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    IPSec VPN clients not getting gateway address

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    • D Offline
      DLeVasseur
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      I have set up IPSec VPN PSK + XAUTH.  My clients can connect using the Shrew client on Windows.  The tunnel does connect and they receive a Virtual IP in the range I have set, but they do not get a default gateway so they are stuck not being able to get anywhere.

      Is there a setting somewhere I missed?

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        IPsec doesn't use gateways. The settings on Shrew Soft's policies tab and on the Mobile tab of pfSense control what will be sent over the tunnel.

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          DLeVasseur
          last edited by

          I couldn't get it to work no matter what settings so I jumped over to OpenVPN and good to go.

          Impressed with the UserExport package that packages the User Cert and OpenVPN into one installation package.  Worked perfect first time.

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