On 20 Feb 2016 10:03 am, "Steffan Karger" <stef...@karger.me> wrote: > On 20 Feb 2016 9:19 am, "Gert Doering" <g...@greenie.muc.de> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 11:40:28AM +0530, Shubham Chauhan wrote: > > > the --float option seems to be interesting! > > > > > > Help me understand one scenario. > > > If I want to transfer a VPN session from one VPN server to another, keeping > > > the same openvpn process running at the client side, then will the > > > "--float" option help? If not float, then is there any other method? > > > > Floating in TLS client/server mode will only cover clients that move > > to a new IP address (NAT timeout, wifi/3G roaming, ...) > > > > Roaming to a new server needs a full TLS handshake. > > Not just the TLS handshake, but also the OpenVPN handshake to set up IPs, routing, etc. OpenVPN does not support any of that currently, afaik.
Sorry, this wording is a bit confusing. Written on the phone and hit send too quickly. OpenVPN does not support any roaming between servers *while keeping state*. -Steffan
