Openvpn client gives up

[nmos]

I'm running an openvpn client on Merlin and I've noticed that if the server end goes away for a while, perhaps due to an internet outage, the client will eventually give up connecting and turn off. I'm running Merlin 386.7. Is there any way to tell it to just keep trying indefinitely?

 

[Viktor Jaep]

I'm running an openvpn client on Merlin and I've noticed that if the server end goes away for a while, perhaps due to an internet outage, the client will eventually give up connecting and turn off. I'm running Merlin 386.7. Is there any way to tell it to just keep trying indefinitely?

I used to have that problem too... which is why I wrote VPNMON-R2... Give that a shot - it will solve this issue.

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[nmos]

I used to have that problem too... which is why I wrote VPNMON-R2... Give that a shot - it will solve this issue.

VPNMON - VPNMON-R2 v2.52 -Mar 27, 2023- Monitor your VPN connection's Health (Thread locked/closed)

v2.52 - Now with even more SuperRandom(tm) goodness!! Updated March 27, 2023 Executive Summary: VPNMON-R2 is an all-in-one script that works for any VPN service of your choice, but is optimized for NordVPN, SurfShark VPN, WeVPN and Perfect Privacy VPN services. It can also compliment @JackYaz's...

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Thanks! That looks really useful. Is there any way to make it run automatically at boot?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Is there any way to tell it to just keep trying indefinitely?

Have you tried setting "Connection Retry attempts" to "0 for infinite"?

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Thanks! That looks really useful. Is there any way to make it run automatically at boot?

Yep... I've got some guidance on how to implement that in this post here:

VPNMON - VPNMON-R2 v2.52 -Mar 27, 2023- Monitor your VPN connection's Health (Thread locked/closed)

v2.52 - Now with even more SuperRandom(tm) goodness!! Updated March 27, 2023 Executive Summary: VPNMON-R2 is an all-in-one script that works for any VPN service of your choice, but is optimized for NordVPN, SurfShark VPN, WeVPN and Perfect Privacy VPN services. It can also compliment @JackYaz's...

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[Viktor Jaep]

Have you tried setting "Connection Retry attempts" to "0 for infinite"?

That works for a temporary outage... but back in the heyday, I've had my vpn connection down for days until I realized that it wasn't even connected, and retrying constantly... which is why I needed something to automatically figure out how to connect to some other slot.

 

[nmos]

Have you tried setting "Connection Retry attempts" to "0 for infinite"?

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.

 

[nmos]

That works for some temporary outage... but back in the heyday, I've had my vpn connection down for days until I realized that it wasn't even connected, and retrying constantly... which is why I needed something to automatically figure out how to connect to some other slot.

In my case this is a site to site link so if the server end goes down then I just want to be able to fix that and trust that the remote sites will reconnect without me having to intervene.

 

[nmos]

BTW, do the openvpn client settings in the UI override the settings in the .ovpn file?

 

[Viktor Jaep]

BTW, do the openvpn client settings in the UI override the settings in the .ovpn file?

Yes, whatever you add after you've imported the .ovpn file gets overridden.

 

[nmos]

Yes, whatever you add after you've imported the .ovpn file gets overridden.

Thanks!