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You can connect a number of devices to pfSense 2.0 using IPsec, most notably Android (Phones and Tablets) and iOS
(iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, etc) devices but anything that is capable of IPsec will typically work.
This document covers the most common setup for mobile devices, which is IPsec using Xauth and a mutual Pre-Shared Key.
This setup has been tested and working on Android 2.3.3 and iOS 4.3.5. Others may work as well, including the actual
software Cisco client.
Contents
1 IPsec Server Setup
1.1 Mobile Clients
1.2 Phase 1 settings
1.3 Phase 2 settings
1.4 User Settings
1.5 Firewall Rules
1.6 IPsec SA Preference
2 Device Setup (Android)
3 Device Setup (iOS)
4 Troubleshooting

IPsec Server Setup

This is the setup for the pfSense side of the connection

Mobile Clients
Check "Enable IPsec Mobile Client Support"
Check "Provide a virtual IP address to clients"

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Check "Provide a virtual IP address to clients"

Enter an unused subnet in the box, pick a subnet mask
Set any other desired options here
Save, apply, create p1 if it doesn't exist.

Phase 1 settings
Authentication method: Mutual PSK + Xauth
Negotiation mode: aggressive
My identifier: My IP address
Peer identfier: User Distinguished Name, vpnusers@example.com
Pre-Shared Key: aaabbbccc
Policy Generation: Unique
Proposal Checking: Strict
Encryption Algorithm: AES 128
Hash Algorithm: SHA1
DH Key Group: 2
Lifetime: 86400
NAT Traversal: Force
Save

Phase 2 settings
Mode: Tunnel
Local Network: (your local network)
Protocol: ESP
Encryption Algorithms: AES 128 *only*
Hash Algorithms: SHA1 *only*
PFS key group: off
Lifetime: 28800
Save, apply

User Settings
Go to System > User Manager
Add a user, grant the user the xauth dialin permission, or add to a group with this permission.
Note that for xauth, the password used is the password for the user, not the "IPsec Pre-Shared Key" field. That is used
for non-xauth IPsec.

Firewall Rules
Don't forget to add firewall rules to pass traffic from clients

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Firewall > Rules, IPsec tab

Add rules that match the traffic you want to allow, or add a rule to pass any protocol/any source/any destination to allow
everything.

IPsec SA Preference
System > Advanced, Miscellaneous tab.
Uncheck "Prefer Old IPsec SA"

Device Setup (Android)

NOTE: These settings are not present on all Android devices. See Android VPN Connectivity for more info.
Settings, Networks & Wireless, VPN Settings, Advanced IPsec VPNs
From there, press the menu button, then add.
Connection Template: PSK v1 (AES, xauth, aggressive)
VPN Name: whatever you want
VPN Server: IP of the server
The phone forces the keyboard to numbers, not sure if a hostname is supported.
Pre-Shared Key Type: text
Pre-Shared Key: PSK from the Phase 1 above
Identity Type: User FQDN
Identity: vpnusers@example.com
Username: your xauth username
Password: your xauth password
Internal Subnet IP: Whatever subnet(s) you specified in p2 above.
Finish

Device Setup (iOS)

Settings > General > Network > VPN
Add VPN Configuration
Click IPsec
Description: whatever you want
Server: IP of the server
Account: your xauth username
Password: your xauth password (or leave blank to be prompted every time)
Group Name: vpnusers@example.com
Secret: PSK from the Phase 1 above

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Troubleshooting
By default iOS will tunnel all traffic over the VPN, including traffic going to the Internet. If you are unable to access Internet
sites once connected, you may need to push a DNS server to the client for it to use, such as the LAN IP address of your
firewall if you have the DNS forwarder enabled, or a public DNS server such as 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4.
The reason for the above is that your 3G provider is likely giving your mobile devices DNS servers that are only accessible
from their network. Once you connect to the VPN the DNS servers are now being accessed via the VPN instead of the 3G
network, and the queries are likely to be dropped. Supplying a local/public DNS server will work around that.

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