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VPN error DPD - ESP

Hello everybody, I have vpn on pcs for connect in headquarter. Sometime, I don' t not why, but tunnel come in error, and error si always the same. I post the image of event error. Depend of what this kind of error? Thanks very much!
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HA
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Hello, Your VPN is configured to use DPD (Dead Peer Dectection). DPD generates keepalive packets at regular interval and wait an answer from the remote peer. If no there' s no answer, the local device tear down the IPSec session. First, check BOTH devices about DPD settings (retry count and retry interval). Even if it' s not recommended you can also try to disable DPD (on both side). Regards, HA
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Fantastic!! Thank you very much!!!
emnoc
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Keep in mind , 9 out of 10 times, DPD is enabled and negoiated during the ipsec setup. I don' t think that' s the reason for the ESP error. DPD is mutual-neg before the ESP SA and with in IKE setup and with the vendor capabilities. Also if the DPD keepalive interval are not set correctly , they can reflect lost of neighborship.

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HA
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Hi, The IPSec Phase2 is going down BECAUSE the DPD fails. It' s written in the log... In fact, some platform, like Checkpoint, doesn' t support DPD. As said before, DPD keepalive timers must be configured correctly... Regards, HA
rsmayer
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Hi... I' m having issues with dial-up vpn connections dropping. You mentioned that " DPD timers must be configured correctly" . Can you please elaborate on that? How would I determine the " correct" settings? My thought would be that setting retry 10 and interval 15, one side or the other would have to miss 10 probes over a 2 1/2 minute time span for dpd to fail. Is that not correct?
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CodeTron
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I'm receiving the same error on DPD, what could be the best setting to eliminate VPN connection dropping

 

Thank you

 

CodeTron
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Where can I change the DPD settings in a Fortigate?

 

Thank you 

BioGlitch

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Where can I change the DPD settings in a Fortigate?

 

Thank you 

Hi CodeTron

 

You can download the ipsec VPN Cookbook from https://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/2802/fortigate-ipsecvpn-54.pdf

 

 

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