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    VMware Fusion, virtual pfsense, NAT connection, IPsec tunnel - traffic not leaving local net

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      Didn't really know how to title it so I tried to be as descriptive as possible.

      So, odd behavior, I have a virtual pfsense running on vmware fusion. The connection is set to NAT. I have an IPsec tunnel configured to connect to a company isolated lab network. The IPSEC tunnel connects just fine but all traffic seems to not leave the local network. I route all traffic from the network behind the virtual pfsense thru the tunnel. remote network 0.0.0.0/0

      Caveat, if I run this setup to be vmware bridged, it works fine. All the firewall rules, etc all defined

      Sure you can ask why I dont run bridged A couple reasons, one, I dont really want to support two laptops if I dont have to. two, on the hosting machine I am actually normally connecting to our corporate vpn that does not allow split tunneling.

      For the sake of this issue, the problem exists regardless of the host network state. Its specifically with being NAT'd. Which I guess technically is a double nat?

      My local connection to the internet, then the NAT behind the vmware layer.

      Any ideas?

      Running 2.5.1 Issue exists on 2.4.5p1 as well

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