Re: [Openvpn-users] i want to start the tunnel if the Network goes down or DSL IP Address Changes on one of the machine?

[Kristof H. <kri...@ca...>]

System wrote:

> One of the box (redhat 9.0 box2) is on a DSL connection so the IP Address is
> Dynamic or changes frequently.
> i want to start the tunnel if the Network goes down or DSL IP Address
> Changes on this machine?
> Any help will be appreciated.

In other words, you want the tunnnel to be up as much as possible?
First of all you need dynamic dns on at least 1 of the machines.. try 
www.dyndns.org or a similar service. (you can find lots of info there 
concerning the setup etc..)

This is the standard openvpn config file I use: (between 1 or 2 dsl 
accounts)

######### START
dev tun0
remote <dyndnsname>             # Fill in your dyndns name
ifconfig localip remoteip
up /etc/openvpn/openvpn.up	# routing
secret /etc/openvpn/openvpn.key	# secret keyfile
comp-lzo			# use compression
# dynamic ip specific settings
resolv-retry 2592000		# 1 month
ping 15
ping-restart 40
float
#
verb 5
######### END


g'luck,

Kristof.