OpenVPN conflicting with local network connection
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I was recently in a hotel with WiFi configured as such:
IP: 10.254.xx.xx Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0 Router: 10.128.128.128 DNS: 10.128.128.128Make note of that aggressively large subnet.
My network is 10.10.0.0/16. In particular I push 10.10.1.0 [255.255.255.0], 10.10.2.0 [255.255.255.0], 10.10.3.0 [255.255.255.0], 10.10.7.0 [255.255.255.0], 10.10.8.0 [255.255.255.0].
When connecting over OpenVPN on iOS I was unable to connect to devices on my network over VPN presumably because of that subnet on the wifi network. Is there a way to give OpenVPN routes priority?
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No. Just stay away from anything in 10/8 for your local network. Pick something random for your LAN that isn't in 10/8, 192.168.0/24, 192.168.1/24 or 192.168.168/24.
You can't fix idiocy like that but you can try to minimize the collisions.
Two random examples:
172.26.190.0/24
192.168.188.0/24 -
"Make note of that aggressively large subnet."
Really? But your using a /16??
"My network is 10.10.0.0/16"
Isn't that the kettle calling the pot?? Why do people continue to use routing summary masks for their local networks???
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I ran into the same issue a while back and solved it using the instructions from the user Efonne in this post:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=43507.msg225465#msg225465
