Comments on: Ubuntu VPN Connection for Dummies

By: AcTech

AcTech — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:27:20 +0000

How can I start a second VPN connection? It’s greyed out in the menu if another VPN is active.

By: ugm6hr

ugm6hr — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:38:20 +0000

Thanks. Works for SGUL VPN too. Use Gigolo in Xubuntu 10.04 to mount my shares.
Why Network Manager can’t manage its routes automatically remains a mystery.

By: Pablo Garcia

Pablo Garcia — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:11:11 +0000

Thanks Hcream, I corrected the error.

By: HCream

HCream — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:07:04 +0000

Clear step-by-step instructions and screeshots! I just followed them and it works. There is a small typo in Step 2: the last description item should be 4) instead of 3).

By: Melusine

Melusine — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:56:18 +0000

Hi,

I’m under kde/openbox and having set up a VPN connection thanks to your advice, through
sudo systemsettings
(using the system settings from the menu wouldn’t let me unlock the sudo mode)
I can’t find the icon anywhere to actually be able to launch my newly created VPN connection. Is there a way to launch the connection through a command line instead ?

Thanks
Another dummy

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:17:19 +0000

Have now got it all working – not sure what the problem was with the route settings as have just re-typed the route in.

Thanks again.
Jon

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:47:14 +0000

Hi,

I deleted the VPN configuration and went through the process again and have managed to connect now straight away.

I just have one remaining issue -ir I have a route set along with the ‘Use this connection only for resources on this network’ no traffic seems to go over the VPN, removing the route etc all traffic goes over the VPN which I certainly don’t want as I mustn’t use my client networks for general internet traffic.

I’m going to continue investigating this and see what I have wrong this time – if anything.

Thanks for the detailed guide and assistance,
Jon

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:15 +0000

That worked flawlessly, thank you very much!

By: Pablo Garcia

Pablo Garcia — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:25:26 +0000

Jon, if you can connect with a Windows computer using the VPN Wizard and it connects fine with no special tweaks, then you should be able to do it with Ubuntu as well. Go through the instructions again and check the encryption type.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:18:10 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for providing the tutorial instructions – they have let me configure one of the VPN links I need but I can’t get it to connect. Even though I enter the user & password details I get the error:
nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN connection ‘Page Associates’ failed to connect: ‘No VPN secrets!’. written to the syslog and no message or any requests on screen.

Would be grateful if anyone can suggest anything I’ve missed.

Thanks.