Openvpn question

[wr250]

i have openvpn running on a bare metal pfsense firewall. accessing internal resources from the internet works fine. no problems setting up users, they all work fine from the internet.
my problem is this:
lan clients cannot connect to openvpn on said pfsense instance. i want to do this to make sure .ovpn files actually work before sending to the person in need of it.

EX:
connecting from 192.168.0.45 always fails with a timeout (i can telnet to the open vpn port and it connects then fails, because , telnet) .

the exact error is " TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
TLS Error: TLS handshake failed"

this has to be something simple i am missing somehow. perhaps a firewall rule?

[wr250]

I’m a little confused by your example. You say you want to make sure the .ovpn files work before sending them out. Good on you. Are you loading them up on a laptop and trying to connect to pfSense from the internal network?

yes thats it

That will likely fail with the error message stated, as when you create the OpenVPN service, you specify which interface to listen on, usually the WAN.

aha thats the issue then. i guess loadign the profiles up on my phone and coming in from the internet via the cell network will have to do.

[wr250]

verizon has not rolled out IPv6 here , yet.