[SOLVED] Help with very basic OpenVPN setup – can't find route to LAN (naturall
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Ah ha! You may have hit on it there, Marvosa. The machines are NOT using pfSense as their default gateway. This is me experimenting with pfSense to see if it can be a replacement for the current default gateway.
Does that mean I could set some machines on the LAN with pfSense as the default gateway for the purpose of experimentation. I'm not in a position (particularly in the middle of the day with a LAN full of users) to move all machines to a different default gateway.
I will experiment and report back. Much thanks.
(Yes, sorry. 255 would be the broadcast address. Let's call that a typo rather than a brain fart.)
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Yes, statically set some with PFsense as the gateway and you should be able to ping them.
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I understand that as long as the subnets are correct it should work.
I also know that unless there is a good reason to complicate the plumbing simple is better.
Since I have never had 1 single problem with openvpn when its set up very simply, I'd advise it.
No firewalls on the machines you are trying to "ping"?
Do they accept ICMP? Its not necessarily default that they would.
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Okay, I've confirmed from several remote computer that this does indeed solve my problem. The LAN PCs do indeed need to have the pfSense/OpenVPN box as their default gateway for this to work. I guess the reason I wasn't looking in that direction is that our current VPN solution is not the default gateway.
Thanks very much marvosa and kejianshi for your great assistance. I appreciate it very much.
Now, I'm off to start making this firewall a little less basic with some firewall rules and whatnot. I'm going to call this one solved and I'm going to write the solution in big black letters for every one to read.
LAN computers must have the pfSense/OpenVPN box as their default gateway.
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Glad its working.