OPENVPN reconnection-script ?

[garry13]

Hello guys,

basicly the operation of an openvpn-tunnel using the RT-N66U router with the MERLIN-Firmware is working very good.
The only problem I have is, that my VPN-Provider seems to disconnect after a certain time of no traffic and is not reconnecting in case of connecting to the internet again. I included an "keep 10 60" in the "custom configuration" but this does not seem wo work.
I have to manually set the "service state" in the GUI to "off" and than to set it to "on" again (do a manual reconnect) and than the connection is reestablished and it works again.

Is there any way to do this automatically ?

Thanks Garry

 

[CaptainSTX]

Consider switching VPN providers.

Besides uptime you might see improvements in throughput.

I use StrongVPN run on my router. I have only lost my connection once from their end when they were doing announced system maintenance. The difference from most VPN providers is they assign you a static IP.

From my end I only have to restart the VPN if I reboot the router and I seldom need to do that and the router is plugged into a UPS so power glitches don't inadvertently force restarts.

 

[garry13]

I did some reserarch and I think that the problem is not that the VPN-Provider is disconnecting. I think the problem is, that my Internet-Provider is disconneting between 3 and 4 in the night to give out a new dynamic IP-adress (I do not have a fixed IP). After that the attempts of the openvpn-client to reconnect is failing.
Is there any way, that this problem can be fixed ? For example setting up a cron-job at 4:30 to shutdown and restart the openvpn-client to renew the tunnel ?

Any ideas ? Thanks

Garry

 

[RMerlin]

I did some reserarch and I think that the problem is not that the VPN-Provider is disconnecting. I think the problem is, that my Internet-Provider is disconneting between 3 and 4 in the night to give out a new dynamic IP-adress (I do not have a fixed IP). After that the attempts of the openvpn-client to reconnect is failing.
Is there any way, that this problem can be fixed ? For example setting up a cron-job at 4:30 to shutdown and restart the openvpn-client to renew the tunnel ?

Any ideas ? Thanks

Garry

A cron job could do the job.

service restart_vpnclient1

 

[garry13]

OK, will test it...

 

[garry13]

Works for 3 days now and everythings seems to be good...