Router problems
When I am at my empoyers office, I usually open a VPN to my home network, so I can access mail directly into Outlook, combining the connection with the working environment – and it offers secure access to the servers.
Last Monday, after a required reboot of my laptop without disconnecting the VPN before, I could no longer setup a VPN connection: the credentials are incorrect (I’m sure they are!) of the VPN server could not be contacted. Even worse, access to the web-interface failed as well, the server could not be contacted. But incoming and outgoing internet traffic: mail and web, is not effected….
That evening I checked, but I could not access the router, be it by wifi of fixed line. The only way was to switch it off and on. This gives a window of a few minutes – up to 7, it seems – to access the administration pages; I opened ‘online status’ that is refereshed every 5 seconds or so; this works for a few minutes and all of sudden, the connection can no longer be established.
At home, I cannot establish a VPN session so there is no way to find out if that works….
Another problem – likely to be related – is that VoIP will fail as well. It depends on the socket, it seems. On the second port, I tried to call the supplier of the router, but as soon as a connection was established, the line was set to occupied…However, calling using my cellphone, I could explain my problem. I have been sent an update of the router software, but I still need to install it.
Just a few minutes ago, I learned that the other – normal – socket experiences the same problem: the connection is cut off after a minute or so….
Time to install the update and hope it solves the problems. Otherwise, I will have to install the Fritzbox again…..
More updates to come
If time permits tomorrow, Diana will be update to VMS 8.4 and latest update as well. Next action could well be that PHP and WordPress are updated next. It will mean the site will be off-line for some time
What goes on behind the doors of the (private) data center