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      nickyw
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      I have a LAN type interface called VMSphere which acts as my network for virtual machines that run on a VMware Vsphere environment. My question is:

      How do I configure them on a pfSense 2100 so that they all use an OpenVPN connection? Do I need a OpenVPN server or Client? Do I need to create a bridge interface? Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @nickyw
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        @nickyw Not sure I understand, how is the VPN involved? The 2100 connects out to a server somewhere else?

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          nickyw @SteveITS
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          @SteveITS Yes, that is correct. The 2100 makes a VPN connection to an AirVPN.org OpenVPN server

          This web page describes what I want to do:
          https://nguvu.org/pfsense/pfsense-baseline-setup/#Introduction

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            SteveITS Galactic Empire @nickyw
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            @nickyw the section “Create pass approved internet bound traffic out the VPN gateway” has the rule to send traffic out the VPN gateway. It’s policy routing: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/multiwan/policy-route.html

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