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    OpenVPN Access (and RDP Port Forwarding) stopped working from my office.

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      ryguymcs
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      Last week I setup a fresh pfSense install sitting on an ESXi box.  I setup an OpenVPN Server and RDP Port Forwarding for one box on my network, and both have been working flawlessly for the last week.  Yesterday, I was able to hit my RDP box and connect to my LAN via OpenVPN on my iPhone and Laptop.  Today, all access from our corporate intranet fails to connect.

      I can still connect using a guest Wi-Fi network, or over LTE, but not from my employer's workstation.  Nothing changed on my end, and the network logical guys swear that no changes occurred overnight.

      I'm not even sure where to begin troubleshooting this thing since everything works fine off the intranet.  Any thoughts?

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        Not sure why you would have both openvpn and rdp open to the public - if you want to rdp to something why would you not just vpn in and do whatever it is you want to do?

        As to why you can not connect from Location A, but you can from location B – clearly that would point to Location A blocking your traffic.  I find it really odd that a place of work would allow 3389 (remote desktop) directly out their firewall.

        But lets say they did, and still do - what do you get on a traceroute to your pfsense wan IP?  The public IP your trying to connect too... What does your openvpn client say for why it can not connect?

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