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Virtual private networks / Re: Trying to set up a VPN only LAN and DNS doesnt seem to work

« on: August 18, 2022, 11:46:25 am »

Thanks for the suggestions!

I decided to re-do the walkthrough... it is kinda long, and I found where I screwed up.
Step 13, I had the rules in backwards, with the lan <--> lan above the lan <--> nord rule

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Virtual private networks / Trying to set up a VPN only LAN and DNS doesnt seem to work

« on: August 17, 2022, 06:26:03 pm »

Posted this on reddit then realized that's probably not as good as here...

First time using OPNsense and I love the UI- it looks great

From:
https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Router/1292598142/OPNsense-19-1-setup-with-NordVPN.htm

step 9:
Navigate to Services -> Unbound DNS -> General.
[...]
DNS Query Forwarding: check;
[...]

I couldnt find this in General, but found it in it's own section under 
Services -> Unbound DNS ->  Query Forwarding.

when checked, it shows the DNS server IPs that I put in System -> Settings -> General as the nameservers that will be used, but they dont seem to work - I have a connection but cant resolve any names...

on a client on the LAN side, pinging 8.8.8.8 goes through the VPN as expected (confirmed via traceroute output) but ping google.com times out.

The only nameserver specified on the client (/etc/resolv.conf) is the LAN IP of OPNsense.  (maybe I should try setting it to the DNS Nord had in their walkthrough?)

Also, I believe through setting the DNS servers up this way, it will NOT fail over to my WAN's DNS server, is that correct?

Thanks for reading!