Yes. Maybe an option that defaults the ping to the tunnel gateway with a switch 
to choose some other IP?

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> On Oct 26, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Morris, Russell <rmor...@rkmorris.us> wrote:
> 
> Agreed! This is what I have done locally also - enter a machine on the server 
> side, and ping it at some interval.
> 
> FYI, this doesn't have to be only the server itself. I use a different 
> machine, to make sure my routes get set up properly also.
> 
> Thanks,
> ... Russell
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 10:18 AM
> To: Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net>
> Cc: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] Topics for today's (Monday, 26th Oct 2015) 
> community meeting
> 
> Regarding the instability of connection in the windows version:  I overcame 
> this long ago (and works well to this date) by building a tiny script that 
> periodically pings the the ovpn gateway (server). If no ping reply then 
> restart the service. Very simple. Perhaps this could be built into the code 
> as an option?
> 
> Best,
> Marvin Adeff
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 2:56 AM, Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
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