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How to configure the custom options in pfSense for OpenVPN to access the LAN

In the Advanced Configuration section of pfSense's OpenVPN, in Custom Options, there's an example to push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0". In my network, my OpenVPN server uses the 10.22.4.0/24 ...
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Has anyone ran a pfsense firewall behind a Starlink dish and successfully deployed OpenVPN?

So I've connected my Netgate pfsense firewall directly to my starlink dish (gen 1 router with round dish) successfully, and have WAN/LAN running smoothly. Port1WAN 192.168. I followed this video and ...
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Is is possible to set up a static IP through Pfsense when user is connecting through OpenVpn?

I'm setting IP based restrictions on our firewall and need to allow certain people to connect even when they are connected through OpenVPN. Is it possible to assign users a static IP?
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How to use push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0" on pfSense

My OpenVPN server has a local IP address 10.21.1.4 (it's on the 10.21.1.0/24 subnet), and uses the 10.21.4.0/24 subnet for the tunnel. What route should I push to grant VPN clients access to the LAN (...
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How to setup remote server name for Openvpn in pfsense

My company runs pfsense 2.3.2-RELEASE as vpn server. All generated Openvpn config file are like this: persist-tun persist-key cipher AES-128-CBC auth SHA1 tls-client client remote 192.168.100.2 1194 ...
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How to have pfSense append an RFC 6238 suffix to client passwords when connecting to OpenVPN server?

I want to setup pfSense to bridge two networks using OpenVPN. But due to non-security reasons, and not security reasons, it is required that the user's password have a 6-digit suffix (that follows the ...
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pfSense and OpenVPN client but traffic exits through the WAN interface

My goal is to have my internal network traffic go out to the internet through a VPN tunnel. I checked all previous questions but none of them had the same problem as I am facing, and none of the ...
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Trying to understand my level of privacy with a VPN in play, but also routing DNS directly to root servers

When I run a http://dnschecks.tools I get the following: Given I'm using pfSense with Unbound and OpenVPN, I'm doing my own DNS queries to the root servers. The IP listed on IPXO is my VPN IP, and on ...
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Routing Traffic from OpenVPN Server -> Local Network -> OpenVPN Client

So I have a PFsense box running on my home network. I set up PIA as the a VPN client using this tutorial found here as well as a helpdesk article from PIA themselves. After getting that all setup I ...
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How to connect OpenVPN clients to a LAN network with 2 default gateways

I am currently doing a test for our OpenVPN setup through Pfsense, we have 2 Pfsense running on the network, For the default gateway of the LAN Network as Main Firewall. For the OpenVPN Clients as a ...
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I've setup NordVPN via OpenVPN config on my pfSense router, but it will not connect

I've setup NordVPN via OpenVPN config on my pfSense router, but it will not connect. I followed this how-to doc exactly and (TMK) did not miss anything: https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Router/...
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Is my ISP blocking incoming connections to my OpenVPN Server?

I have worked on this for a couple of weeks now, but I don't seem to make progress. I have a hardware pfsense set up as my Internet router, everything works fine except that I can't connect to the ...
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How can I set up a Site-to-site VPN between old and new versions of pfSense?

pfSense makes it quite easy to set up a site-site VPN, using an OpenVPN Server/Client arrangement, as long as the versions of pfSense are broadly the same. But at some point in recent pfSense history (...
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Routing between 2 openvpn servers on a pfsense 2.4.4

I have an openvpn problem with my pfsense and several openvpn servers. The situation is the following: We have two sites, one main site and one branch office There is an openvpn site to site tunnel ...
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Connecting Nintendo Switches over Site-to-Site VPN

I have two sites connected with an OpenVPN tunnel on which I am trying to get two Nintendo Switch devices (one at each site) to see eachother so that they can game as if they're on the same LAN. All ...

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