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    PFsense 2.5 RC OpenVPN/ExpressVPN problem

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      With NCP disabled it should not matter what you have in the table, it will use the fallback algorithm.

      What are you seeing in the logs? Is it trying to connect and failing?

      Does it connect but not pass any traffic?
      If that's the case then make sure you have the compression setting matched correctly. The defaults for that did change, though I thought it was before 2.5.

      Steve

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        LayerThree @stephenw10
        last edited by LayerThree

        @stephenw10 should I take a Screenshot of the logs?
        Because there is a lot of the OpenVPN logs.1 new.png 2 new.jpg

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          bcruze
          last edited by bcruze

          just spent about 45 minutes going through setting up my provider again(Azirevpn)
          same issue still, doesn't matter what GCM or CBC I choose with NCM disabled. it all say its connected but no traffic passes. my logs are more or less the same. I have compression set too; decompress incoming - omit preference disable adaptive. which is exactly what worked on 2.4 and what support told me to use..

          their website says to use 256gcm. on a 2.4 openvpn server(I am on 2102 openvpn 2.5). but I have tried 128 CBC, GCM, and both for 256.

          I don't think this is Pfsense problem to resolve this is a openvpn issue as it states here about providers; https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/

          I have disabled the tunnel again, and utilizing other providers using 2.5

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            LayerThree @bcruze
            last edited by LayerThree

            @bcruze 3.png 4.png 5.png 6.png

            These are my settings, I deleted the things I think are security relevant xD

            Yes it could be a OpenVPN Problem, because the whole thing worked on the 2.4.5 Version but I can't downgrade to it so I need to find a way.

            I also thank you for the time you took!

            Do you know maybe a video that deals specifically with the Rules? So that I can understand and create them completely by myself.

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              bcruze @LayerThree
              last edited by bcruze

              @layerthree
              firewall rules on LAN tab
              Screen Shot 2021-02-20 at 5.41.14 AM.png

              Nat setup:
              Screen Shot 2021-02-20 at 5.39.38 AM.png

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                LayerThree @bcruze
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                @bcruze Thank you! I will copy that on my own settings and maybe something change XD
                Did u tried a own server ?

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                  bcruze @LayerThree
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                  @layerthree
                  own server?

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                    LayerThree @bcruze
                    last edited by

                    @bcruze to host a own OpenVPN Server :)

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                      JairoAV25 @LayerThree
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                      @layerthree

                      Hi man. Did you figure it out?

                      I am facing the same issue. ExpressVPN is not working with the latest 2.5-RELEASE.

                      OpenVPN is connecting well, I set the rules according to their Wiki, but the traffic is going thru the WAN

                      I am about to install/downgrade to 2.4.5 version and see if it works...

                      Screen Shot 2021-02-20 at 8.53.46 PM.png

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                        LayerThree @JairoAV25
                        last edited by

                        @jairoav25 Yes! that's my Interface does look like.

                        I didn't find anything but I'm still trying things xD

                        So we could stay connected and figure this out.

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                          applesalwaysred @LayerThree
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                          @layerthree I also had issues with expressvpn and it is working for now. Support had me repeatedly update the same settings to no effect. Finally rebooted and logs showed no error this time but ip was not active. After 5 minutes it was active. Do not want to try to replicate at this point.

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                            bcruze
                            last edited by

                            this is the same issue I have having with another provider who clearly isn't using open vpn 2.5
                            I have a support ticket open, I am hoping to see progress at some point today.

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                              LayerThree @applesalwaysred
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                              @applesalwaysred wait I will try that. Did u all the settings in the guide or other settings?

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                                applesalwaysred @LayerThree
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                                @layerthree No settings were changed, just re-entered, then restart. Checked the vpn logs and noticed no disconnect errors. ~10 minutes later ip was established. This is obviously non-optimal.

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                                  bcruze @applesalwaysred
                                  last edited by

                                  @applesalwaysred said in PFsense 2.5 RC OpenVPN/ExpressVPN problem:

                                  @layerthree No settings were changed, just re-entered, then restart. Checked the vpn logs and noticed no disconnect errors. ~10 minutes later ip was established. This is obviously non-optimal.

                                  yes. every 25 or so reconnect attempts mine would work. but if i disconnected / reconnected it would stop flowing again

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                                    LayerThree @applesalwaysred
                                    last edited by

                                    @applesalwaysred so u use exactly the ExpressVPN Guide Rules?
                                    I need to try more things xD

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                                      JairoAV25
                                      last edited by JairoAV25

                                      Btw, The only purpose I'm using pfSense with ExpressVPN is to unblock Geo-restricted sites (Netflix, Hulu, etc) I downgraded to 2.4.5 and everything worked as expected, except some streaming sites are not loading but if you use the native app they do. So from now, I will stop using pfSense for this purpose and will switch to OpenWRT as it is suggested in this forum

                                      It is a shame since pfSense is a solid Firewall.

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                                        LayerThree @JairoAV25
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                                        @jairoav25 I understand this but I will stay with PfSense and try to figure this Problem out xD

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Mmm, this seems almost certainly to be a config mismatch between the OpenVPN 2.5 client in pfSense 2.5 (confusingly!) and the OpenVPN 2.4 server you're trying to connect to.

                                          The first thing I would try is leaving NCP enabled and adding AES-256-CBC to the list of ciphers.

                                          Also set compression to 'Omit prefernce' since you can see in the logs the server is pushing comp-lzo no but you have it set to adaptive.

                                          Steve

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                                            applesalwaysred @LayerThree
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                                            @layerthree Yes.

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