OpenVPN connectivity issues

[petterolsson]

Hi guys,

I just noticed that my OpenVPN clients will disconnect randomly (But all at once). Seems to have started about 1 week ago.

The only thing I have been able find in the logs is this:

Fri Jun 8 11:21:09 2012 ec2-linux-3/1.2.3.4:34963 58 variation(s) on previous 20 message(s) suppressed by --mute
Fri Jun 8 11:21:09 2012 ec2-linux-3/1.2.3.4:34963 [ec2-linux-3] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), restarting
Fri Jun 8 11:21:11 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:15 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:17 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:18 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:22 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:28 2012 ec2-linux-2/1.2.3.4:57957 [ec2-linux-2] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), restarting
Fri Jun 8 11:21:28 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:28 2012 read UDPv4 [ECONNREFUSED]: Connection refused (code=111)
Fri Jun 8 11:21:32 2012 ec2-linux-4/1.2.3.4:60317 [ec2-linux-4] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), restarting
Fri Jun 8 11:21:38 2012 ec2-linux-1/1.2.3.4:45582 [ec2-linux-1] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), restarting

Anyone have any ideas on what might be happening or what information I need to log to find out what is going on here?

FYI: I have static IP.

Thanks
Petter

[hlarsen]

are they disconnecting when you're inside OpenVPN saving changes?

[bhackbarth]

Do you have any un-used interfaces with their config type set to Dynamic? If so, change them to static. Are these site clients or soft clients?

[sky-knight]

That's been fixed.

[bhackbarth]

Ah. It's still in the FAQ in the wiki so I was unaware of that. Thanks sky-night!

[dmorris]

doh. removed from FAQ. thanks for heads up.