Is it possible to connect to multiple VPN networks at once via Network Manager?

Question

Is it possible to connect more VPN networks at once via Network Manager?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.

For now I am only able to switch between preconfigured VPN connections. It`s quite annoying as I need to be connected to two or more VPN networks simultaneously.

For example on Windows OpenVPN clients, it is possible.

Answer 1

This is a known limitation of network-manager-openvpn. You can subscribe to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/671024 and mark the bug as affecting you.

As mentioned in the first comment, it is possible to connect to multiple VPNs but not via Network Manager.

Answer 2

It seems that what you want is not possible at the moment. There are a lot of bugs on this issue like this and it was assigned to upstream.

Even so, you can connect multiple vpns at once as described in this answer. You can write you own configuration file by reading "Manually configuring your connection" section in this Ubuntu help page.

Answer 3

With 12.10 (network-manager 0.9.6), you can connect to multiple VPNs using the network settings:

• System settings (gnome-control-center)
• Network
• Select each VPN and set it to "on".