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VPN keeps Dying/Restarting on 12.04
Hi I am running Ubuntu 12.04. I recently got into VPNs for anonymous downloading; however, no matter what VPN location I choose (my provider allows me several), it eventually dies. This happeneds ...
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OpenVPN fails to connect
I have posted a previous question about getting OpenVPN connected as a client (OpenVPN fails from Network Manager, seems to connect from terminal, but no traffic to or from target network) but no ...
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Lost ability to connect to PPTP server after installing openvpn gone client
I have a Tomoato router which is running a PPTP server. I was able to connect via my ubuntu machine and my phone.
I bought a VPN service which used Openvpn (private Internet access) and followed ...
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Networkmanager OpenVPN problem
I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN connection and I've imported the correct .opvn file and provided the username and password. I don't have a CA certificate so I left this field with the default option . ...
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2 OpenVPN Connections with NetworkManger
How can activate 2 OpenVPN-Connections at once ?
Is one connection active the other one is disabled in the menu of the network-manager.
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Change OpenVPN client's default route
When setting up a test openvpn client on Ubuntu (using this guide), the client sets a route which tunnels all traffic through the vpn.
For example, when I connect to the vpn from Ubuntu, this is what ...
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Setting up ovpn connect for iPhone with no ovpn file
I have a working openvpn connection on a Ubuntu laptop. When I export it (using network-manager) I get a conf file. I need an ovpn file so I can configure my openvpn app on my iPhone. I also have a ...
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What is the best way to bypass China firewall to allow SSH deploy@**.com
I am trying to bypass the china firewall and allow SSH deploy@**.com at the command console. This is because I need to test the games I wrote on apps.facebook.com/**. I tried VPN (both pptp and ...
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How can I use a .ovpn file with Network Manager?
I have a .ovpn file with my VPN config - it works fine when I do
sudo openvpn --config ~jrg/Documents/vpn-config.ovpn
in the terminal, but I'd like to use Network Manager. How can I do this?
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Why does the common internet stop working when I connect to an OpenVPN server?
I've set up an OpenVPN daemon on an Ubuntu server of mine and as soon as I connect to it from my Ubuntu laptop with a Network Manager plug-in web pages won't open any more (but get ok as soon as I ...
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Asking for a SSTP connecting configuration file for using SSTP command line [closed]
Using sstp with Network Manager and DNScrypt stopped working on Ubuntu 12.04
DNSCrypt and Network manager and using Unblockvpn's SSTP -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/
Connects the ...
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Import OpenVPN client config in GnomeShell w/ network-manager
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and I've imported OpenVPN configs into network manager in the past with previous versions of Ubuntu and gnome. I have a new openvpn config and would like to import it, but can't ...
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Save openVPN password using network manager
I'm using network manager on Ubuntu 12.04, with Mate as a desktop.
The network manager is used to connect to the openVPN server.
Each time I click to connect to the openVPN server, I'm required to ...
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Connection to openVPN Access Server
we are using an openVPN Access Server and I would like to connect to it via the VPN network setting (network-manager-openvpn).
I downloaded the client.ovpn and I can connect to the server via the ...
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OpenVPN is installed but it is not an avaliable option in the network manager
I have installed and used openVPN once before in a previous install of Ubuntu 12.04. I have since reformatted, and now after reinstalling openVPN it will not show up in the network manager. I am ...
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ubuntu 12.04, openvpn with network manager issue
I need to connect to openVPN server from Ubuntu 12.04 installation.
So, I've installed network-manager-openvpn package and configure vpn connection.
Then I try to connect to vpn server, see success ...
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Cannot Import VPN connection
Since 12.04 I cannot connect to my VPN. my ovpn file is the following
http://email.uoa.gr/help/download/vpn/edunet.ovpn
When I try to import the VPN file i get the following error
The file ...
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gray button for saving “editing VPN connection” in Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed 12.04 and setting up the OpenVPN via network manager. the network-manager-openvpn-gnome is installed, and I can open "configure VPN..." and see "Add VPN", however I can not save my ...
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Reading network-manager password from another hdd
Today I cloned my Ubuntu 11.10 into my old hdd, and installed 12.04 into my current hdd.
What I need now is to recover passwords for my VPN connections on the network manager that is in the old 11.10 ...
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network bridge - without destroying network manager
I have seen a lot of questions related to Bridge and network manager. however none of them seem to apply to what i seen AND want.
I setup my bridge in /etc/network/interfaces.
This works perfectly; ...
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OpenVPN configuration on Ubuntu
I want to use OpenVPN on Ubuntu. The following three files are provided:
client.conf
tccg-ca.crt
tccg-ta.key
What are the steps to configure OpenVPN in Ubuntu by using these files. I have ...
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Getting OpenVPN to work with XFCE on Xubuntu? [closed]
I'm trying to get OpenVPN to work properly on my install of Xubuntu 11.10. So far, no luck. I've successfully set this up very easily using Ubuntu 11.10 so not sure why I'm seeing issues.
The base ...
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Why will network manager not allow me save my VPN settings?
I am trying to configure am OpenVPN client on my laptop. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit.
When I open network manager and import the VPN settings from the premade config folder everything takes. The ...
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When is network-manager-openvpn going to be updated to the 0.9 version?
Since bug 274930 implemented added functionalities in Network Manager regarding OpenVPN, the network-manager-openvpn plugin needs to be updated to 0.9 version to benefit from those improvements.
At ...
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NetworkManager, OpenVPN and float
I'm trying to use OpenVPN to connect to a work network. Unfortunately, the work network is behind a NAT, which means I have to use the float option to make it work.
Apparently, NetworkManager does ...
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How do I setup OpenVPN so I can securely use the internet from an unsecured hotspot?
Goal: I want to be able to securely use the internet via my home PC while my notebook is connected to an open hotspot/access point.
I do know that I can use a SSH tunnel/SOCKS proxy, but I don't want ...
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Where are VPN configuration files imported by Network Manager saved?
I've imported an OpenVPN configuration file that behaves differently when trying to connect from Network Manager and command line. I would like to see what the imported configuration file looks like.
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Config import on network-manager-openvpn
I'm trying to use a free service using the OpenVPN protocol using OpenVPN's GUI module in the network manager.
The config worked perfectly well as .ovpn on Windows. The behavior in Windows is such ...
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Exempt programs from using active VPN connection
When I connect to a VPN, all my network traffic is automatically routed through it. Is there a way to add exemptions to that? I don't know if adding exceptions has anything to do with the VPN ...
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VPN connection breaks internet
After installing OpenVPN properly (network-manager-openvpn) and setting up my VPN, I am not able to connect to any internet page or access anything that's remote. Pinging stuff is totally dead.
I ...
