Thanks Manu, Daniel, if you read this page fully and also follow a few of the internal links, you should gain better understanding of this part:
Setting Up the Management Network <https://openwisp.io/docs/24.11/user/vpn.html>, especially the section "Why OpenWISP Needs to Reach Your Devices". I hope this helps. Federico On Wed, 28 May 2025 at 09:20, Manu Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hii, > Yes, your understanding is correct. > > The server attempts to ping the devices using their Management IP. So > in this case, it's the server initiating the ping to the board, not the > other way around. > > Regards, > Manukumar N M > > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM 'Daniel Santos' via OpenWISP < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello! I'm setting up a new openwisp server and my board (which connects >> behind a firewall) is showing as critical with the ping test failing. At >> first I figured the board was pinging the server, but from reading the code >> it seems the other way around. Is my understanding correct then? That this >> is the server trying to ping the device? >> >> Thanks in advance >> Daniel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "OpenWISP" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/f281383d-8658-4613-aa44-545cc6a1506dn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/f281383d-8658-4613-aa44-545cc6a1506dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenWISP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAGxhKFT%3DWKZY5LVnQL9JLP6GBWG%3D5pReg%2BJfozO9ZQa6PF9Z%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAGxhKFT%3DWKZY5LVnQL9JLP6GBWG%3D5pReg%2BJfozO9ZQa6PF9Z%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenWISP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAAGgX6%2Be1cYNFLXM5n-XqKBq4z%3DOABnYHuFGM4CgmChGvU2VZA%40mail.gmail.com.
