On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM Fabian Schwamborn < [email protected]> wrote:
> I think you misunderstood me. Most broadband providers don't offer fixed > IPv4. Due to privacy considerations, even under IPv6 on normal connections, > addresses will always change. (prefix) As soon as an address changes and my > dynamic DNS system registers it, an IPsec or OpenVPN client on my phone can > reconnect. (This happens once a week). > The Wireguard app simply lacks a monitor to see if the IP address has > changed. Therefore a ttl in the DNS was introduced .... (After a registered > loss of the connection - also shown in the log - no DNS request is executed > and the tunnel breaks down permanently.) > > I think the > Yes, I thought you were asking for what you already have setup. My apologies. > se are the most common scenarios with OpenWRT routers ... > > Having a DNS entry does not mean that it always points to a static ip, so > when a tunnel disconnects, the Android-app itself (userspace) should handle > this like many other existing VPN-Clients do by a re-query of the DNS > entry... > > My question is, is there any opinion on such an implementation? Should i > try to implement it into the android app and provide the code? > (Unfortunately i am not a good android app-developer) > This sounds like something the wg-go userspace should support, not the android or ios app ui. > > Am 16.01.2019 um 21:57 schrieb David Cowden: > > You need to setup dns for your home site then use that to connect. Or you > need to synchronize the endpoint out of band. I can't imagine this is > something wg wants to tackle--this is a general problem all software > encounters. > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:52 PM Fabian Schwamborn < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I have a suggestion for improving the Android app or would like to ask if >> such a change would be desirable in general (e.g. pull request): >> >> I'm using Wireguard as a connection between my home router and my mobile >> phone, but unfortunately I don't have a fixed IP address. As soon as the IP >> address changes, the app does not reconnect. (Happens once a week) >> >> Is it possible to integrate a function into the app, that pings through >> the tunnel so that you can perform a keep-alive check and reconnect the >> tunnel completely after a failure (including DNS request)? >> >> Is it conceivable, to implement a DNS-check function in the app? (E.g. >> like the existing example DNS check script for Linux works?) >> >> Then the app would have the same functionality as my previous IP-Sec >> client. This would also allow better coverage of failover IP scenarios. >> >> >> Best Regards >> >> Fabian >> _______________________________________________ >> WireGuard mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/wireguard >> > >
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