Openvpn tap uses 99% cpu time

[Vlad GALU]

On 3/14/07, Emile Coetzee <EmileC at clarotech.co.za> wrote:
> Since the latest updates to sys/net/if_tap.c (I suspect) in 6.2-STABLE
> my openvpn tap server is using up all available CPU time (99%)
> effectively killing the box.
>
> I replicated this on a second machine which was about 3 weeks behind
> with a cvsup to the latest from RELENG_6 and after rebuilding the kernel
> it does the same thing.
>
> I have portupgraded openvpn to the latest release (openvpn-2.0.6_7), but
> this had not made any difference. Is anyone else experiencing similar
> problems?
>

   It usually happens when OpenVPN is told to retry connecting to the
remote endpoint and the remote endpoint isn't accessible due to
network conditions. It happens the same even on Windows.


> Regards
> Emile
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