I have two OpenVPN servers listening on two different ports. The first one, which the client should try to connect to, is listening on default port 1194 UDP. The second one, used if networks have firewall, is listening on port 443 via TCP. How to configure the client file correctly if: [list=]The client should try the faster 1194 UDP-server first and[/list] [list=]if the port 1194 is blocked switch to server 2 with port 443 over TCP after 5 seconds.[/list] Currently I've added the following two lines to my client config, but the client only switches to server 2 after 2 minutes with error [i]TCP: connect to [AF_INET]SERVERIP:1194 failed: Unknown error[/i] and then connects perfectly to the second server. But this should not take so long ... My current lines in the config: [code]remote serverip1 1194 remote serverip2 443 keepalive 2 6 resolv-retry 2[/code] How to make this timeout shorter?

[url=https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage]--server-poll-timeout[/url] You may like to edit your thread [i]Subject[/i] to reflect the true nature of your issue.

[quote=TinCanTech post_id=82587 time=1543170870 user_id=37053] [url=https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Openvpn24ManPage]--server-poll-timeout[/url] [/quote] Wow, thanks for the fast reponse. You are my hero - works perfectly, thank you! Is there a way to add a "if" in the client config? Example: if IP of the user is "..." then only use second server? Is that possible?

[quote=TinCanTech post_id=82589 time=1543171739 user_id=37053] is --[b]if[/b] in the manual ? [/quote] Doesn't seem to. Title edited.

[Solved] Change server poll (connect) timeout for handover to other server

ThomasScn

I have two OpenVPN servers listening on two different ports. The first one, which the client should try to connect to, is listening on default port 1194 UDP. The second one, used if networks have firewall, is listening on port 443 via TCP.

How to configure the client file correctly if:

The client should try the faster 1194 UDP-server first and

if the port 1194 is blocked switch to server 2 with port 443 over TCP after 5 seconds.

Currently I've added the following two lines to my client config, but the client only switches to server 2 after 2 minutes with error

TCP: connect to [AF_INET]SERVERIP:1194 failed: Unknown error

and then connects perfectly to the second server. But this should not take so long ...

My current lines in the config:

remote serverip1 1194
remote serverip2 443
keepalive 2 6
resolv-retry 2

How to make this timeout shorter?

TinCanTech

--server-poll-timeout

You may like to edit your thread Subject to reflect the true nature of your issue.

ThomasScn

TinCanTech wrote --server-poll-timeout

Wow, thanks for the fast reponse. You are my hero - works perfectly, thank you!

Is there a way to add a "if" in the client config?
Example: if IP of the user is "..." then only use second server? Is that possible?

TinCanTech

is --if in the manual ?

ThomasScn

TinCanTech wrote is --if in the manual ?

Doesn't seem to.

Title edited.