On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Adam Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Trying to setup GRE tunnel between two pfSense boxes (both running 2.0RC1). > > FW “A” is a single pfSense box. > > FW “B” is a pfSense HA cluster. > > No NAT exists between their WAN interfaces; both have public IP addresses. > > > > On “A”: > > Interfaces→(assign)→GRE, create GRE tunnel with > > Parent: WAN > > Remote: B’s WAN VIP > > GRE local: 10.0.0.1 > > GRE remote: 10.0.0.2/24 > > Interfaces→(assign)→Interface assignments, > > Created OPT1 on GRE > > Interaces→OPT1 > > Type: static
Just put type none here and that is all you need. > > MAC/MTU/MSS: blank > > IP Address: 10.0.0.1/24 > > Gateway: none > > Private network blocking: both OFF > > Firewall→Rules→OPT1 > > Create new allow-all rule for testing. > > > > On “B”, almost the same thing except the Parent interface is WAN VIP and the > GRE local/remote #s are reverse. OPT1 is configured as 10.0.0.2/24. > > > > With the GRE tunnel created but OPT1 not yet assigned an IP address, > netstat(1) shows a local link route for 10.0.0.1 & 10.0.0.2. After I create > OPT1 and assign it an IP address, the route vanishes! > > > > Am I doing something really obviously wrong here? > > > > (I’m trying to use GRE so I can run a routing protocol; apparently OSPF and > IPSec tunnels don’t really work together in pfSense.) > > > > Thanks, > > -Adam Thompson > > [email protected] > > -- Ermal
