Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
OpenVPN
IX20 User Guide
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n
HTTP test HTTP test (IPv6)
: Tests connectivity by sending an HTTP or HTTPS GET
request to the URL specified in
Web servers
. The URL should take the format of
http[s]://
hostname
/[
path
]
.
n
Test DNS servers configured for this interface
or
Test DNS servers configured
for this interface (IPv6)
: Tests connectivity by sending a DNS query to the DNS
servers configured for this interface.
n
Test the interface status
or
Test the interface status IPv6
: The interface is
considered to be down based on:
l
Down time
: The amount of time that the interface can be down before this test
is considered to have failed.
Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and
take the format
number
{
w|d|h|m|s
}.
For example, to set
Down time
to ten minutes, enter
10m
or
600s
.
The default is 60 seconds.
l
Initial connection time
: The amount of time to wait for an initial connection to
the interface before this test is considered to have failed.
Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and
take the format
number
{
w|d|h|m|s
}.
For example, to set
Initial connection time
to ten minutes, enter
10m
or
600s
.
The default is 60 seconds.
14. Click
Apply
to save the configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Log into the IX20 command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an
Access selection
menu
. Type
admin
to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type
config
to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. Create a new OpenVPN client, or edit an existing one:
n
To create a new OpenVPN client, see
Configure an OpenVPN client by using an .ovpn file
or
Configure an OpenVPN client without using an .ovpn file
.
n
To edit an existing OpenVPN client, change to the OpenVPN client's node in the
configuration schema. For example, for an OpenVPN client named
openvpn_client1
,
change to the
openvpn_client1
node in the configuration schema:
(config)> vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
