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Digi TransPort WR Routers User Guide
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Lifetime options
Option Description
OpenVPN Keepalive
Keepalive
Interval
(Seconds)
Specifies the interval at which to send a ping message if no other traffic is sent in
either direction between the OpenVPN client and server. This value is also pushed
to the client. To disable the ping-based keepalive mechanism, set this parameter
to 0.
The default is 30.
Keepalive
Timeout
(Seconds)
Specifies the amount of time at which to restart the OpenVPN tunnel if no traffic is
detected. This value should be five to six times as large as the Keepalive interval.
This value is doubled before it is set on the server. This value is also pushed to the
client. To disable the ping-based keepalive mechanism, set this parameter to 0.
Specify an integer from 0 to 3600. The default is 150.
OpenVPN Renegotiation
Time Until
Tunnel
Renegotiation
(seconds)
Number of seconds before the data channel encryption key is renegotiated. Specify
an integer from 60 to 86400. The default is 3600.
Bytes Until
Tunnel
Renegotiation
Number of bytes sent/received before the data channel encryption key is
renegotiated. To disable data channel encryption key renegotiation, set this
parameter to 0. Specify an integer from 0 to 4000000000. The default is 0.