Uploaded in this post is a script file vpn.sh.txt.
(.txt extension so uploader would let me upload.)
The file has instructions on even how to put it onto your Astaro device through the Terminal.
This script makes it a bit more human friendly to manage and monitor the IPSec VPN connections. But the BEST thing is this: I've had problems with 1 or 2 (out of 30) VPN connections that would go down and stay down until I manually reset them. So one thing this script can do is "monitor" a specific connection and automatically reset it if it detects that it is down.
Quite annoying and may or may not be related to Astaro.. threads seem to try to point fingers at certain types of Cisco routers.
Anyway, because the Astaro router is so brilliantly deployed on a Linux system, that allows Linux folks to fix things and make improvements without having to wait for or get denied by Support.
In order to do this, you have to SSH into the router and then log into the 'root' account. Doing this will certainly not be supported by their support, however I have had very little that is actually supported from them so doing it by utilizing Linux itself is much more supportable on the Internet. I feel it is almost a crime to provide this router on Linux and start closing down those doors if they choose to do it. Instead of providing means for Linux experts to customize their Astaro functionality, they create roadblocks to prevent it.
So give this script a shot. I'm using it. I may post updates to any fixes if I find them.
(.txt extension so uploader would let me upload.)
The file has instructions on even how to put it onto your Astaro device through the Terminal.
This script makes it a bit more human friendly to manage and monitor the IPSec VPN connections. But the BEST thing is this: I've had problems with 1 or 2 (out of 30) VPN connections that would go down and stay down until I manually reset them. So one thing this script can do is "monitor" a specific connection and automatically reset it if it detects that it is down.
Quite annoying and may or may not be related to Astaro.. threads seem to try to point fingers at certain types of Cisco routers.
Anyway, because the Astaro router is so brilliantly deployed on a Linux system, that allows Linux folks to fix things and make improvements without having to wait for or get denied by Support.
In order to do this, you have to SSH into the router and then log into the 'root' account. Doing this will certainly not be supported by their support, however I have had very little that is actually supported from them so doing it by utilizing Linux itself is much more supportable on the Internet. I feel it is almost a crime to provide this router on Linux and start closing down those doors if they choose to do it. Instead of providing means for Linux experts to customize their Astaro functionality, they create roadblocks to prevent it.
So give this script a shot. I'm using it. I may post updates to any fixes if I find them.