Digi TX54 User Manual page 480

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
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Command line
1. Log into the TX54 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 access the 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:
To create a new OpenVPN client, see
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or Configure an OpenVPN client without using an .ovpn
To edit an existing OpenVPN client, change to the OpenVPN client's node in the
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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 active recovery:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> surelink enable true
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
5. To configure the device to restart the interface when its connection is considered to have
failed:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> surelink restart true
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
This is useful for interfaces that may regain connectivity after restarting, such as a cellular
modem.
6. To configure the device to reboot when the interface is considered to have failed:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> surelink reboot enable
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
7. Set the Interval between connectivity tests:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> surelink interval value
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format
number{w|d|h|m|s}.
For example, to set interval to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s:
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> surelink interval 600s
(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)>
The default is 15 minutes.
TX54 User Guide
Configure an OpenVPN client by using an .ovpn file
file.
OpenVPN
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