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    Site-to-Site OVPN Cannot Access Remote Clients from Local LAN

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      jfdelacruz
      last edited by

      Hi All,

      Been going at this for over a week now with no progress. Just about to throw the towel and overall generally disappointed with myself on not getting such a simple config to work.

      Problem: I cannot ping/access clients behind OpenVPN Client (router) from Local LAN. I can ping/access clients behind OpenVPN Server (Local LAN) from the remote clients.

      pfSense OVPN Server:
      WAN: Public IP
      LAN: 192.168.50.254/24 (DHCP 192.168.50.100-200)  - this is GW for all clients behind this router
      VPN: 10.0.8.1/24

      Asus Merlin Router:
      WAN: Public IP
      LAN: 192.168.2.254/24 (DHCP 192.168.2.100-200) - this is GW for all clients behind this router
      VPN: 10.0.8.2/24

      I have forced all traffic through the VPN tunnel.
      From 192.168.2.100 (my laptop), I am able to ping 192.168.50.250 (server).
      From 192.168.50.250 (server), I am NOT able to ping 192.168.2.100 (my laptop).
      -Tracert returns a request time out and won't go past the OpenVPN Server (192.168.2.254)

      I have followed all configurations suggested to a T and all troubleshooting points that there is a routing conflict. I, however, am not very familiar with routing and the way I see it upon checking the routing table on both routers, they seem to be properly configured. I have set the firewall rules to the most relaxed (as far as I can tell).

      I would greatly appreciate any help. I really need to get this working as I need to view IP cameras (lots of them) from the other site. It would be impractical to port forward each and every single one.

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        swatpup102
        last edited by

        There should be an option for "inter-client communication" you can select in the server preferences.

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