[plug] Routing... through VPN

Bernd Felsche bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au
Tue Aug 3 10:14:17 WST 2004


I have a VPN tunnel (OpenVPN) working between two sites but have a
small problem with routing out from one site to another, through the
tunnel.

In order to facilitate the VPN in addition to a real private
network, I've overlaid a new set of private IP addresses for key
hosts, so the topology looks something like this:

+-----------------+        +-----------------+
|    Server A     |  LAN   | Firewall A      |
| VPN 10.0.9.1    |--------| VPN 10.0.9.9    |
| LAN 192.168.9.1 |        | LAN 192.168.9.9 |
+-----------------+        | TUN 10.1.0.9    |
  |                        +-----------------+
  | LAN                            ||
  |                                || Internet
[Cisco]                            ||
      |                    +-----------------+
      | Frame Relay        | Firewall+Serv B |
[Cisco]                    | VPN 10.0.8.1    |
     |               LAN   | LAN 192.168.8.1 |
     +---------------------| TUN 10.1.0.8    |
                           +-----------------+

Firewall A is the default gateway for Server A
IP forwarding is ON at Firewall A.

I can ping, ssh, etc to Firewall A's VPN address from Firewall B.
I can ping, ssh, etc to Server A's VPN address from Firewall B.
I can ping, ssh, etc to Firewall B's VPN address from Firewall A.

Problem:
I can't ping Firewall B's VPN or TUN address from Server A.
A traceroute stops at Firewall A.

Routing on Firewall A is essentially a mirror of that on Firewall B.

What could I have missed?

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