PfSense as OpenVPN Server behind another firewall

mircsicz

Hi all,

I've placed an old PC-Engines WRAP at a friend's network. He's using another firewall so pfSense has firewall'ing and NAT disabled. I also disabled the WAN interface…

The Portforwardings on his firewall are working fine and OpenVPN get's connected, additionally there's SSH forwarded so I can always access the WRAP.

BUT: I can only ping my WRAP but not his network

Here's how it's setup:

MacBook (Viscosity) {LAN -> 10.10.10.0/24} - INET {OpenVPN 10.8.0.0/24} - Firewall - WRAP (pfSense 2.0.1) {192.168.10.0/24}

Server Config on WRAP:


dev ovpns1
dev-type tun
dev-node /dev/tun1
writepid /var/run/openvpn_server1.pid
#user nobody
#group nobody
script-security 3
daemon
keepalive 10 60
ping-timer-rem
persist-tun
persist-key
proto tcp-server
cipher AES-128-CBC
up /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup
down /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown
local 192.168.10.199
tls-server
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
client-config-dir /var/etc/openvpn-csc
tls-verify /var/etc/openvpn/server1.tls-verify.php
lport 1194
management /var/etc/openvpn/server1.sock unix
max-clients 3
push "route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0"
client-to-client
duplicate-cn
ca /var/etc/openvpn/server1.ca
cert /var/etc/openvpn/server1.cert
key /var/etc/openvpn/server1.key
dh /etc/dh-parameters.1024
tls-auth /var/etc/openvpn/server1.tls-auth 0
comp-lzo
persist-remote-ip
float

Viscosity Client Config from "Client Export":


#-- Config Auto Generated By Viscosity --#

#viscosity startonopen false
#viscosity dhcp true
#viscosity dnssupport true
#viscosity name Any Name
remote any-name.dyndns.org 1194 tcp-client
pull
tls-client
tls-auth ta.key 1
persist-key
ca ca.crt
dev tun
persist-tun
cert cert.crt
comp-lzo adaptive
key key.key
cipher AES-128-CBC
tls-remote openvpn.any-name.local
resolv-retry infinite

Here's the output of "netstat -r"


Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
default            firewall           UGS         0    19385   sis0
10.8.0.0           10.8.0.2           UGS         0       81 ovpns1
10.8.0.1           link#8             UHS         0        0    lo0
10.8.0.2           link#8             UH          0        0 ovpns1
localhost          link#5             UH          0     3325    lo0
192.168.10.0       link#1             U           0     9680   sis0
openvpn            link#1             UHS         0        0    lo0

Do I need to add a route? But the Dialog for adding one needs a Gateway and the only Gateway available is his firewall… So I expect I'ld need to add the WRAP himself as a Gateway before adding a route... I'm puzzled!

Greetz
Mircsicz

phil.davis

The clients on his LAN 192.168.10.0/24 will be using his "real" firewall router as their gateway. So they do not know about the "special" route to your OpenVPN 10.8.0.0/24 through pfSense 192.168.10.199
a) On the friend's "real" router, add a static route for 10.8.0.0/24 through 192.168.10.199, or;
b) On each device you care about in 192.168.10.0/24, add a static route.
Then those things will know how to reply to you.

mircsicz

Hi Phil,

Sorry I did not make clear that I can't Ping from the MacBook to his LAN…

Greetz
Mircsicz

phil.davis

The ping from your MacBook to his LAN probably arrives at the destination. But the destination does have a route back to your MacBook, so the reply to the ping never comes. Stuff on his LAN has to be told that the pfSense router exists on that LAN and is the way (back) to the VPN link and MacBook client.

mircsicz

I guess I need a route like this:


route add -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.10.254

Can you confirm this?

Greetz
Mirco

phil.davis

Yes, assuming 192.168.10.254 is the WRAP pfSense at your friend's house.
Obviously the particular route command will vary depending on the OS of the client or router that you need to modify.

Get your friend to run pfSense as his front-end firewall, then you can make a site-to-site VPN between the 2 houses and a "dial-in" road warrior server to either/both houses, pass or block whatever traffic you want,… All much easier if the whole world standardises on pfSense ;)

mircsicz

Thx, I'll give it a shot later today…

I think he won't release his "Intranator" 800€ hardware box! But yeah that would definitly make things much easier...

Greetz
Mircsicz