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    IPSec VPN with windows DHCP

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      Charlie48
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      Hi,

      I use pfSense for NAT and FW. DHCP and DNS are handled by Windows server.

      I did configure IPSec VPN tunnel successfully, so mobile client can connect to it. But now I have some issues how to configure that the DHCP server will be Windows server not pfSense for VPN clients.
      What I have done now is I checked "Virtual Address PoolProvide a virtual IP address to clients"
      The client gets a local IP from that virtual pool, but can not access to internet or even LAN.

      All I want is to pfSense let Windows handle DHCP for VPN clients.

      Any idea how to do that?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        There isn't a way to do that with IPsec+DHCP. You could setup a RADIUS-based auth method for IPsec and then assign addresses through RADIUS (NPS) on Windows. But not DHCP.

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