Questions related to VPN (Virtual Private Network) software
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How to disconnect from OpenVPN?
I'm connecting using VPNBook servers and it works fine with this command:
sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/vpnbook-udp-53.ovpn --auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/password.txt
but I just can't seem to ...
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VPN connection not reconnecting when wifi drops
HI I have a VPN connection with Ubuntu setup over wireless. The problem is when the wifi connections drops out and the reconnects my VPN disconnects and then I am on an unsecured network. Its a pain ...
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how to install PPTP on ubuntu 12.04 from local file system
I uninstall PPTP by mistake, and can't connect to internet anymore by my VPN. as i have only vpn connection to connect internet so i can't do it by software center or using apt get-install. so i ...
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How to set up VPN connecton to access school research databases? [duplicate]
I need to access some research databases over school IP address. IT office of my school provided information how to setup VPN connection in Windows (Control Panel -> Network connection -> Create New ...
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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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connection through a particular wifi not work without vpn
I am running now ubuntu 13.04. I had wifi at my home, and it was working fine till something happened I don't know exactly that cause my internet connection (not wifi connection) to be lost on just my ...
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“The VPN service failed to start” under Ubuntu 13.04
I'm trying to connect to a VPN under 13.04, but every time I get the error message "The VPN connection failed because the VPN service failed to start".
I've tried looking around but come up with ...
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how do I connect to a VPN with ipsec?
I created a config file for my FritzBox 7390 after this german tutorial
Now I want to configure my Network-Manager but there is no option for ipsec.
Do I need additional packages?
I tried to ...
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How To Debug and Fix PPTP/VPN Client Connection
I am asking a question, which has two sub-questions. Those are how can I get VPN to work on Ubuntu 12.04, either by getting the built-in pptp VPN to work or through manual configuration. Microsoft ...
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Unknown module with PAM authentication and IPSec/OpenSwan VPN on 12.10
I have setup a VPN on my home Ubuntu 12.10 server using instructions found here using CHAP authentication:
https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/IPSEC_L2TP_vpn_with_Ubuntu_12.10.html
I'd like to now change ...
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Problem connecting to VPN network on Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
I have a problem setting up the PPTP VPN I got on Linux.
I have set it up as it follows here:
hideipvpn.com/2010/01/linux-pptp-vpn-setup-tutorial/
But unfortunately I am getting the error shown in ...
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How to share a Vpn Internet connection
follow my scenario:
Router Internet without possibility to configure a VPN
Laptop Ubuntu with wifi and ethernet. Configured on it a VPN.
Other device where i cannot install a VPN.
I would like ...
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VPN on Ubuntu 11.10 VPS
I have been trying to install a VPN onto my VPS.
I have followed the Tutorial Here , However have had trouble getting it to work.
Can somebody please tell me how i should go about installing this ...
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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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Since 13.04 password for vpn-connection required
since upgrading to version 13.04 I need a password to establish a VPN-connection.
Is this on purpose? And if yes, can I disable that? It's quite annoying
thanks
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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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Can't SSH into server over internet while server is connected to VPN
So I have Transmission running on my Ubuntu 13.04 server that is connected to a VPN via OpenVPN. The problem is I want to be able to access the server over the internet, but it won't work while the ...
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Is there any alternative to Wifi Protector?
The site of the software is https://wifiprotector.com/ ,I am not able to find any such free software for ubuntu.
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“Failed to setuid to root.” How do I Establish a VPN network?
My university decided that the old VPN-network, which worked fine, wasn't good enough anymore and abandoned it. Now I have to establish a completely new VPN-network. My university provided me with a ...
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connectining problem through vpn
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote 69.197.137.20 53
keepalive 10 120
resolv-retry infinite
redirect-gateway def1
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
comp-lzo
mute 1
mute-replay-warnings
ping-timer-rem
float
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MPLS or VPN in ubuntu 13.04?
This question has two parts-
1 - At work I have a MPLS network setup, where we configure the internet explorer to connect to a gateway server (I have the url and port) to enable us to use the MPLS ...
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Ubuntu Samba user already logged in (ghost user)
Situation is following. I have two PCs. Server (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) and Client (Windows 7). I set up VPN with samba share (each user has it's own shared folder). Everything worked fine untill Client PC ...
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Need To be able to access content from foreign servers that deny same outside of their country. [closed]
I have never tried to accomplish this before. So I may need a bit of hand holding and some very detailed answers.
I would like to stream TV shows from English and US sites. As I live in Canada ...
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Trying to set up vpn
I have been trying to set up a VPN using Ubuntu’s built in feature to connect with another computer, but whenever I see a tutorial, next to their network thing in the top bar they have 2 arrows but I ...
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Connects to Openvpn on Ubuntu server 12.04 But cannot browse internet?
I'm trying to connect to ubuntu server 12.04 running openvpn from my ubuntu desktop running ubuntu 12.04.. openvpn client connects. But i cannot browse any ineternet. I can ping and ssh to my server ...
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Remote desktop disconnects VPN
I'm using VPN to connect with a Windows server. The connection is configured to route only one specific IP address via the VPN. I'm using that IP address to remote desktop to the Windows machine I've ...
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I want to set up IPSEC/IKE for VPN connectivity from one site to another
I want to set up IPSEC/IKE for VPN, with IKE phase and IPSEK phase. My site runs Ubuntu server and other site I want to connect to runs Cisco device. I just want commands I will use on my site in ...
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Automatically mount/umount sshfs on vpn-up and vpn-down
this problem is really frustrating me. I have the following script to mount/unmount a sshfs upon a vpn connection (vpn-up) and vpn-down. I have this script in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ ...
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Configuring VPN on ubuntu 12.10
I was unable to configure my university VPN. Here is the log.
#: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
#: Using interface ppp0
#: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/4
#: nm-pptp-service-3798 ...
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Potential Postfix Infection
So I'm operating an Ubuntu VPS that uses postfix for sending outgoing mail. I have several email addresses attached to the domain that it hosted on the VPS, one of them is say user@domain.com. The ...
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Change VPN gateway with command line
Is there a way to change the gateway of an existant VPN connection with a command line?
Changing the gateway value in the connection file with sed doesn't work for me.
Thanks
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How to setup SSH VPN in Network Manager?
I am using 12.10 and I want to setup SSH VPN via GUI in Network Manager,
But it has only pptp and no other types to select. How can I fix it? any packages I need to install?
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Port forward server through VPN connection
We currently use Pidgin to connect to a Sametime server, however for this to work, we must be connected to a VPN (Cisco).
For 99% of us, there isn't an issue with having the Cisco VPN client ...
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Enable VPN prequisites module
I'm new to Linux things so everything seems confusing.
I want to enable some VPN prequisities to create VPN in Linux server 12.04
Networking support (NET) [Y/n/?] y
PF_KEY sockets (NET_KEY) ...
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How to VPN to Ubuntu server so I can browse the Internet?
I want to browse the internet from work by passing my traffic via an encrypted link to my home ubuntu server and out on to the internet from there. Obviously the replies will have to go to my home ...
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Hotspot shield like proxy for Ubuntu
Youtube is blocked in my country and to open it I use hotspot shield on Windows. I have recently however ported to Ubuntu for almost everything, but still need to switch to windows when I have to open ...
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Problem setting up PPTPD
I'm attempting to set up a VPN from my Android phone to my home computer using pptpd on Ubuntu 12.10. I have so far done the following.
Setup a virtual NIC like this...
cat /etc/network/interfaces
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VPN from command line Window maker
I am using Windowmaker and would like to start VPN from the command line. I have followed various suggestions to do this and I am able to start VPN from the command line as long as I am in Unity. ...
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VPN without LAN
My service provider for my cellphone is blocking VOIP so I had planed to setup a VPN tunnel as a solution. I did that once before but back then my home connection was so slow that it was not ...
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Starting a new terminal session kills VPN connection initiated via Cisco AnyConnect app
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit with Gnome Shell. I noticed that starting a new terminal session kills VPN connection initiated via Cisco AnyConnect standalone application. To confirm it's the ...
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PPTP won't connect on Kubuntu 12.10 (The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated)
I'm trying to connect to my home VPN server. I can connect using this command:
sudo pptpsetup --create <TUNNEL> --server <IP_ADDRESS> --username <USERNAME> --password ...
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VPN for university
Just wondering how to get VPN working on Ubuntu 12.10 for my University because the instructions aren't very good for Linux (as usual). They have a file which I can open with gedit that contains the ...
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Is there a Checkpoint client for Ubuntu?
I use checkpoint VPN software to connect to my office network on windows.
I tried a lot to configure the same on ubuntu VPN, but never succeeded.
Anyone aware of any specific software/steps to ...
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Ubuntu only showing vpn connnection no wired network?
Today after I opened Ubuntu 12.10, there was no wired connection option only VPN, enable networking and configure networking.
When I went to network it showed wired connection unplugged, but the ...
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Error connecting to fortinet VPN [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 and trying to connect to a fortinet VPN server. I use forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.0.2254.
When I try to connect, error occurs during the PPP negotiation (got message ...
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Tun/tap installation
i have got a virtual private server with Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64 x86_64).
I want to install openvpn but this requires a working tun device.
i get the following error:
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VPN connection doesn't work on VMWARE
I use vmware for my dev work with ubuntu 12.04.
I just installed KDE for add my vpn connection, the configuration seems ok.
But I can't find how to connect my interface eth0 with my VPN.
When I try
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How to establish VPN Connection using Vodafone K3773 HSPA USB Stick?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop. I am trying to establish VPN PPTP connection to Ubuntu 12.04 Server.
VPN connection available when PC is connected to LAN -> ADSL modem -> Internet -> VPN Server.
No ...
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setup media server on Ubuntu VPS
I have get a VPS running Ubuntu 12.04. I want to setup a media server on the VPS, as I plan to use the VPS to download videos, and streaming the video through internet. I wonder what should I do to ...
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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 . ...
