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    OpenVPN TAP "Bridge DHCP" - Grayed out?

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      tmushy
      last edited by

      Hello forum members.

      Thank you all for the wonderful knowledge you have contributed to the forum.

      Iv learned quite a bit and finally setup a great pfsense box. Long time lurker first time poster.

      I am running the latest development build for pfsense "2.4.3-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
      built on Wed Mar 14 16:48:00 CDT 2018 "

      I am messing around with Openvpn and wanted to create a TAP connection.

      The issue I am having is I can not click the "Bridge DHCP" checkbox.

      Has anyone else had this issue? I was wondering if pfsense 2.4.3 has disabled this for the time being until TAP connection issues could be resolved. I have searched the forums and cant seem to find a solution to my issue. I tried multiple browsers and disabled all ad blockers.

      I feel like I MUST be missing something.

      Thank you for your help

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        bfeitell
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        The IPv4 & IPv6 tunnel lines just above the "Bridge DHCP" toggle should be empty when running in TAP mode.  Those lines are for the TUN mode virtual networks.

        This snippet is from a live config on 2.4.3.

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          tmushy
          last edited by

          Thank you bfeitell for your reply. I do have those fields blank but I am unable to check that box "Bridge DHCP" It just wont let me click it. It has a red circle when I move my mouse over it.

          Now that I see someone has it checked in 2.4.3, I will continue my pursuit and see what I may be missing.

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            bfeitell
            last edited by

            It seems that for TAP mode, the server mode must be remote access, and not peer to peer.  My setup is for remote access.

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              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              If that was the case the option would not be there.

              Is there a LAN interface configured to bridge with? Does that interface have a DHCP server defined?

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                Varaphansin12
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                This forum has a lot of good things that I have not known.
                Thanks for all the good forum.

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