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    Bridging Issues custom option server–bridge not over riding server

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      torrentsaint
      last edited by

      I am having a problem setting up Bridging on my pfsense box at home.  I setup a site-to-site VPN from work to home and all is well.  I can ping from my work_computer to my home_computer.

      work_computer 192.168.255.x – work_pfsense(vpn_client) -- work_network -- internet -- home_pfsense(vpn_server) -- home_computer 192.168.1.x

      I want work_computers internet traffic to exit from home_pfsense box.

      I followed directions from http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Bridging.

      Under custom options for the vpn server I added "dev tap0;server-bridge 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.192 192.168.1.224"

      I am getting the error

      openvpn[473]: Options error: –server and --server-bridge cannot be used together

      ?Why is my custom option not overriding?

      Here is my VPN server config file

      writepid /var/run/openvpn_server0.pid
      #user nobody
      #group nobody
      daemon
      keepalive 10 60
      ping-timer-rem
      persist-tun
      persist-key
      dev tun
      proto tcp-server
      cipher BF-CBC
      up /etc/rc.filter_configure
      down /etc/rc.filter_configure
      server 192.168.1.192 255.255.255.224
      client-config-dir /var/etc/openvpn_csc
      lport 21
      tls-auth /var/etc/openvpn_server0.tls 0
      ca /var/etc/openvpn_server0.ca
      cert /var/etc/openvpn_server0.cert
      key /var/etc/openvpn_server0.key
      dh /var/etc/openvpn_server0.dh
      comp-lzo
      dev tap0
      server-bridge 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.192 192.168.1.224

      If I modify the file to comment out both dev tun and server lines pfsense removes my comments.  It does not complain that I both dev tun and dev tap0.

      Can someone post a working config for the server side of a VPN with bridging working?

      Thanks,
      Steve

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        celox
        last edited by

        i've got exactly the same problem! "Options error: –server and --server-bridge cannot be used together"
        could anyone shed some light on this?
        i triple checked every setting and my custom option will not override the settings :(

        my custom settings

        dev tap0;server-bridge 192.168.2.254 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.218 192.168.2.250;tls-auth /etc/openvpn1196.key 0;management 127.0.0.1 1196;
        
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