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    IPSec tunnel working, but no ping or DNS

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    • L Offline
      luas
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I'm in the process of configuring IPSec Access on our pfSense (Version 2.3.2-RELEASE-p1).

      The connection comes up fine and I can access servers via RDP, SMB and so on.

      However, I don't get any ping or DNS replies - neither from pfsense nor from any internal server.

      I made a firewall rule that allows any traffic from IPSec to anywhere. And I configured pfsense's DNS resolver to answer on all network interfaces. Still no luck.

      Any ideas?

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        dotdash
        last edited by

        Double check you are allowing any IP traffic on the rule. It sounds like you may have selected any TCP.

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          luas
          last edited by

          Indeed, I had only allowed TCP+UDP. Now both work. Thanks!
          Just out of curiosity: shouldn't DNS work when TCP+UDP are allowed?

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            dotdash
            last edited by

            DNS should work if you allow UDP. Not sure what your issue was, but at least it works now.

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