From: Laura Smith <n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp@protonmail.ch>
To: "wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com" <wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com>
Subject: Two small Wireguard frustrations on Mac & Apple iOS
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:34:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <RO0eYtp8TKtVxKltNMcmKXS8FhbJRiFU1fBuG8XmE3h8AtjY2_JlRSw_k29pm-3r70B_3pQHIF1nk252-3wHqVMlnbGbub2GiCU3DN7arLY=@protonmail.ch> (raw)
Hi,
These aren't show-stoppers per-se, but it would be nice to see them fixed and new clients pushed out via the App Store:
(1) MacOS (10.15.6 but also observed on 10.15.5, not tested on anything older)
- Start with WG client in an operational state
- Disconnect network (e.g. if on WiFI, turn off the WiFi in the menu bar)
- Sleep the machine
- Wait- Wake the machine
- Turn on Wifi
- Note that WG client fails to re-establish connectivity (shows connected, but no traffic flows until you deactivate/reactivate WG)
(2) iOS (13.6.1, also observed on 13.6, not tested on anything older)
After a period of time, seems to be a few days to a week, WG seems to deactivate of its own accord (as if some sort of counter was reached or something). This does not appear to be correlated with network connectivity (e.g. I can switch to airplane mode for an extended period of time, then re-enable, and WG remains connected), so its something else in the WG code (either itself or the way it interacts with iOS).
This is all a bit frustrating because you are unknowingly then using an unencrypted connection.
Perhaps WG should consider adding "retry" functionality (OpenVPN client for iOS has such a feature, where you can tell it to retry for a period of time or indefinitely)
Apart from that, WG is great ;-)
Laura
next reply other threads:[~2020-08-27 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-23 18:34 Laura Smith [this message]
2020-08-27 8:29 ` Alexander Burke
2020-09-11 1:08 ` Eddie Jones
2020-09-28 12:59 ` Laura Smith
2020-09-28 13:20 ` Jonny
2020-09-28 13:53 ` Jeff Squyres
[not found] ` <CAPMuNSpqK6BOL4h9zkSNyEO4UJroDDMnU5GJprvAyDeTdXW=kw@mail.gmail.com>
2020-09-28 20:49 ` Dimitri J. Panagiotou
2020-09-30 1:25 ` Jeff Squyres
2020-10-01 1:04 ` Brian Gregory
2020-10-01 11:17 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2020-10-08 14:04 ` Laura Smith
[not found] ` <a473a088-91f8-10bb-7522-67c989c7a052@k8s.local>
2020-09-15 23:29 ` Eddie Jones
2020-10-01 11:14 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2020-10-01 11:23 ` Jasper Knockaert
2020-10-01 11:57 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
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