Ipsec die when no client is in the network

[l123456]

I setup site2site ipsec vpn and whenever end of day when all client are shutdown ipsec vpn down too.
Is this normal or is there any miss configuration ?
Is it possible to make it live even no client is connected ?

[jimp]

IPsec will connect a tunnel when traffic tries to use the tunnel. The tunnel will remain connected until the Phase 1 or Phase 2 lifetime expires. If there is still traffic, then it will renegotiate at that time.

If you wish it to remain active, fill in the "Automatically Ping IP" setting in Phase 2 with an IP address in the far side of the tunnel.

[l123456]

Thanks jimp for your reply.

Will try.

[l123456]

But the thing is when I try to ping from the pfsense box to central there is no response.
So what shoould i ping in this case ?
Why I couldn't ping from server to server ?
Any misconfiguration ?
Appreciate if you can help.

[P3R]

@l123456:

So what shoould i ping in this case ?

I usually ping the LAN interface address of the remote box.

Why I couldn't ping from server to server ?

I'd think it is because something in your configuration prevents it.