OpenVPN server seems to fall asleep
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Hello,
basically my OpenVPN server is working - except that it seems to fall asleep. Every day I need 4-5 connect retries until I get a working connection. After this procedure, I can disconnect and reconnect as often I want. Next day, I need those retries to wake it up. Is this known problem?
Here are the server's logs:
Apr 3 17:00:39 openvpn[489]: TCP connection established with xxx.xx.xxx.x:38499 Apr 3 17:00:39 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:00:39 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote: xxx.xx.xxx.x:38499 Apr 3 17:00:50 openvpn[489]: Peer Connection Initiated with xxx.xx.xxx.x:38499 Apr 3 17:00:50 openvpn[489]: Connection reset, restarting [0] Apr 3 17:00:50 openvpn[489]: SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting Apr 3 17:00:51 openvpn[489]: Re-using pre-shared static key Apr 3 17:00:51 openvpn[489]: LZO compression initialized Apr 3 17:00:51 openvpn[489]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0 Apr 3 17:00:51 openvpn[489]: Listening for incoming TCP connection on [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:00:52 openvpn[489]: TCP connection established with xxx.xx.xxx.x:38259 Apr 3 17:00:52 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:00:52 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote: xxx.xx.xxx.x:38259 Apr 3 17:00:52 openvpn[489]: Connection reset, restarting [0] Apr 3 17:00:52 openvpn[489]: SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting Apr 3 17:00:53 openvpn[489]: Re-using pre-shared static key Apr 3 17:00:53 openvpn[489]: LZO compression initialized Apr 3 17:00:53 openvpn[489]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0 Apr 3 17:00:53 openvpn[489]: Listening for incoming TCP connection on [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:01:06 openvpn[489]: TCP connection established with xxx.xx.xxx.x:19176 Apr 3 17:01:06 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:01:06 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote: xxx.xx.xxx.x:19176 Apr 3 17:01:06 openvpn[489]: Connection reset, restarting [0] Apr 3 17:01:06 openvpn[489]: SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting Apr 3 17:01:07 openvpn[489]: Re-using pre-shared static key Apr 3 17:01:07 openvpn[489]: LZO compression initialized Apr 3 17:01:07 openvpn[489]: Preserving previous TUN/TAP instance: tun0 Apr 3 17:01:07 openvpn[489]: Listening for incoming TCP connection on [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:01:45 openvpn[489]: TCP connection established with xxx.xx.xxx.x:39824 Apr 3 17:01:45 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link local (bound): [undef]:443 Apr 3 17:01:45 openvpn[489]: TCPv4_SERVER link remote: xxx.xx.xxx.x:39824 Apr 3 17:01:55 openvpn[489]: Peer Connection Initiated with xxx.xx.xxx.x:39824 Apr 3 17:01:56 openvpn[489]: Initialization Sequence Completed -
Hello Micha,
Your issue seems very similar to mine. See the thread below.
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,15300.0.html
So far, I have not been able to resolve the issue. However, I have made a similar discovery. I had a terminal ping going in a session for 36 hours. Once the tunnel is up it seems to be very stable. I too have to attempt multiple times. However, I did notice that while that one connection was active, I was much more likely to be able to establish a connection from another client on the first try.
I know that this information will not help you as such but it may be wise to watch each other's threads to see where things go.
I have actually decided to purchase a support contract and will be opening a case if I cannot figure this out. At this point it seems unlikely that I will resolve myself. I seem to have hit a brick wall due to my level of expertise it seems.
Good luck
Wayne