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I want to connect to our company VPN.

I found guide on official Ubuntu documentation but that is not valid for Kubuntu or KDE desktop environment.

Is there alternative way to do this on Kubuntu or via terminal?

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  • What guide you followed that's not for Kubuntu? Have you tred openvpn?
    – Anwar
    Aug 25, 2016 at 9:53
  • @Anwar help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/net-vpn-connect.html
    – Kunok
    Aug 25, 2016 at 9:54
  • Is your company using PPTP or openVpn? The instructions should come from the company in these cases.
    – Anwar
    Aug 25, 2016 at 9:56
  • @Anwar They all use Windows OS, they only provided me with credentials
    – Kunok
    Aug 25, 2016 at 9:57
  • You need to know which type of VPN clients you find an accurate answer. Or which equivalent windows software they use?
    – Anwar
    Aug 25, 2016 at 10:04

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Connecting to PPTP VPN in Kubuntu 16.04 is easy. Follow the procedure:

  1. Click on the Network Manager Icon on the Panel

    Network Icon

    If you can't find that icon, install plasma-nm package.

    sudo apt-get install plasma-nm

    and add the widget to the panel

  2. In the Opened Pop-Up notification, click on the Settings Icon at the right side.

    Settings Icon

  3. On the New Connection Editor window, Click on the Add button and select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol from the dropdown menu.

    pptp

  4. On the New Connection (vpn) window, provide the vpn address in the Gateway field, fill username and password and click OK to save. You can leave NT Domain field empty.

Now you can connect to the VPN from the Network Manager Widget.

From OPs feedback, it seems you need to click on Advanced tab in Create new connection window and enable the option for USE MPPE Encryption option to be enable to use with Windows VPN.

Check the screenshot below for that

special settings for windows vpn

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    I get connection stopped error. On Win10 same credentials work.
    – Kunok
    Oct 23, 2016 at 13:41
  • @Kunok did you follow the exact procedure?
    – Anwar
    Oct 23, 2016 at 15:41
  • Ok, I just want to add that if you are connecting to windows VPN then you need to configure some settings first in Advanaced. See screenshot: i.imgur.com/39uWX80.png and then connection works.
    – Kunok
    Oct 23, 2016 at 16:25
  • @Kunok thank you for the feedback. I've included that information in the answer
    – Anwar
    Oct 23, 2016 at 16:44

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