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turipriv
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August 5, 2025
Question

Remote VPN User does not receive split tunnel routes

  • August 5, 2025
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Greetings everyone,

I manage a site using several client-to-site IPSec VPNs to allow suppliers' remote connection.

 

The standard configuration of the tunnels is as follows:

 

 - IKEv2 with PSK

 - RADIUS Authentication via Microsoft NPS and MFA through FortiToken Mobile

 - Specific PeerID in Phase1

 - Client receiving IP Address via ModeConfig with IPv4 split tunnel configured

 

I am currently facing a puzzling situation with one supplier who can successfully establish the VPN connection, but does not receive the static routes based on the split tunnel configured firewall-side.

All other colleagues using the same tunnel are working fine and receiving the appropriate routes; this particular one receives instead a default route.

 

The client configuration has been reviewed repeatedly. To avoid any possible bias, the client has also been installed anew and configured from scratch.

Set-up has been tested with Forticlient 7.4.0 and 7.4.3 (currently installed) with no success.

Fortigate is running 7.6.3 FortiOS.

Any suggestions as to why this might happen and how to further troubleshoot this are extremely appreciated.

1 reply

funkylicious
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SuperUser
August 5, 2025
"jack of all trades, master of none"
turipriv
turiprivAuthor
Explorer
August 5, 2025

I will try it tomorrow with the customer, thank you.