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    IPsec Tunnel - LAN can’t reach VPN clients

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      Alek
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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 on 192.168.214.0/23 and 192.168.216.0/23

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      • Phase 2 entries:
        • Local: 20.20.78.0/29
        • Remote: 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 !

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