Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
OpenVPN
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4. Enable active recovery:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor enable true
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
5. To configure the device to restart the interface when its connection is considered to have
failed:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor restart
true
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
This is useful for interfaces that may regain connectivity after restarting, such as a cellular
modem.
6. To configure the device to reboot when the interface is considered to have failed:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor reboot
enable
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
7. Set the
Interval
between connectivity tests:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor interval
value
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
where
value
is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format
number
{
w|d|h|m|s
}.
For example, to set
interval
to ten minutes, enter either
10m
or
600s
:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor interval
600s
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
The default is 15 minutes.
8. Determine whether the interface should fail over based on the failure of one of the test
targets, or all of the test targets:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor success_
condition
value
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
Where
value
is either
one
or
all
.
9. Set the number of probe attempts before the WAN is considered to have failed:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> connection_monitor attempts
num
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
The default is
3
.
10. Set the amount of time that the device should wait for a response to a probe attempt before
considering it to have failed:
