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    LAN resources available when using cellular but not wifi

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      dajokahn
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      Hi,

      With the help of good people here I was able to connect to my OpenVPN server on pfSense. I was using my iPhone's cellular data. Accessing LAN and WAN fine.

      On vacation connecting my iPhone to friends house AT&T wifi, connect to my home OpenVPN on pfSense successfully. But no LAN resources. I can browse internet fine and using a whatsmyip-type site shows that indeed my traffic is routed through my OpenVPN tunnel.

      I'm slow at using iPhone to post logs and such so when I get to a laptop or pc I'll show you iOS OpenVPN connect log.

      In the meantime, what would cause this?

      Thank you!
      Dajo

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        Your local network is the same or overlaps your remote home network..

        Example your home network 192.168.1.0/24

        And network your on is also 192.168.1.0/24 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 192.168.0.0/23, etc.

        This is why its a good idea to use uncommon network at home that is different than your typical default networks..

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          dajokahn @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz
          Thank you so much! Makes sense!

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            Its a very common issue.. Users don't normally think about it until they run into ;)

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            If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
            Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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