So I've been banging my head against the pfSense wall again
I've updated my server recently, on the old server I had a VPN running, so I could access the network, and my brother could. My need was simply to know I had a secure connection when away on my phone or Android tablet and I've been using OpenVPN for that on my pfSense box. My brothers was that he would use my server as an off site backup - I have a NAS at his house for the same reason.
So as i have pfSense and OpenVPN I thought I'd just add him to that and he could then VPN in and access the server, but I'd forgotten that OpenVPN dumps you on a different network range - really what is the point of that?? Surely the main reasons for connecting back to a home network via VPN is A) You can use a connection you trust, and B) to access items on the network. A works fine, B is an epic fail.
So after much Googling I discover that OpenVPN is setup to use TUN, and I need to set it up to use TAP, after following
this guide here and the one linked to in that guide I get precisely no where, well over two hours wasted.
I also discover that the rather smart looking and easy to use OpenVPN Connect windows app doesn't support TAP (neither does the Android App), you have to use some horrible piece of software that is truly awful on Windows, the community edition, which seems to randomly close the window when you're trying to read the countless error messages highlighted in red. It would also automatically load the config stored in the user directory and crash every time I opened it until I deleted that config. Eventually it seemed to connect, but never got an IP address. A truly awful experience.
Rant over
So is it possible to use Open VPN in TUN mode, but bridge my LAN 192.168.0.x to Open VPN's range which is 10.0.1.x? That way I can still use the official OpenVPN android app, and we could use the Open VPN Connect app on Windows?
My server has two network sockets, I connected the second and gave it an IP of 10.0.1.254, wasn't sure what to set the gateway to and I got warnings, so left it blank, but it wasn't accessible from the laptop connected via the VPN.
Could I setup two OpenVPN servers on pfSense one for Android access via TUN, and another using TAP, presuming I can get it working?
Alternatively I could just buy a Draytek router, and get rid of pfSense, it really is too complicated for me, guides get out dated quickly, and there's just to much information out there, much of it is out dated, so its difficult to find what I need.