Questions related to VPN (Virtual Private Network) software
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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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VPN disconnected: resolv.conf not refreshed
I connect to VPN using vpnc. When VPN disconnects, either via time out or the session limit is reached, VPN is terminated, but resolve.conf continues to contain references to my VPN network.
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How to get a VPN for ubuntu?
I saw a thing called VPN connections under the Internet button at the top of my screen.
So I would like more info on this, and possibly instructions on how to set one up. Thanks!
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PPTP connection disconnect
My pptp connection wont stay connected, it will disconnect in less than a minute
here are some relevant log entries
May 31 13:32:31 localhost NetworkManager[931]: <info> Starting VPN service ...
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Cisco VPN not working
I want to connect to my university's Cisco VPN from home, but it always fails. Today I took my laptop to university to see if the IT guys could help (they couldn't) and it worked there so the ...
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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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How to configure Ubuntu 12.04 as a VPN server that allows connections from OS X and iOS?
I am trying to setup a VPN using PPTP and connect using iPhone (iOS) but it fails.
May 25 22:43:38 zork pptpd[28793]: CTRL: Client x.x.x.x control connection finished
May 25 22:44:02 zork ...
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Forticlient SSL VPN binary not running
I've got a Mac running VMWare fusion with Ubuntu 10.10 in that.
I'm currently using the Fortinet client from OSX, but that client is buggy, every time my Mac sleeps I need to reboot to get the ...
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12.04 VPN/resolv.conf issues
According to http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/ resolv.conf contains only a single record for local dnsmasq server
When I connect to OpenVPN server using network-manager-openvpn ...
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VPN pptp failed 1
I used network-manager-pptp to configure the vpn. But always I get the same message when i try to connect to the vpn: connection failed.
In the sys log I have:
<info> VPN service 'pptp' ...
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VPN has not worked since upgrading to 12.04
I am trying to establish a VPN connection on 12.04. It had worked in 11.10 but not at all right now. I can connect with Windows 7. My roommate also recently upgraded and is having the same problem.
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Cannot bind Deluge to VPN
I created a vpn by using
$ nslookup vpn.ipredator.se
to find the ipredator ip address to use (eg 93.182.174.130) - I didn' t use "vpn.ipredator.se" as the Gateway in the Network Manager applet, ...
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Juniper setup on 12.04
I have a laptop with Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bits). Until now, I used Windows XP to connect to a Juniper VPN but now I'd like to try it with Linux. I read the mad scientist walkthrough ...
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Is it necessary to connect via Cisco VPN using my university account to go online?
Original title:
Bug with Xisco VPN - it it necessary to connect via Cisco VPN using my university-account in order to go online for all wireless networks
In order to gain wireless access to my ...
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Setting VPN Client
I need to access VPN from my Ubuntu 12.04.
I see that there is VPN connections > Configure VPN in network manager, but it asks for username and password.
All I have is some .crt, .csr, .key, .ovpn ...
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Fortinet SSL VPN Client and Ubuntu 12.04
I want to install the Forticlient SSL VPN Client on Ubuntu 12.04.
I've downloaded the last version from Fortinent support site but when i try to run the installer (vía command line or gui) it simply ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 and now cannot get my vpn connection
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 ( 3 days ago ) and before that I had a very stable vpn connection even if 11.10 was less stable but now I cannot connect to my vpn account at home and at work either
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how to setup vpn server on Ubuntu/Xubuntu for windows and all other client to use [closed]
I have Ubuntu/Xubuntu Desktop installed on my laptop/desktop,
i want to setup a VPN server so that when logging in either from my laptop or a windows pc all my traffic goes through the server.
I ...
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Server certificate problem with Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client
When I try to connect using the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, I receive this error:
Connection attempt has failed due to server certificate problem.
I happened to have this problem in my ...
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Configuring a vpn connection with network manager
I'm on Xubuntu and I just want to make a simple modification in the configuration of the network-manager for the openvpn connection, and it requires me to authenticate. Here is what is going on : I go ...
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Is PPTP a secure VPN-protocol?
I will be setting up a VPN on my home server and in tutorials I've read it says that the protocol can only be used with passwords, not key-files. To me this doesn't seem very secure so I was wondering ...
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Install 32bit Java (OpenJDK) on 64bit Ubuntu 12.04
I have to run Juniper VPN on the 64bit Ubuntu 12.04. I have installed openjdk-7-jre, openjdk-7-jdk and icedtea-7-plugin. After the browser prompts to install the Juniper VPN, I check it has been ...
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Best VPN package for a group of 8 people doing majority online gaming [closed]
I'd like to host a private VPN for online gaming purpose? What will be the best suitable solution? I've heard of pptpd and openvpn, also know that windows could not connect to openvpn using its built ...
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VPN connection is not working properly after installing 12.04
I've done a clean install of Ubuntu Precise.
I'm living in a country in which my access to many websites are restricted and I usually use VPN connections to access these websites. I use the default ...
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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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VPN default route issue when using the UI
When setting up a VPN connection using the UI (System settings => Network) the VPN connection is used as the default route after connecting to it.
How can I avoid this? That is without assigning ...
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Trouble setting up openVPN/VPN
I'm having trouble setting up a VPN on my VPS that's running Ubuntu 11.04. I'm been following this guide http://tipupdate.com/how-to-install-openvpn-on-ubuntu-vps/
I'm able to start the VPN, but the ...
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How to set up an sstp vpn connection
the question is simple: how to set up an sstp vpn connection in ubuntu 11.10?
as of this moment I haven't been able to find a way to make an sstp vpn connection.
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Easiest way to setup Ubuntu as a VPN server
I know there are many tutorials on the net for setting up VPN client and server.
I you find one that is simple/short please put a link, I am interested only in the server part.
For client, I will ...
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How to make Connect Communications VPN connection in 10.10?
these steps were send by my iSP admin for ver10.10 and i'm using 11.10...
step 1 sucessfully implemented till point 7 after that the problems are marked after '//'
Step 2 i cannot completely do the ...
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How to install gopenvpn?
How do i install gopenvpn and configure it in ubuntu 11.10 x64?
I managed to build it from source code, but when i start it i get the following
No OpenVPN configuration files were found in ...
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Error: No suitable device found: no active connection or device [closed]
I am trying to SSH to a machine and initiate a VPN, created whilst in front of the machine through GNOME (Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS);
$ nmcli con
NAME UUID ...
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PPTP VPN SERVER
I have followed This guide and also the documentation for pptp vpn and my vpn connects. It even allows me to go on the web and search it. However, when I go to cmyip.com; it displays my personal ip ...
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Unable to connect to Windows VPN in Ubuntu 11.10
I am very very new bie in the world of Ubuntu. I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 and I am not able to connect to Windows VPN.
When I login to Windows 8 I am able to connect to VPN using default ...
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where is the problem with port 22?
I want to connect with my university and use a cluster.
I connect via vpn with university.Now i want to connect with the cluster with ssh protocol.
I have the ip,so in a terminal i write "ssh ip" (of ...
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Where can I find network manager's gconf key?
I did it again: When vpn notified me that a vpn-connection was not successful (in Gnome 3) I accidentially clicked "Don't show this notification again" (see Accidentally clicked "don't show ...
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vpn (pptp) service failed to start [closed]
When I try to connect to a VPN PPTP connection from Network Manager it fails with this message:
vpn connection failed because the vpn service failed to start.
It worked without any problem till I ...
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NMCLI works in script when I run itdirectly , but not when run in CRON
This is under Ubuntu 11.10
I have a script that starts a PPTP VPN connection fetches a couple of files, then closes the connection. When I run this script from a terminal prompt it works perfectly; ...
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Use local network while VPN'd into another network
So I'm at work and I VPN into a remote network. Both networks have their own DNS servers that have hostnames that resolve to internal IP's. I've set it up in network manager so I can ping internal ...
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How to disconnect internet when VPN fails?
Normally I'm connected to the Internet with a VPN, but sometimes it fails and some programs may automatically start to use the default unsecure connection.
How do I disconnect all the internet until ...
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Access VPN from home is fine but not outside via 3G
I'm a real Ubuntu newbie but at the school where I work I managed to install Ubuntu then install pptpd.
I was feeling very pleased with myself when last evening from home with my Apple iPhone through ...
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Set up a VPN, route samba over it
I get 3 IP addresses from my ISP, so after my modem I have a switch with three things. Two are servers, one is a router. All my personal computers are behind the router. My old server used to have two ...
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PPTP Server - Clients still have original IP [closed]
I have a VPS with an OpenVPN server configured and running without a hitch. However, since I want to be able to use it as a VPN server for my iPhone as well, I've decided to switch to PPTP. I ...
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Wired unmanaged after playing with VPN
I was trying to install VPN server and followed some 'tutorials' and now I end up with eth0 - unmanaged.
when called 'network-admin' there is no tab 'connection' just General,DNS,Hosts. WiFi works ...
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Should I be using a firewall in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is the firewall disabled by default?
I installed both gufw and Firestarter but I'm hesitant to activate one of them because I don't know too much about firewalls in ...
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Internet via openVPN
I managed it to install openVPN on a virtual host and the connection works great, but I am not able to use the internet through the openvpn server (it s only possible to ping the servers ip).
How can ...
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Any reason not to start openvpn as root? [closed]
I'm running openvpn (client) on a home ubuntu server.
I currently create the connection with the command:
sudo openvpn /path/to/config/file
If I don't run it as root, I get an error that the TUN ...
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L2tp VPN connection plugin !
I have L2tp VPN connection working on my Android (http://www.ivpn.mobi)... I wanted to add this to ubuntu through VPN connections, but I only found PPTP plugin installed, I've searched a lot to find a ...
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Easy way to setup vpn server/client?
I have root access on a server and I can access my server through ssh and my server and my laptop run ubuntu. What's the easiest way to setup vpn server/client such that when I connect the vpn all of ...
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How do I disable Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client from booting on startup? [closed]
How do I disable Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client from booting on startup? I have Ubuntu 11.10 and the VPN client is 2.4.0202. Older instructions noted that at installation time one is asked:
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