Re: [Openvpn-users] client seeking server...

[Nik <openvpn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Yonan wrote:

> > > No, the behaviour makes sense -- if you use --persist-remote-ip you are
> > > telling OpenVPN to reuse its current remote IP on restart.
> >
> > Except in this case, there is no current remote ip, because the client 
> > hasn't managed to connect yet.
>
>
> In this context, the current remote IP is the most recent address which
> was tried, not the last address which succeeded.
>
> James

I'm probably missing something obvious here, but what situation does 
this behaviour benefit? Effectively, --persist-remote-ip disables all 
but the first --remote parameter. Is this the most useful behaviour?

I guess what I'm asking is: is the current behaviour the intended 
result, or more the side-effect of combining two otherwise unrelated 
options?

If the former, then my solution would be the creation of a new option 
that causes the client to retry the most recent connection on disconnect 
before continuing, or restarting, the search.

If the latter, then my solution would be the modification of the 
behaviour when these options are combined.

At this stage, I'm not asking or demanding that anyone actually do this 
work. I am happy to look at the code to see if I can do this myself. 
However, it would be best if I knew the most useful avenue to 
investigate before I start.

Thanks again for your input.

Cheers!
Nik.