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      Mando555
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      Hello I have 3 sites setup with pfsense and OpenVPN. OpenVPN was setup with preshared key. I need Location C to be able to ping any machine on subnets A/B.

      Location C
      Subnet: 192.168.106.0/24

      Location B
      Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24

      Location A
      Subnet: 192.168.42.0/24

      I uploaded an imgur album with all configuration screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/75BeW/all

      I tried using Client-to-Client option on the servers but would throw an error with something about no -server directive.

      Thanks for any help/input!

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        doktornotor Banned
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        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Site_To_Site

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          Mando555
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          Thank you doktornotor for the reply however, I am already setup as outlined by that article. I'll embed the images so that it's easier to see.

          OpenVPN Client A-C

          OpenVPN Client B-C

          OpenVPN Server A-C 1of2

          OpenVPN Server A-C 2of2

          OpenVPN Server B-C 1of2

          OpenVPN Server B-C 2of2

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            doktornotor Banned
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            I cannot make sense of the A-C, B-C, ACDC 1 of X stuff… There's no need for this push whatever and other advanced config on 2.2

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              phil.davis
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              That ^ - do not put anything in the Advanced box.
              The Local and Remote Network/s boxes do all the work for you.
              Make sure that what is in "IPv4 Remote Network/s" is the IP subnet(s) that are at the OTHER END of the OpenVPN link.
              e.g. at location A, the OpenVPN instance that goes to location C has IPv4 Remote Network 192.168.106.0/24

              I also do not known which client and server screen shot is at location C, B or A - you have not explained the naming convention, "Client A-C" - is that the Client that is setup on A and connects to C, or the client that is setup on C and connects to A?

              As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
              If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                Mando555
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                @phil.davis:

                That ^ - do not put anything in the Advanced box.
                The Local and Remote Network/s boxes do all the work for you.
                Make sure that what is in "IPv4 Remote Network/s" is the IP subnet(s) that are at the OTHER END of the OpenVPN link.
                e.g. at location A, the OpenVPN instance that goes to location C has IPv4 Remote Network 192.168.106.0/24

                I also do not known which client and server screen shot is at location C, B or A - you have not explained the naming convention, "Client A-C" - is that the Client that is setup on A and connects to C, or the client that is setup on C and connects to A?

                Thank you for the reply.

                From the first post there is 3 locations A, B, C with respective subnets shown in the OP.
                A - OpenVPN Server
                B - OpenVPN Server
                C - Client to A Server
                C - Client to B Server

                Each location has a windows server that performs DNS, DHCP, and AD. Each location's AD is it's own forest.

                The remote networks are properly configured inside the server and client. I can reach all the services provided by pfsense and windows severs but I cannot reach any other machines on the network!

                My client is going crazy cause they can't do payroll :( I tried everything I can think of I spent way too many hours on this!

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                I don't know if it's clear but I need to be able to ping/connect to all the machines from A and B at location C.

                i.e. At Location C reach workstation 192.168.1.99 on Location B.
                i.e. At Location C reach workstation 192.168.42.90 on Location A.

                I'm on pfSense 2.1.5.

                Thank you doktornotor and phil.davis!

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                  phil.davis
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                  Good - you must have OpenVPN links working and reasonable firewall rules that are permitting traffic.
                  My guess is that the other systems (e.g. Windows Desktop Clients) have a firewall that is stopping ping from outside their own subnet.
                  Also use "tracert" from on end to the other - then you can see the hops that the data is taking and where it stops.

                  As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                  If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                    Mando555
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                    @phil.davis:

                    Good - you must have OpenVPN links working and reasonable firewall rules that are permitting traffic.
                    My guess is that the other systems (e.g. Windows Desktop Clients) have a firewall that is stopping ping from outside their own subnet.
                    Also use "tracert" from on end to the other - then you can see the hops that the data is taking and where it stops.

                    thank you for the fast response!

                    When I tracert I would get:
                    Gateway [pfsense] -> OpenVPN Tunnel Network -> Dead

                    When i tracert the server I would get:
                    Gateway [pfsense] -> Open VPN Tunnel Network -> 192.168.1.100 [Server]

                    What if I go into pfsense under routing and add a static route for the remote subnet???

                    Firewalls are disabled and the strange thing is from Location B I can reach the terminal at Location A! So firewall I think is unlikely to be the issue.

                    Thank you again for the response it's much appreciated.

                    I have pfsense support credits and opened a ticket hopefully I hear back something soon!

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                    before the tunnel netowrk was 10.220.220.0/30 for example and I changed it to /24 network on both ends. I didn't know if each station at a remote location needs to be able to grab an IP from the tunnel network so I changed it. I restarted the OpenVPN services but I don't think it's necessary as it's site-to-site and pfsense will handle the routing?

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                      Mando555
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                      F*********!!!

                      I did some further testing. There's machines on the same subnet that can't talk to each other! I found some remote subnets that I could talk to! Sh*t I think this means OpenVPN is fine and I have gremlins elsewhere! The two devices I need to connect to are clock in stations with no firewalls which further adds to my confusion. I found one windows 7 machine that I can ping on the remote network.

                      This is from Location C pinging Location A - Win7 Machine

                      C:\Windows\system32>ping 192.168.42.111 Pinging 192.168.42.111 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.42.111: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=126 Reply from 192.168.42.111: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=126 Reply from 192.168.42.111: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=126 Reply from 192.168.42.111: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=126 Ping statistics for 192.168.42.111: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 26ms, Average = 19ms

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        Shut down the Windows firewall censored before doing any testing of any network-related stuff on any Windows box.

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                          Mando555
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                          @doktornotor:

                          Shut down the Windows firewall censored before doing any testing of any network-related stuff on any Windows box.

                          Firewall was on the Location C Windows Server and has been disabled for years at Locations A and B. No change with firewall disabled :'(

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                            Mando555
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                            Ok earlier today I figured out what the issue was!

                            The gateway on the terminals were improperly set. They were set for the Cisco gateway at 192.168.1.254. I changed it and instantly got access. Thanks again for the input!

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                              phil.davis
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                              For future readers, when some devices are reachable on a remote subnet across VPN but others are not, the common problems are:

                              1. The target device has its own Firewall. Often that firewall might allow access by another device directly on the subnet, but not from a remote subnet. Prime offender - Windows ****. Turn off firewall.

                              2. The target device does not have a (correct) gateway set. In that case it can answer directly on its LAN but not to anything off the LAN.

                              3. The target device has the wrong subnet mask - causing it to think the wrong range of IP addresses are local, or to not be able to reach the gateway or…

                              4. The target device is a really stupid print server or whatever that has nowhere in the firmware to even enter a gateway IP. First choice - ditch it. Second choice - NAT out onto that remote LAN so the traffic from the subnet/s on the other end of the tunnel looks like it comes from the local pfSense LAN IP.

                              As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                              If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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