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OpenVPN Client not reconnecting when server goes away RT-AC88U

brockpnew

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I know this device is EOL. It's running the latest asus firmware available from last year. I'm using it for some testing but I noticed the Open VPN client will give up trying to reconnect if the server (AX88U running Merlin) goes away for any period of time.

It just stops printing stuff to /tmp/syslog.txt and the UI still shows connected but it's not and never retires. It requires a 'disconnect/reconnect' to get it to connect back up.

I have added to the server config:

explicit-exit-notify 1
keepalive 15 60

Stock clients running on AWS VM's work just fine, it's just this one router and it more bugs me than anything. I searched but I didn't find any threads about the OVPN client being buggy so I wonder if I configured something weird.
 
IIRC with stock firmware your VPN client options are limited. On Merlin you can set the client's number of "Connection Retry attempts" to infinite instead of 15.
 

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