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For example, to set Backoff interval to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s.
The default is 300 seconds.
d. Test interface gateway by pingingis used by the Interface gateway Ping test as the
endpoint for traceroute to use to determine the interface gateway. The default is 8.8.8.8,
and should only be changed if this IPaddressis not accessible due to networking issues.
14. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions> Open Console, or log into the IX20
local 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 accessthe 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:
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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.
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To edit an existing OpenVPNclient, change to the OpenVPNclient'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)>
4. Enable SureLink:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> surelink enable true
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
5. By default, the Test DNS serversconfigured for thisinterface test isautomatically
configured and enabled. Thistests communication with DNSservers that are either provided
by DHCP, or statically configured for this interface.
To add additional tests:
a. Add a test:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> add surelink tests end
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1 surelink tests 1)>
b. New tests are enabled by default. To disable:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1 surelink tests 1)> enable
false
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1 surelink tests 1)>