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    Traffic through IPSec without NAT

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      chipNET
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      Hello,

      I have a little problem using pfsense as vpn software appliance on aws. pfsense connect to existing remote vpn-hardware appliance.

      Defined IPSec configuration:

      Remote Network: 10.0.0.0/16
      Local Network:  192.168.2.0/24

      Next to pfsense, the vpc contains some more servers, e.g. 192.168.2.10, wich should be accessible through vpn.

      The vpn connection is established successfully. Phase 1 and 2 is working.

      When I try to access some services from an instance on the remote side, e.g. access HTTP through vpn, "wget http://192.168.2.10" the access is only possible, when I enable outbound NAT for source 10.0.0.0/16 on WAN address. Otherwise, the incoming packets are not delivered or answered.

      Is it possible to access services without NAT, because for some accessible services I need the original requester ip.

      Best regards

      Stefan

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        chipNET
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        After helpful discussion on the irc - thank you rawtaz - the problem could be solved.

        Generally, I have to add an additional static route for the remote network. When I create this route, I could deactivate complete NAT handling and it works as expected.

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