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    DNSBL Virtual IP: Address must be in an isolated Range that is not used in your Network.

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by johnpoz

      Looking at the status interfaces should show you what your mullvad interface is.

      vpninterface.png

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      • cybrnookC
        cybrnook @BBcan177
        last edited by cybrnook

        @BBcan177 said in DNSBL Virtual IP: Address must be in an isolated Range that is not used in your Network.:

        Goto pfSense Diagnostics / Execute PHP Commands and enter the following:

        $ip_validate = where_is_ipaddr_configured('10.10.10.1', '' , true, true, '');
        print_r($ip_validate);
        

        Then hit "Execute"

        This will report back if the DNSBL VIP address overlaps with any existing IPs that you have configured.

        Well, that answers that :-) Just like your sig says, experience is something you don't get until after you need it!

        Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [if] => opt2
                    [ip_or_subnet] => 10.10.0.5/16
                )
        
        )
        

        So, it IS my Mullvad VPN that it is colliding with.

        With that now being brought to light and confirmed, is there anything that I, or other users, can do to avoid that and stick with your hard coded default?

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by johnpoz

          That they would use a /16 is just moronic!!!

          So they have 65k some clients hitting the same vpn server?

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          • cybrnookC
            cybrnook @johnpoz
            last edited by cybrnook

            @johnpoz

            Yeah....... but, what's a user to do? They offer wireguard, as well as OVPN, port forwarding, and the service is pretty stable.... I wish there was a way on the client side I could override?

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Can you ask them why they are using a /16 - say it overlaps one of your local networks.

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              • cybrnookC
                cybrnook @johnpoz
                last edited by cybrnook

                @johnpoz

                Sure, worth a shot. If they come back, I'll update.

                BTW, Thanks @johnpoz and @BBcan177

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  No problem, glad you got it worked out what it was ;) My way in finding it easier, but have to admit bbcan177 way more geeky - hehehe

                  Not sure why they would be even using normal rfc1918 space... Why would they not just use say part of 100.64.0.0/10 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6598), they should be sure it doesn't overlap with users local rfc1918 space that way.

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                  • BBcan177B
                    BBcan177 Moderator @cybrnook
                    last edited by BBcan177

                    @cybrnook

                    With that now being brought to light and confirmed, is there anything to I, or other users, can do to avoid that and stick with your hard coded default?

                    Its just a default setting. There is no magic in using that IP or any other RFC1918 address.

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                    • cybrnookC
                      cybrnook @cybrnook
                      last edited by cybrnook

                      @cybrnook @johnpoz @BBcan177

                      Here is the response, not bad.

                      /16 was selected due to the fact that /24 is too small, and the 10
                      network was used primarily because it was the default (for OpenVPN) and
                      also assigning in the 100.64/10 can create more conflicts with devices
                      that use cgnat.
                      
                      That said, each OpenVPN server port uses a different /16, so a simple
                      solution is to connect to for instance port 1194, which would then give
                      you 10.8.0.0/16 range, and you would not have the conflict in your network.
                      
                      Here are the ranges used:
                      
                      tcp_1401_10.22.0.0
                      tcp_443_10.5.0.0
                      tcp_80_10.6.0.0
                      udp_1194_10.8.0.0
                      udp_1195_10.9.0.0
                      udp_1196_10.10.0.0
                      udp_1197_10.11.0.0
                      udp_1300_10.14.0.0
                      udp_1301_10.15.0.0
                      udp_1302_10.16.0.0
                      udp_1303_10.17.0.0
                      udp_1400_10.21.0.0
                      udp_53_10.7.0.0
                      

                      And of course 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘
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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        So they didn't answer about the /16 - so they have some 65k some clients connecting to the same server?

                        /24 yeah ok too small what about a /20 or 19, etc.. /19 would be 8k some IPs..

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                        • cybrnookC
                          cybrnook @johnpoz
                          last edited by

                          @johnpoz

                          Nope! I did follow up, but haven't gotten a response yet.

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                          • cybrnookC
                            cybrnook @johnpoz
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz said in DNSBL Virtual IP: Address must be in an isolated Range that is not used in your Network.:

                            So they didn't answer about the /16 - so they have some 65k some clients connecting to the same server?

                            /24 yeah ok too small what about a /20 or 19, etc.. /19 would be 8k some IPs..

                            Hello,
                            
                            To be fair, we are nowhere at that point, at most I've seen 200-300
                            users on servers that has the highest load  (8 core 10GbE)
                            
                            Most servers have way below that and can use a /24 with no problem,
                            however we do want to design in a way so we do not run into issues later on.
                            
                            Best regards
                            
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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by johnpoz

                              So their servers or cluster at each pop can handle 65k users - yeah find that unlikely ;) This just a perfect example of how misuse of ipv4 space ran us into a shortage of ipv4 way before it should of ever happened..

                              Network space should be assigned appropriately for the amount of devices that will be using that space.. Even when inside rfc1918 space (which has limits as well) Sure you allow for growth and such.. But come on their 8 core 10ge box could handle anywhere close to even 8k users? That would leave you at most 1.25mbps each user ;) Let alone 64k users ;)

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