Ok so, dipping my toe with pfsense, i have hit a wall with how to finish up my project.
I followed PIAs guide to get their VPN up on my network ( Don’t like Comcast and they can eat dirt with selling my data)
Pfblocker installed, and let it at its defaults
So but I also would like to have a OpenVPN server running so I can connect home to enjoy Adblock on my phone and access my open media vault when not at home. WHen I just set up the server through the wizard. it works but the entire network has no outside connection.
Also plex remote access.
If anyone follows a blog or knows a semi current YouTube video, I would appreciate it.
I just do not know enough to properly search for a solution.
Thanks in advance
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I used that one, and there is probably an extra step i need to do, as when i do this. I can connect to my home network through the vpn, but my entire home network can not get outside.
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Welcome to the forum.
Does OpenVPN work on your pfSense box with PIA’s VPN disabled? Not sure if such a setup would work. I see a problem in that, you are sending traffic to your home IP, but being behind a VPN, your pfSense box replies via PIA’s gateway and you are getting a response from a different IP, thus the reply packets from your openvpn server get dropped.
I heard some VPN Service Providers (VSP) allow some form of port-forwarding on their service, so that you could try connecting to your OpenVPN server via their IP. Such a setup could work, but not sure about your current setup and if PIA has such a service. If all you care about is your ISP spying on you, you could use Linode to make your own VPN and avoid the hassle with using one account with a VSP. A VPS like Linode has some other nice features, but if you care about geo-restrictions, this is the only reason I would use a VSP.
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naw it was me, li deleted the server and ran the wizard again, as per the video. It worked just gotta get some fine tuning.
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if any one else lands here from google
this works for plex, or well any port you want to bypass the vpn
nvm I can not post links
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um, anyone have an idea why when I create my open vpn server, when i am at work, all my traffic isnt being tunneled back through my home network?
IP address and DNS show I am not using my home networks
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