conclude that the configuration I made is correct, the problem of conflicts remains

johnpoz

What are you trying to do exactly?

http://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/openvpn/configure.html

But as mentioned the wizard is the fastest easiest way to setup a road warrior setup.

You don't know what your local network is? As mentioned this would your lan network, or your other networks you setup on pfsense.

192.168.1.1/24 is not it - that would be a host address, not a network address.. If pfsense lan IP is 192.168.1.1/24 then your local network would be 192.168.1.0/24

This would tell your vpn client - hey you want to get to 192.168.1.0/24 come down the tunnel.

For your remote client to connect to pfsense - it would need the wan IP to connect to.. All of the info for your clients can be exported with the openpvn export package. Just pick your wan address. Unless your behind a nat on you pfsense wan?

A Former User

@johnpoz pfsense's IP is 192.168.1.1/24, so the local network is 192.168.1.0/24.
The tunnel network I put 10.29.30.0/24
the three certificates have been activated, the profile burning too.
Then he imported the client configuration for android on the openvpn app I put username and password and it tells me wait for connection to the server and then it stops.
But is it because I have an access point connected in lan wifi that has another ip address?

A Former User

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johnpoz

If pfsense is behind a nat router, then you would have to forward your vpn port to pfsense wan, if you want remote clients to be able to get to the vpn running on pfsense.

If your AP is actually wifi router and your natting again?

stephenw10

Yes, you are behind the Fritzbox and it is in router mode.

So if you are connecting from an external public IP the Fritzbox will need to be forwarding OpenVPN traffic to pfSense.

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10 Please tell me how should I do?
attach screenshots thanks

stephenw10

You need to forward port 1194 (the default OpenVPN port) in the Fritzbox.

I can't make screenshots of that.

Where are testing from? What IP address does your Android client have?

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10
I on the Fritzbox I have activated the vpn
The access point is not reachable by vpn as the functions that require a public IP address (for example, port sharing and incoming VPN connections) may not be fully usable
Therefore the OPENVPN must access both the devices connected on the access point and the devices connected to the fritbox

A Former User

@stephenw10 With the openvpn app I connect from both tablet and android smartphone.
They have no fixed but dynamic public ip

A Former User

@stephenw10 So the openvpn server configuration is correct the problem and that the openvpn app does not connect to the server.
note the access point is configured with the same gateway as the fritz and active dhcp