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Virusxd512
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How to route specific IP to specific protocol on VPN Tunnel

Hi,

I need to route a whole subnet to specific IP address Via VPN tunnel.

as an example i have subnet of 10.0.0.1/24 and i want to route All RDP traffic to 192.168.20.21 through VPN tunnel.

 (I already have a stable VPN connection between both ends)

 

Thanks!.

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ShawnZA
Contributor II

Is the 10.0.0.0/24 your local subnet?

And is there an existing VPN tunnel or do you also need to create the VPN tunnel?

Virusxd512

@ShawnZA Hi,

I already have a stable VPN connection.

 

Thanks!

ede_pfau

If your VPN is a site-to-site VPN (IPsec of course), the tunnel name already is a virtual interface to which you can route.

Create a new static route (Network>Static Routes), target network=192.168.20.0/24 (or even smaller like 192.168.20.21/32), interface=tunnel_name, gateway=(leave empty).

 

This particular setup works for IPsec VPNs, you don't have to specify a gateway address.

Then you need an outbound policy from LAN to tunnel, and of course the same on the other side.

 

Note that you cannot route just RDP traffic to the tunnel, and other traffic elsewhere. Wouldn't make much sense anyway.

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rwpatterson
Valued Contributor III

Could this not be done with a policy route?

 

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ede_pfau

@Bob,

 

if you can determine the route just by looking at the destination address, use a regular route. If you need other information, like source address or interface, use a Policy Based Route.

I personally don't like PBRs much although this is better supported in FOS v6 than before (CLI only). For instance, there is no indication in the Routing Monitor that a PBR is in place. Might cost a lot of time until you realize if you haven't set it up yourself.

 

So, yes, a PBR would do the job as it is a 'super set' of regular routing.

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