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      ElliotL
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      Hi there,

      Here is a diagram of my current network setup at home. Untitled Diagram.drawio.png

      When connecting to the servers below pfsense via OpenVPN on any device connected below the Virgin Hub (i.e. Laptop on Virgin Hub WiFi 192.168.0.10 -> OpenVPN -> 192.168.1.x is reachable), however any device above the Hub (i.e. phone on 4G) is not able to.

      How would I go about creating a setup to allow devices above the hub to connect to the VPN? The hub IP is static if that helps.

      Thanks,
      Elliot

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        You need to forward the connections in the Hub to the pfSense WAN and then connect to the VPN using the public IP on the external client device.

        Steve

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          ElliotL @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10

          Understood, sadly the hub configuration is about as powerful as a dead battery, and the only config changes doable are for the WiFi password, and for the DHCP server.

          Would there be a way around this?

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Hmm, those are really the only config options available to you?

            If so you can only connect outbound. One option there is to have some external server at a public IP, say something cloud based, and connect out to that from both the internal pfSense and external clients.

            Steve

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