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24.04: network-manager-openvpn-gnome lost advanced settings
after installing 24.04, there does not seem to be any way to get 'Advanced' settings on network-manager-openvpn-gnome to set parameters such as cypher type, mtu, etc.
Is that a bug or has the setting ...
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IpVanish VPN failed to connect
I am trying to install IpVanish on Ubuntu 23.10, but I get connection failure every time, the activation of the network connection has failed
VPN settings:
IPV6 settings:
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OpenVPN (Focal/Jammy) is there any way to import a URL rather than use an ovpn file?
Not being given an .ovpn file, I am instructed to import from a URL. Android and Windows and Mac have this choice. I don't mind the command line, but has anyone managed to do this?
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Importing .opvn file into 23.10 VPN settings GUI doesn't work
I'm trying to use a .ovpn file on the built-in VPN settings in Ubuntu 23.10
I go to the setting menu --> Network --> '+' button next to VPN
I click "Import from file..." and navigate ...
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OpenVPN: connect to device with duplicate address to local network
I'm connecting remotely to my office with OpenVPN set up on my (TP Link Omada) router. Works well.
But I have the same IP address range and can't connect to remote devices that have the same address ...
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Network manager not working on wifi and VPN
I'm reaching out here because even AI hasn't been helpful, and I'm hoping to find a solution.
I'll start from when the issue first appeared: I was installing OpenVPN and trying to configure it on my ...
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Ubuntu OpenVPN network manager routes all traffic through VPN when it should not
I've a running server of openVPN. This server is configured to only route traffic to internal network when needed. In server.conf:
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push "route 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0"
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Network manager connection to openvpn server configured with Ubuntu 23.10 tutorial
I've completed the setup of a server using the Ubuntu tutorial here:
https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/service-openvpn
After configuring the client.conf file as described, with the ca.crt, myclient1.crt, ...
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How to setup the GNOME built-in OpenVPN configuration in Ubuntu 22.04
My system is Ubuntu 22.04, and OpenVPN has been included in GNOME. I don't know how to setup the OpenVPN configuration in Network Manager GUI. I need your help.
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Does network manager really support tls-crypt-v2?
I've set up an OpenVPN server on my OpenWRT router. It offers tls-crypt-v2 so I've used that.
To make sure that my Ubuntu 20.04LTS cooperates with it, I've updated whatever seemed handy according the ...
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open vpn connection error after traveling to another country
I have been trying to connect to an open VPN server that was working fine before until I traveled to another country last week and now the VPN isn't connecting
VPN logs:
Sep 15 12:38:38 fawrama nm-...
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OpenVPN connection in Ubuntu not allowing internet access with new broadband router
I am currently facing a strange issue with my OpenVPN setup on Ubuntu, and I'm hoping someone can help shed some light on the problem. I have an OpenVPN (.ovpn) configuration file that I use to ...
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20.04 client vpn connects successfully but times out when connecting to vpn required website
I have an OpenVPN .conf file to connect to a company vpn. I need to be connected to this VPN so that I can access domains that are not searchable by default DNS.
After successfully connecting to the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Network Manager removes OpenVPN connection TLS certificate
Network Manager on Ubuntu 22.04 removes the OpenVPN connection TLS certificate after viewing the configuration. In Settings → Network → VPN settings → Identity → Advanced → TLS Authentication,
after ...
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Save VPN password for all users using nmcli
Is it possible to save a VPN password using nmcli and make it available to all users?
nmcli con modify vpnname vpn.secrets "password=mypassword" does the job, but only for current user.
The ...
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Ubuntu/OpenVPN - how to access private network when connection to public interface:
I use Ubuntu 20.04 and OpenVPN.
This is my server network interfaces:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:...
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VPN (client.ovpn file import to Network Manager ) not working but sudo openvpn command works
In Ubuntu 20 I downloaded the client.ovpn file from my company OpenVPN server and imported it into Network Manager and all worked fine. I built a new Ubuntu 22 machine and now improting the the ...
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Ubuntun 22.04: when connected with NetworkManager OpenVPN, DNS doesn't use the VPN DNS server
I am running Ubuntu 22.04
I have an OpenVPN to my company via NetworkManager in gnome.
Most of the interal systems work, but for example portal.azure.com has 2 DNS records, a public and private zone ...
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Wi-Fi does not work after starting OpenVPN client
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and for a few days now, my computer has had problems connecting to various Wi-Fi networks. Currently, it shows that it is connected to my home network, and for a minute after ...
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Unable to connect OpenVPN on Ubuntu latest release
I have an OpenVpn server built-in on my gateway modem. There is not much configuration make on that one except tcp/udp and home network/home network and internet.
I can connect my vpn server with ...
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How automatically start VPN connection on computer startup in Ubuntu 21.10?
I have a VPN connection with such settings:
How to automatically start VPN connection on computer startup in Ubuntu 21.10?
Now I have to click Connect every time.
I've read other similar questions, ...
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Internet sporadically dropping only on Ubuntu machines
I'm having issues with all my Ubuntu machines. The internet connection will sporadically drop for a few minutes and it happens frequently like every 5-10 min. It will reconnect on it's own or I can ...
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I purged openvpn, now even after reinstalling it, my network manager cannot import OpenVPN config files
I made the mistake of purging openvpn, and now even after I apt-get installed it again, there seem to be a lot of issues with Ubuntu's Network Manager and OpenVPN.
For example, I cannot connect to my ...
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Cannot create vpn connection from Network Manager GUI but using CLI still works 20.04
everyone!
Why I can create VPN connection only with CLI? I mean, when I run
sudo openvpn myconfigfile.ovpn
this create vpn connection and everything works fine, but through the Network Manager GUI ...
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OpenVPN drops the connection to my machine from outside LAN
I'm facing this specific issue that I can't reproduce on Windows and Mac, it happens only on Linux.
My network has the following setup.
Fiber Router DHCPs 192.168.1.x to WiFi Router 192.168.0.x DHCP's ...
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Network manager failing to connect VPN
I´m using Ubuntu 20.4.3 and OpenVPN 2.4.7.
I can connect to my VPN (which requires 2FA) via commandline by doing: openvpn myconffile.conf
It is prompting me to enter the user, then pass and finally ...
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OpenVPN client fine with Network Manager but not from command line
After installing network-manager-openvpn-gnome, I do manage to connect to some OpenVPN servers fine by importing some .ovpn files. However, I also want to do it directly on the command line with ...
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OPenVPN - VPN keeps disconnecting ubuntu 20.04, wifi connection remains connected
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and it's a standalone machine there is no server to connect to. I have the GUI version available which was pre-installed when i purchased the computer. The openvpn "...
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Connecting to VPN automatically
Hello I have the problem that I want to connect my computer automatically to a VPN which I use personal and only I am using no other people.
In my case the network name changes every time while I am ...
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How to install a VPN when it's censored itself?
I've got 2 questions:
I just installed ubuntu and I wanted to install a VPM on it . (proton vpn) but the government of the country that I'm living in filters access to the VPNs. And I couldn't ...
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Openvpn connected but internet doesnt work in Kbuntu 20.04
I connect to Openvpn but then my internet connection is lost as I cannot load webpages. Here are some details. I use KDE plasma desktop and problem still persists.
ip route (before connecting to ...
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VPN Connection failed on Network Manager - Ubuntu Groovy - OpenVPN AWS
I am having to troubleshoot attaching OpenVPN AWS .ovpn file to my ubuntu 20.10 Network Manager.
I tried troubleshooting using these articles:
How can I troubleshoot “VPN Connection Failed”?
VPN ...
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How to configure openvpn log location and verbosity when using network-manager-openvpn on ubuntu 18.04?
A previous question mentions that the log can be directed to a file instead of syslog and the log verbosity can be increased. I'm trying to debug an issue with my vpn and am not sure where I'd add ...
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Setting up OpenVPN to connect to VPN with 2FA (google Auth)
I have an issue with my Ubuntu 20.04 machine, where I am required to login to the office VPN using OpenVPN.
The system administrator gave us the connect.ovpn file which works without issues when using ...
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Cannot store VPN username in Ubuntu 20.04
As documented here, here and here, GNOME (3.36.8) has a problem storing the usernames for VPN connections. In my case this means that every time I want to activate my (openconnect) VPN connection I ...
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Imported .ovpn files always prompt for both certificate password + user password instead of just the user password
Maybe I'm doing something wrong on my end, but this is working without any issues in all my Windows clients, and would like to get some help from someone who gets what I'm doing wrong here.
The moment ...
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How to automatically open and set a user and password from a ".ovpn" file?
I am using Open VPN to acces to a VPN network. I have my ".ovpn" file. Everytime I want to acces the VPN Network:
I have to go to the "myfile.ovpn" folder and type:
sudo openvpn -...
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OpenVPN through network manager does not resolve VPN hosts
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. I have set up an OpenVPN connection with the Gnome network-manager. I have some domains that point to an ip address inside the vpn (e.g.: service.mydomanin.com points ...
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How to Connect 3 Networks With Ethernet and WIFi/VPN?
I have two computers on a robot that are directly connected via Ethernet. Called" Magni" and "Jetson". Magni is connected to a wireless network. On this wireless network, there is ...
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Ethernet disrupted my automatic Wi-Fi+VPN connection
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS x86_64 with Gnome on my company laptop and everything was working just fine: got my automatic wi-fi + VPN setup and it ran smoothly every time. I also configured my hosts ...
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OpenConnect VPN via NetworkManager: invalid default route, still using local gateway?
I'm using network-manager-openvpn to connect to my university VPN. The VPN works when I just run openconnect -u username vpn.host.edu from the commandline (although it spews a lot of ip route error ...
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Need Fix for NetworkManager Openvpn, prepending extra-path to crt-path
When adding a openvpn ovpn-file through the network GUI (and nmcli too), and trying to connect, it fails.
But it works if I manual are connection with openvpn through the terminal.
After a look in the ...
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Connecting to SoftEther from Ubuntu 18
I have installed a Softether VPN server on AWS through its Marketplace click here to check the product.
I set up the server. I have an Ubuntu 18 Machine which I want to set up a client to connect to ...
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OpenVPN through NetworkManager fails, but not through console application
I have an openvpn server in my office and I want to connect to it with an Ubuntu 18.04 machine.
When I use the following command openvpn --config my.ovpn I can connect to my server and can easily ping ...
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No access to Internet nor localhost when connected to OpenVPN vpn on Ubuntu 20
On Ubuntu 20 I have received and client.ovpn file and I tried connecting using the following command
sudo openvpn --config ~/Download/client.ovpn
but that didn't work because I couldn't connect to ...
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Cannot SSH or connect to remote user connected within same VPN network
There are two users A and B. They both are remotely working from different locations.
And they can SSH to office server located on other side via VPN.
But when User A tries to ssh to User B, they ...
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VPN works on colleagues' MacOS (via Tunnelblick) but not on Ubuntu 20.04 (Openvpn)
The company I work for has a vpn. I have been given an .ovpn and .crt file and the setup goes smoothly. But when I try to log in I get the following entries in syslog:
nm-openvpn[11198]: UDP link ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Connect to OpenVPN via the GUI instead of command line
Currently I am connecting to the work's OpenVPN using the command line:
sudo openvpn --config work.ovpn --auth-user-pass --auth-retry interact
work.ovpn is the certificates file. interact is for Duo ...
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can't add vpn .ovpn file in network manager
I am trying to connect to a vpn using a .ovpn config file. I am running Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS.
:~$ openvpn --version
OpenVPN 2.4.7 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/...
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How does two OpenVPN connections open the same time work?
I am running OpenVPN on Ubuntu 20.04. I have two VPN's to our offices in two different European countries. I can connect both at the same time I found out. How will that work as far as connectivity is ...
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