IPsec Tunnel - LAN can’t reach VPN clients
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Hi,
We have a site-to-site IPsec tunnel between a Fortinet firewall (remote) and our pfSense (local).
Setup:
- Remote LAN (Fortinet):
10.0.0.0/8 - Local LAN (Pfsense):
20.20.78.0/29 - VPN Server: Behind pfSense (VPN IP
20.20.78.2), running Pritunl
Hosts VPN clients on192.168.214.0/23and192.168.216.0/23

- Phase 2 entries:
Local: 20.20.78.0/29Remote: 10.0.0.0/8- Same on Fortinet
What works:
- VPN clients <-> Internal LAN (
10.0.0.0/8):
- VPN server <-> Internal LAN (
10.0.0.0/8):
- Internal LAN Ping <-> VPN server:

What doesn’t:
- Internal LAN -> VPN clients (192.168.214.x)
- ICMP echo seen on pfSense IPsec capture
- Nothing seen on VPN server tun interfaces
- Clients can reply to internal just fine (asymmetric?)
Is this a NAT or policy route issue?
Any way to SNAT/route traffic from internal -> VPN clients so replies come back through IPsec ?Thanks !
- Remote LAN (Fortinet):
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