OpenVPN connection unable to ping the LAN

[Beno44]

Hi,

I have successfully create an OpenVPN server and can connect remotely without any issues. From there however, I cannot ping any devices on the LAN.

I have checked (among many other things) that the OpenVPN rule is any/any, not sure where to look next.

Any help would be greatly appreciated ;o)

[viragomann]

@beno44
Possibly the LAN devices block the access from the VPN. Check their firewalls.

[Beno44]

Tks @viragomann.

All devices cannot be pinged, not just one device unfortunately.

[JKnott]

@beno44

What about the pfsense LAN interface? Have you tried packet captures to see how far the pings get?

As for the cause, your choices are routing and rules.

[viragomann]

@beno44
While you take a capture on the LAN, try to ping a machine using pfSense Diagnostic > Ping. Ping with the default source, then change the source to OpenVPN and try again.
What do you get? What shows the capture?

[Beno44]

@viragomann I've already done that. Can ping from the LAN but not OpenVPN. I'll run the capture shortly

[Beno44]

@beno44 Got it finally sorted. Looks like everything I was pinging was windows based machine and it looks like they are now refusing pings from a different subnet. In a nutshell, the issue wasn't with OpenVPN but with the Windows machine. Should have spent more checking the fix you suggested... Tks for your input, very appreciated ;o)

[noplan]

@beno44

Interesting read thanks
Can you mark it as solved
BrNP

[Beno44]

@noplan doesn't look like I'm able to mark it as solved :(

[noplan]

@beno44

change the topic and add [solved]