Comment 3 for bug 1011482

We want to solve this in a good way that's why we're postponing it until the networking backend is redesigned.

In the meantime, you could try editing /usr/sbin/epoptes-client,
and replacing:
    exec socat openssl-connect:$SERVER:$PORT,$cert_param,interval=60,forever EXEC:"$cmdline"
with:
   while ! socat openssl-connect:$SERVER:$PORT,$cert_param,interval=60,forever EXEC:"$cmdline"; do sleep 1; done

and:
    exec socat tcp:$SERVER:$PORT,interval=60,forever EXEC:"$cmdline",nofork
with:
    while ! socat tcp:$SERVER:$PORT,interval=60,forever EXEC:"$cmdline",nofork; do sleep 1; done

That might work but I haven't tested it.