pfSense OpenVPN and Wireless network
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Hello, can someone explain for me this situation. PfSense as main firewall and OpenVPN as client adjusted on pfSense. My wireless router in AP mode connected to pfSense and all traffic from WIFI router going over VPN. But now in doubt behind pfSense my traffic is encrypted or not. The main reason was to set OpenVPN to protect Wireless network, for example, my laptop connected to AP wireless router in enrypted traffic or not? If not how better to protect wireless network in home?
The other way to set OpenVPN in WIFI router but in this case, like me understanding pfSense will not see this traffic, right? for example to work pfBlockerNG. -
Running an OpenVPN client in pfSense connected to some commercial provider does nothing to protect wireless traffic between clients and pfSense.
Running a client in AP also doesn't protect the wireless traffic and would prevent pfSense seeing the traffic.
If you actually want to protect the wireless traffic you would need to run the VPN client on the end point client devices directly. But you shouldn't need to do that unless you have an ancient AP that only supports WEP!
Steve
