Why does my VPN client disconnect after 2-3 minutes of inactivity?
Articles and Tips: qna
30 Sep 2004
Q.
Why does my VPN client disconnect after 2-3 minutes of inactivity even with the automatic "keep alive" enabled? My VPN client is behind a NAT router and using IKE (skip works fine). We're getting disconnected after 2-3 minutes from last traffic sent to the server.
A.
Currently, you can run a ping from the VPN client to an internal host to keep the UPD connection valid. Engineering is aware of this issue.
* Originally published in Novell Connection Magazine
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