> Ah so it was just wg0 that you cant do this for?

There is only wg0 for the standard WG configuration.

Not sure what you are asking.

Lonnie


> On May 23, 2021, at 8:25 PM, Michael Knill 
> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Ah so it was just wg0 that you cant do this for?
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill
> 
> On 24/5/21, 9:31 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On May 23, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Michael Knill 
>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Just thinking about it, I don't think I ever tried a Reload as I thought a 
>> Restart would effectively do the same thing. Interesting that it appears to 
>> not be the case.
> 
>    "Restart" always works, destroys wg0 and builds it again, restarts the 
> firewall, etc., but effects active WG tunnels and some may stall for 20 
> seconds during the process.
> 
>    "Reload" is optimized to not effect active WG tunnels and only apply 
> add/remove/edits to the peers.  Very quick.
> 
> 
>> PS is there anything I can do to restart a NIC e.g. drop link and bring up 
>> again? I have had some issues with Wireguard when behind a firewall that 
>> this fixes, albeit possibly breaking other things?
>> Note the problem is actually the firewall not Wireguard and dropping the 
>> link clears the firewall translation table so it then works.
> 
>    Example: toggle "eth0" link
>    --
>    ip link set dev eth0 down
>    sleep 4
>    ip link set dev eth0 up
>    --
>    Test to make sure it works as expected.
> 
>    In AstLinux pulling the network cable and re-inserting it should always 
> work, the above should do the same from inside.
> 
> 
>    Lonnie
> 
> 
> 
>> Regards
>> Michael Knill
>> 
>> On 24/5/21, 7:42 am, "Michael Knill" <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>   Thanks Lonnie. I will test this next time
>> 
>>   Regards
>>   Michael Knill
>> 
>>   On 23/5/21, 10:29 pm, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
>> 
>>       Hi Michael,
>> 
>>       There is a discussion over on the WireGuard mailing list [1], with a 
>> similar situation as you describe.
>> 
>>       A reporter suggests the equivalent of AstLinux "Reload WireGuard VPN" 
>> (not Restart) fixes things.  Though it would seem a DNS endpoint was 
>> changing and causing loss of WG connection in the [1] discussion.  Not 
>> exactly the same as you describe.
>> 
>>       Bottom line, to answer your question, it is always "safe" to issue 
>> "Reload WireGuard VPN" via the web interface and not disrupt any active WG 
>> connections.  Or from the command line:
>>       --
>>       service wireguard reload
>>       --
>> 
>>       Again, NEVER do:
>>       --
>>       service network restart
>>       -- and/or --
>>       ip link set dev wg0 down && ip link set dev wg0 up
>>       --
>>       as that will cause problems only a reboot can fix.
>> 
>> 
>>       Back to your issue, I would take David Kerr's advice and add 
>> "PersistentKeepalive = 25" to the troublesome peer and see if that makes a 
>> difference.
>> 
>> 
>>       Lonnie
>> 
>>       [1] https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2021-May/006761.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 18, 2021, at 4:27 PM, Michael Knill 
>>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hmm same problem again with two of my sites.
>>> Only one of the two Wireguard VPN's are down. I have tried the following:
>>> arno-iptables-firewall restart
>>> service network restart
>>> pppoe-restart
>>> ip link set dev wg0 down & ip link set dev wg0 up
>>> 
>>> All to no avail. Any other ideas before I reboot?
>>> PS there is no failover configured for this site so I don't think MTU is 
>>> the issue.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Michael Knill
>>> 
>>> On 20/3/21, 2:09 pm, "Michael Knill" <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks. Guess I will need to test it out.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Michael Knill
>>> 
>>> On 20/3/21, 2:03 pm, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>     While playing with the WG MTU, it seemed to work with only setting one 
>>> end and the tunnel used the smallest, but I played it safe and set 
>>> everything to 1340.
>>> 
>>>     It would be good to know what the precise answer is.
>>> 
>>>     Lonnie
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 9:57 PM, Michael Knill 
>>>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Lonnie.
>>>> 
>>>> PS I was just thinking (dangerous I know). I would need to set it on both 
>>>> ends so do you think there would there be any issues with different MTU's 
>>>> at each end?
>>>> Ultimately it would be the same eventually but there would be a migration 
>>>> period.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Michael Knill
>>>> 
>>>> On 20/3/21, 1:41 pm, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I haven't seen any issues with a WG MTU of 1340, yet anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> Lonnie
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 9:29 PM, Michael Knill 
>>>>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks Lonnie
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hmm that may have something to do with it. Might also be when it fails 
>>>>> over to 4G.
>>>>> As most of my VPN's carry voice only, I think a standard MTU of 1340 for 
>>>>> all my systems should be fine. What do you think?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Michael Knill
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 20/3/21, 10:40 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have not experienced anything like that, WireGuard connectivity is rock 
>>>>> solid for me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't recall later WireGuard versions having any fixes for what you are 
>>>>> describing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just guessing, the standard MTU for WG is 1420 (1500-80), if you have a 
>>>>> PPPoE connection with a MTU of 1492 you might try setting the WG MTU to 
>>>>> 1412 (1500-8-80) or lower to test.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm testing a 4G-LTE/5G fixed wireless internet service from T-Mobile, 
>>>>> they use Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) for IPv4 which lowers the MTU to 1420 
>>>>> (just like WG) so WG needs a MTU setting of 1340 to work over the CGNAT 
>>>>> or else it hangs.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lonnie
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 3:42 PM, Michael Knill 
>>>>>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Group
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this. I'm on 1.3.10 and all my 
>>>>>> systems connect via Wireguard VPN to both my softswitches.
>>>>>> Its generally all pretty stable but occasionally one of the VPN’s will 
>>>>>> be disconnected and I have tried everything I can think of to bring it 
>>>>>> back up but only a reboot has managed to do so at this stage.
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Michael Knill
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