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    • A
      albertmiclat
      last edited by

      Hi,

      Im having issue on our OpenVPN users can connect seeing this error.
      no free --ifconfig-pool addresses are available

      0efedd0c-d154-4d14-9525-0ae5b2eb9671-image.png

      I already set the my concurrent user to 100 and my current sessions is only 67.

      Thanks,
      A

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      • A
        albertmiclat
        last edited by

        Guys,

        Any advice to this issue..

        I tried to add this parameters on server.conf and restarted the service but it doesn't help.

        ifconfig-pool 10.99.26.10 10.99.26.253

        Saw one write-up to add this line.

        Thanks,
        A

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        • GertjanG
          Gertjan @albertmiclat
          last edited by Gertjan

          @albertmiclat said in no free --ifconfig-pool addresses are available:

          is only 67.

          @albertmiclat said in no free --ifconfig-pool addresses are available:

          ifconfig-pool 10.99.26.10 10.99.26.253

          253 - 10 = 243

          243 / 4 = 61

          Just a wild guess : every client eat up 4 IPs in from pool ?

          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          • A
            albertmiclat
            last edited by

            Just a wild guess : every client eat up 4 IPs in from pool ? not sure about this, how is this possible and how to check? is there any setting i need to change?

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan
              last edited by

              https://openvpn.net/community-resources/reference-manual-for-openvpn-2-4/

              Look at the openvpn server config file - the file itself (/var/etc/openvpn/serverX.conf where X is a number.
              Does it contain

              .....
              topology subnet
              .....
              

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • A
                albertmiclat
                last edited by

                here is my server config

                #######
                dev ovpns6
                verb 1
                dev-type tun
                tun-ipv6
                dev-node /dev/tun6
                writepid /var/run/openvpn_server6.pid
                #user nobody
                #group nobody
                script-security 3
                daemon
                keepalive 10 60
                ping-timer-rem
                persist-tun
                persist-key
                proto udp
                cipher AES-128-CBC
                auth SHA1
                up /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup
                down /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown
                client-connect /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh
                client-disconnect /usr/local/sbin/openvpn.attributes.sh
                local 202.55.95.114
                tls-server
                server 10.99.26.0 255.255.255.0
                client-config-dir /var/etc/openvpn-csc/server6
                username-as-common-name
                auth-user-pass-verify "/usr/local/sbin/ovpn_auth_verify user c2dkYzAzLHNnZasdfasdfSxMb2NhbCBEYXRhYmFzZQ== false server6 1194" via-env
                tls-verify "/usr/local/sbin/ovpn_auth_verify tls 'sg.ong-ong.com' 1"
                lport 1194
                management /var/etc/openvpn/server6.sock unix
                max-clients 100
                push "route 10.25.0.0 255.255.0.0"
                push "dhcp-option DOMAIN ong-ong.internal"
                push "dhcp-option DNS 10.25.1.7"
                push "dhcp-option DNS 10.25.1.9"
                push "dhcp-option NTP 10.25.1.7"
                push "dhcp-option NTP 10.25.1.9"
                push "redirect-gateway def1"
                duplicate-cn
                ca /var/etc/openvpn/server6.ca
                cert /var/etc/openvpn/server6.cert
                key /var/etc/openvpn/server6.key
                dh /etc/dh-parameters.1024
                tls-auth /var/etc/openvpn/server6.tls-auth 0
                comp-lzo yes
                persist-remote-ip
                float
                topology net30
                push "route 10.84.3.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.100.0.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.60.0.0 255.255.0.0"
                push "route 10.88.1.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.62.21.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.191.0.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.66.0.0 255.255.0.0"
                push "route 10.86.28.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "route 10.65.2.0 255.255.255.0"
                push "ping-exit 600"

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                • RicoR
                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                  last edited by

                  topology net30 is using 4 IPs per client.

                  -Rico

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                  • A
                    albertmiclat
                    last edited by

                    Hi Rico,

                    Is there any advice to fix this?

                    Thanks,
                    A

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                    • RicoR
                      Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                      last edited by

                      Expand your tunnel network or switch to topology subnet which is the default mode for like 5 years.

                      -Rico

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                      • A
                        albertmiclat
                        last edited by

                        Hi Rico,

                        I will probably try expanding my tunnel network to /22.

                        Thanks,
                        A

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          I see some other problems in your config as well..

                          comp-lzo yes

                          Been a huge known security issue with openvpn and compression for quite some time.. "Voracle Attack"
                          https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/VORACLE

                          I would move to aes-gcm vs cbc

                          I would really suggest you read through
                          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/scaling.html

                          Great doc with lots of great info about scaling and improving your vpn overall..

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                          • A
                            albertmiclat
                            last edited by

                            Thanks @Gertjan @johnpoz @Rico

                            i did some changes accordingly.

                            so far all user are now able to connect w/out any issue.

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                            • RicoR
                              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                              last edited by

                              Glad you have it working.

                              -Rico

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