Connection broken, sometimes

Virtual Private Networks WireGuard
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Hey!

I have a working connection from my laptop to work.

The laptop is kubuntu.

I can connect from home and my phone, connect to internet, rdp and network shares.
And all other wifi’s I have connect to.

But from 1 network, I just get rejected. It is a simple home network, just like the one I have at my own home.

I only get “Connection lost” from the rdp client.

I found on myip.com that this connection have an ipv6 address, and thought “this must be it, I need to abandon ipfire”. But my own home also have ipv6, and here it works.

This lets me have hope to stay on ipfire, but also leave me with no clue how to get further.

Where do I start troubleshooting?

Best regards
Danjel

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Hi Danjel,

One thing worth checking is whether that network is IPv6-only. Most places that use IPv6 still offer IPv4 as well, but if this one doesn’t, your connection won’t work with IPFire.

Cheers,
A G

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Hi,

Sometimes, when I try to connect with WireGuard, no connection is established. I have to remotely access the IPFire console (I have a rule on port 444) and disable/enable the WireGuard client that isn’t connecting. After that, it works until the next time, when I have to do the same thing.

Bye.

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Hi Adam, is there a way to check this?

The ISP claim that they have dual stack….

:slight_smile:

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THX Roberto.

I will try this next time I have the issue, but if it’s a server side issue it shouldn’t work if I just switch to a connection via my phone. Should it?

Because it does….

:wink:

Danjel

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That sounds like it made the connection and then it lost it.

I would look in the logs of the rdp client and also of the server that you are trying to access to see what messages are present.

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No, nothing works. I can only get it working again by doing what I mentioned. I checked to see if there was a log, but it doesn’t have its own. I thought to myself… selfishly, I’m sure some other user is complaining.

If you tell me where to look, I’ll check it next time I’m here.

Thanks anyway!

Bye.

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Hi Roberto, where is that feedback from as I can’t find it in this thread?

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IPFire really loses it’s spark with ipv6. Please, add support for ipv6 to IPFire. I know it’s a herculean task but it must be done sooner rather than later because later may well be too late to matter.

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I’m sure everyone agrees with you. Including the developers, but the resources must be available. I stay as long as I can and donate every now and then.

BTW: I had a thought that I need to test next time I have the issue and will return. If I’m correct it may not be ipv6 related at all :wink:

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Hi,

Well, without having any data, I don’t think it’s related to IPv6, since, as I mentioned, in my case, it’s temporarily resolved by disabling and re-enabling the client. It’s as if the connection gets stuck.

What I don’t know is what to look for when this happens.

Bye.