Questions tagged [vpn]
Virtual private network; a network that connects remote sites or users via the Internet using virtual connections so that devices can communicate as if they were on a private network.
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WSL2 unable to connect to IP address (not DNS) on Cisco Anyconnect VPN
Preface: This is not a DNS issue. I am working with explicit IP addresses here and cannot make connections. There are a lot of questions for my same situation but involving DNS resolution. I have ...
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OpenVPN can't open (Kali)
I'm setting up an OpenVPN server on Kali. When the service is started, this error occurs:
Job for [email protected] failed because the control process exited with error code. See "...
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VPN over VPN using Amazon EC2 instance
I have a OpenVPN configuration file for TryHackMe that I need to connect to. However, I also need to connect to another OpenVPN Access Server hosted on an Amazon AWS EC2 instance. Is there a way that ...
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How can I set up OpenVPN on a Windows Server to allow clients to authenticate against Active Directory and access LAN
I have setup OpenVPN and my test client is able to ping the OpenVPN Server and vice-versa.
However, I am unable to connect to (or ping) any other device on the local network.
Ultimately, I would like ...
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Wi-Fi hotspot on MacBook with VPN
I have MacBook with macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6 using WiFi to connect to VPN server on Internet. Thus all my network traffic goes to the outside world through VPN.
How to configure MacBook ...
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Vpn setup for remote access of offline nvr
My objective is remote online access of nvr or nas which is not allowed internet access through router settings.
Im imagining using my router quickvpn/ l2tp/ pptp options to access nvr.
When internet ...
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Single network interface with multiple IPs
I'd like to implement multiple VPN protocol tunnels on the same virtual interface.
My VPN tunnel is implemented on top of UDP connection so basically I can use this connection to send packets to ...
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OpenVPN through Tunnelblick - "Unrouteable TLS received" connecting to Riseup VPN
I'm trying to connect to RiseupVPN on my Macbook Pro M2 running macOS 14.1 Sonoma. I downloaded the branded BitmaskVPN client from them, and with 2 nondescript errors in the installation, I launched ...
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People say that VPN tunnels are bi-directional, but how to you actually route traffic in the reverse direction
I am trying to understand how you can use a VPN in the reverse direction. There are plenty of post on here asking a question about is a tunnel bidirectional spanning over 10 years, and there are lots ...
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Forward a port outside a VPN network
I'm dealing with a scenario involving 3 devices: 1) A VM (Ubuntu), 2) a laptop (Win11), 3) a desktop (Arch)
The VM runs in a separate network protected by a VPN.
I can access the network from the ...
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Windows 11 why is traffic bound to one interface is sent to another
On a Windows 11 machine I have my regular wifi interface (192.168.3.7) and a Wintun Tunnel interface (configured to have IP 192.168.3.6). The routing tables are set up so that all traffic should go to ...
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Wireguard with VPS for mobile clients for all traffic routing
I have been trying to configure Wireguard as a VPN for accessing my home network which partially I have been successful. But I still am experiencing problems when trying to make two things happen.
I ...
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Get PC to listen to server on VPN subnet
Have a pretty bizarre networking problem I'm trying to solve. It's hard to describe with words, so here's a crappy diagram I drew:
The PC can't directly access the VPN subnet (and therefore the ...
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Routing all traffic to local socket server to act as a tunnel
I have developed a socket server in Python that runs on my Windows 11 device and another one on my cloud server. My goal is to tunnel all the traffic from my device to the cloud server through these ...
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Nested Wireguard routing on a mac uses host's default gateway instead of outer tunnel for the inner tunnel
I use wg-quick from wireguard-tools on MacOS to make a nested tunnel host -> outer -> inner -> internet. The issue is when I bring up the inner tunnel (after the outer one is already up), it ...
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How to update OpenVPN Server on Windows?
I have OpenVPN 2.6.6 installed on Windows 10, configured to run as a server.
For security reasons, i like to keep all components of my server up to date, and when i noticed that OpenVPN 2.6.7 had been ...
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SSH mysteriously blocked
My SSH server is at work behind the university firewall.
I connect to my university VPN and have always been able to SSH into it. Recently I used VSCode to remote work on it via SSH. The connection ...
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Site to Site VPN not working after Fibre Upgrade
I have 3 VPNs connecting Sites A, B & C. Two of these (A & C) have just been upgraded to fibre (FTTP) and now only the A to B route is working.
All sites have Draytek routers.
Sites A & B ...
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Is it possible to use 2 VPN connections on MacOS simultaneously and route traffic through connections based on hosts?
I use MacOS and I want to use 2 VPN connections simultaneously and route traffic through connection based on hosts.
Traffic to hosts example1.xxx and example2.xxx should be routed through ...
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Unable to change geolocation through VPN is it advisable to consider changing the IP address?
Unable to change geolocation through VPN; is it advisable to consider changing the IP address?
Lately, I've been experiencing difficulties in altering my geolocation through a VPN. I use a NordVPN ...
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Docker exposed ports available from host, but not from other machines in iptables restricted container
I have custom container with VPN inside, with following iptables rules inside container:
# Flush all existing rules and chains
iptables -F
iptables -X
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How can I setup 2 VPS can connect without using VPN which those VPS has already setup the ListenAddress to the VPN
I have 2 VPS,
and those 2 VPS are setup OpenVPN, and we only can access it by connect to VPN, then ssh it to VPN gateway itself. I set it up from sshd_config by adding ListenAddress.
here's the ...
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Slow download speed when not using ExpressVPN; especially for overseas, especially for single-connection. Upload not affected
I have a confusing internet speed issue.
My setup
I have ostensibly a 100 up / 20 down plan (FTTP on Aus NBN).
I also sometimes use ExpressVPN
I am also testing across my phone and my desktop for ...
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Peer connection issue with Wireguard
I am requesting your help because I have a Wireguard peer connection issue. I can't figure why. Here is my situation, I have Wireguard server installed on my raspberry pi#1 (home) on docker. I have ...
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RDP with VPN connection: User account did not work
I am in a network using a VPN.
I want to connect a Windows 11 computer in this network using RDP.
When I try to connect to this computer using the RDP app for MacBooks it doesn't work.
Before ...
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How come some blocked sites still open after VPN is disabled?
Let's say there is a website, and ISP is blocking it, or there is no tunnel(?) to the website. After enabling VPN, the site opens, VPN is disconnected, the site still opens - even in Private Sessions, ...
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Static Internet IP blocking resource loading on a website
I have a static IP from my ISP. When I use this IP and connect to our company's quickbase.com, instance the browser is unable to load the Request URL:https://ui-features.quickbase.com/manifests/prod....
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How to create a Site to Site L2TP/IPSec VPN tunnel between two Synology NAS?
My question is quite simple: I have two Synology NAS devices (running the latest version of DSM and VPN Server) installed at remote locations, each connected to a local LAN with an high-speed Fiber ...
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route all traffic through vpn, on the fly
I just installed openvpn on my server and my client. It seems to work fine.
Now, I would like to route all the traffic from my client through my VPN server, over internet, on demand, just in some ...
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What does the OpenVPN 'auth' directive do?
What does the 'auth' directive do in an OpenVPN config file?
I am using a PKI system with my OpenVPN setup, as detailed here, and i have got everything working OK (I.E Client connects to server). ...
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How to access local SaMBa share from WAN
I have a local machine running OpenMediaVault. There's a SMB share set up on it which is accesible from LAN.
Sometimes there's a need for me to access data on that share from outside of my LAN. What ...
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What is needed/must be done to set up VPN connection to Windows Server programatically
I have fresh installation Windows Server 2022. (In fact default installation of Virtual Private Server)
I want to set up it as VPN server without external SW. Then Windows 10 and 11 clients can ...
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macOS Ventura - Losing network connection after VPN disconnects
I have an OpenVPN, and when I make a connection everything looks good - both the internet and VPN connection works. But after I disconnected the VPN, I am immediately loosing the internet connection. ...
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OpenVPN Tunnel Through IP-Restricted Modems
I have an OpenVPN server running on an untangle/ARISTA device (A). It has a site-to-site connection with another untangle/ARISTA device (B). Also connected to that (B) is an IP-restricted modem (B1). ...
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Allow VPN-only traffic coming from Router's VPN-client
I have a router with VPN-client feature. The router is connected to VPN server via L2TP/IPSEC.
The Windows PC is connected to the router and getting internet traffic from VPN server. All works well.
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Using Wireguard to forward traffic from public facing VPS to private server
TL;DR; I'm trying to setup a bunch of internet facing services (web, smtp, other) on a machine running on my LAN and forward traffic to it from a public facing VPS machine using Wireguard in such a ...
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Missing static routing in VPN Connection (VPN server + RPi + subnet)
I have two networks that are connected via VPN. I have an OpenVPN server running on my NAS at home. Outside my network I have a Raspberry Pi (RPi) which is connected to my local network via VPN. The ...
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OpenVPN Timeout when connecting
I have followed instructions here (with slight adaptations, as listed below) to set up OpenVPN on an OpnSense router, but clients are not able to connect.
Differences:
I set Local port to 1179
I set ...
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Using Tailscale to route traffic from a proxy VPS to my homelab results in incredibly slow speeds
I have a VPS that I am using as a reverse proxy to forward traffic to my personal server at home. The two servers are connected by Tailscale, and the VPS is running Nginx, which takes some subdomains, ...
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Connect to remote computer attached to my network via VPN
I have a RasberryPi with an OpenVPN server running on it on my home network. Works great for my typical usage. I can connect with RDP and ssh to my PC at home while I am traveling by connecting my ...
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Set up Windows Server VPN programatically
How to migrate VPN server user from Windows Server 2016 to 2022 programmatically/automatically?
On Windows Server 2016 is the build-in Windows VPN used.
Details: Users can connect to a server A ...
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Google - Verify your identity on new account
I have created a new Google account using an existing email (that has a custom domain). Upon my first login, I was greeted with the following page for supposed unusual activity:
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I have tried over 10 ...
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Virtual Box and ExpressVPN
I have been trying to solve this issue for 3 weeks now, is there a way I can use ExpressVPN network only to access a Virtual Machine?
And if that connection failed for some reason it will not switch ...
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How can I create a VPN server with SoftEther and connect it with Azure site-to-site?
I have a Windows server and I want to create a VPN server with SoftEther to connect it with Azure. I have the Azure side (subnets, a Local Virtual Network, a Virtual Network Gateway and a Connection) ...
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Is it possible to spoof the browser's useragent using a local VPN?
Context: I'm trying to log in to my YouTube account on the Steam overlay browser but Google is flagging it as unsecure probably because the embedded browser is outdated. However, while looking around ...
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Barracuda VPN client for linux 5.2.2 fails to process onetimepwd parameter
I use barracudavpn for linux version 5.2.2.
According to the usage help I should be able to provide an OTP via the onetimepwd parameter.
barracudavpn --start --login <login-name> --serverpwd <...
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Clarify vpn behaviour
I have a common and probably stupid question regarding vpn behaviour, but still it would be good to confirm my understanding. If i share internet from let's say my mobile phone (via Wi-Fi hotspot) and ...
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OpenVPN with subnets and other permission for each of them
Is it possible to configure openVPN network in topology subnet to split network for subnets and add other behavior for each subnets regarding to possibility to communicate for each clients e.g. in ...
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Remote Desktop to my local network via VPS
I'd like to ask you for tips how to connect via RDP to my home network PC.
My current setup:
I have configured VPS server with WireGuard VPN running on it. I have added two peers there:
Personal ...
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How to use ExpressVPN inside virtual box using "Bridged Adapter"
ExpressVPN has an option called split tunnel which can connect only certain applications to the VPN network, I have tried it and it worked, but the problem is:
1- I must turn on the VPN on my desktop ...
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