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      Bachir last edited by

      So im writing a report on pfSense, to end my studies this summer.
      Ive created a enviroment in virtualbox, within my home router.
      My pfSense firewall is before my home router.

      So i was wondering, now when my VPN works on my home network, is it possible for me to make it work outside my home network. The enviroment has network acces. This might just be a lack of network knowledge from my side, but hope you guys can help me, i dont know if its possible with the OpenVPN software :)

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      • Rico
        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance last edited by

        Sure, you can have OpenVPN listen to any Interface you want.

        -Rico

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          Bachir last edited by

          Yeah, i do have it listening on the WAN interface. The problem is that my WAN connection is sat to my home network (private ip 192.168.87.1)

          In my understanding, as long as i havent specified a public ip, people on the real WAN cant connect.
          So i was wondering if i could manipulate the OpenVPN software to go for my real public ip address, and then forward it to the firewall :)

          (I know my setup is pretty stupid 😸 )

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          • Rico
            Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance last edited by Rico

            You don't need to "manipulate" anything, just make the traffic hit pfSense WAN. To do so forward the OpenVPN port from the upstream device (ISP router?) to the pfSense WAN IP.

            -Rico

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              Bachir last edited by

              Oh okay

              Thanks alot man! :) didnt think of that actually.

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