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Idea #1399: Work on Network Manager VPN support

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #4: Provide a simple graphical interface to manage _any_ type of network connection.
Written by treynolen the 29 Feb 08 at 13:48. Category: Internet & Networking. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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First of all, I DO like the way Network Manager allows you to create and edit VPNs. I also like the way it lists them when you are ready to connect. However, I do have some issues:

1) I can only connect to one VPN at a time - even if I want to connect to VPNs on different networks. I can connect to at least 2 in Windows and would like this functionality in Ubuntu.

2) Network Manager re-writes the resolv.conf everytime. I would really like to not have to use the "peer DNS" and would like the option of keeping resolv.conf as it is.

3) Network Manager blows away established static routes when it connects to a VPN (or disconnects). This just sucks and REALLY needs to be addressed.
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Written by treynolen the 29 Feb 08 at 13:48.
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qaaq wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 19:03
Bravo!

dendron wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 19:13
I have network-manager-pptp plugin installed, and I saw options like 'peer DNS' and 'default route' in GUI. Have you tried it?

Psycho_zs wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:23
It is also impossible to connect to VPN when using static IP

treynolen wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 13:31
They shafted me and said that this is a duplicate idea. It is NOT. I don't know why they would categorize it that way.

I have tried "peer DNS". When you check that, the computer uses the DNS from the remote computer on the other end of the VPN. That can suck badly. Sometimes it works OK, but it is almost always slower than my local DNS. If I remove "peer DNS", I have no DNS capability at all.

The default route only lets you set one (and I do use it to route traffic destined to the VPN network), but it still blows away any other routes you have set AND does not reset them when the VPN is closed.

It *IS* possible to connect to a VPN when you are using a static IP, but NOT through Network Manager.


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