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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How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)?
I want to use a Windows VPN but only for a particular network, so that it doesn't take over my entire network connection.
e.g., Instead of the VPN becoming the default route, make it only the route ...
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How to selectively route network traffic through VPN on Mac OS X Leopard?
I don't want to send all my network traffic down to VPN when I'm connected to my company's network (via VPN) from home. For example, when I'm working from home, I would like to be able to backup all ...
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Use VPN connection only for selected applications
I have access to a VPN and want to use it only for some applications, not all.
For example:
If I connect to a VPN I want only the applications Opera and Newsbin to use that VPN connection. All other ...
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How to connect to a VirtualBox guest OS through a VPN?
I have an Oracle Linux guest running a web server in VirtualBox on a Windows 7 Host. I need to set the networking up so that I can do 3 things:
the host can connect to the guest through a browser and ...
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Windows 10 DNS resolution via VPN connection not working
In Windows 10, when connected to a VPN with Split Tunneling enabled (Gateway disabled), DNS resolution always uses the LAN DNS servers, ignoring the DNS servers and the DNS Suffix set on the VPN ...
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Connect using anyconnect from command line
I am trying to use Cisco anyconnect 3.1 from Linux command line to connect to a server. I can connect, but I have to submit one parameter at a time. I would like to connect from a script that will run ...
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Start configured VPN from command line (OSX)
I have two VPN configurations on my mac and I would like to be able to start them from the console when I ssh into my machine.
I have found the command networksetup which allows me to configure ...
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How to force split tunnel routing on Mac to a Cisco VPN
Any one know how to hack the routing table (on a mac) to defeat the forcing of VPN routing for every thing over a cisco VPN? pretty much what I want to do is have only 10.121.* and 10.122.* addresses ...
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No internet connection Ubuntu-WSL while VPN
I have a Ubuntu-20.04 Version 2 WSL running on my Windows 10 Laptop. Everything works fine, I have internet connection. But only as long as I am not connected to a VPN network.
If I connect to my the ...
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Why is there no network connectivity in Ubuntu using WSL 2 behind VPN?
Premise: I'm trying to run Ubuntu as a Windows 10 app using WSL.
TL;DR problem: When Ubuntu uses WSL 2, network connectivity "disappears" when using company VPN.
Trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 (...
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Why does connecting to my work VPN cause my internet to not work?
I VPN to my work, and then I terminal server into my computer.
Everything works fine in relation to the VPN access, but locally I can't access the internet.
How can I fix this?
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Can admins monitor my activity locally even when I use a VPN?
My school has one of those super overreacting web blockers (specifically Fortisnet) that blocks things that should be accessible by a high-school senior trying to research projects. Despite many ...
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Can't connect to VPN on Windows 10
I have a desktop computer and a laptop computer on the same WiFi network. The desktop can connect to the VPN, but the laptop cannot.
VPN Connection specs:
Type: PPTP
Sign-in: User name and password
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In Windows 10 how do you ensure all traffic goes through VPN?
What is the easiest way to ensure all traffic goes through the VPN in Windows 10? Are there any built in ways? I'm basically looking for an internet kill switch in the case the VPN fails.
I read that ...
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How can I stop Checkpoint's VPN program from automatically starting on my Mac? Then how do start it manually?
Checkpoint’s Endpoint Security VPN Client starts when I log into my Mac (Mac OS X 10.9.5).
How can I make it not start automatically?
Then, how can I start it manually when I need it?
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How to configure ShrewSoft VPN to connect to Cisco VPN Server?
What are the steps to connect to a Cisco VPN server using the ShrewSoft VPN Client?
It's important to note that there are different kinds of Cisco VPN connections:
Cisco VPN with pre-shared key (...
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How to load tun module in linux?
I cannot manage to load the tun module in my ArchLinux box. I’m trying
to connect with OpenVPN, but the log says:
nm-openvpn[6662]: Note: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such device (errno=...
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The VPN client agent was unable to create the interprocess communication depot
While installing Cisco AnyConnect 3.1.05170, the following error message appears in a dialog box.
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
The VPN client agent was unable to create the interprocess ...
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Mac OS X asks for Admin Username and Password twice before allowing access to Cisco AnyConnect VPN
OS X asks me -- twice -- to enter my admin username and password before it will let me connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN. This is annoying and unnecessary.
Text of the prompt:
OS X wants to make ...
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How can I disable 'Use default Gateway for remote networks' setting in Windows 10?
I have been disabling the 'use default gateway for remote networks' option to bypass unnecessary traffic from going through vpn. But after upgrading to Windows 10 I can't change the setting since the ...
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Setting DNS servers using OpenVPN client config file
How can I set DNS servers on the client using only the client configuration. My client is a windows machine and I want to change the DNS servers when the client connects and revert back to the ...
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What other IP addresses can/should I use for my home network?
I've been using 192.168.1.x for my home network, which has been perfectly happy for quite some time. However, I just started a new job, and they use the same set of IP addresses when I connect over ...
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VPN: Does all traffic get routed through the VPN when I am logged in?
If I log into a slow VPN with only a 15k/s connection, when I try to go to kernel.org or some other site to download something, is everything getting routed through that other network? (so my max ...
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How to route internet connection through teamviewer's VPN?
I'm trying to VPN to my home computer using teamviewer.
i can connect successfully and can easily see the shared files/folders. But I also want my internet to go through this vpn connection so that I ...
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openconnect on Ubuntu 14.04LTS :"XML response has no "auth" node"
I ran openconnect to connect to Juniper as following:
$ openconnect --version
OpenConnect version v5.02
Using GnuTLS. Features present: PKCS#11, TOTP software token, DTLS (using OpenSSL)
sudo ...
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How to force only Chrome to send network traffic through VPN connection on Windows 7?
So basically I have connected to a VPN and I want Chrome to use the DNS servers from the VPN network and also send network traffic through that WAN miniport (VPN tunnel). Everything else (Windows ...
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Windows 10 VPN client is not working
In Windows 10 (an upgrade from Windows 8.1), old VPN PPTP connections were not correctly migrated.
Created new VPN PPTP connection which was not working. Error message:
A Connection to the remote ...
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How does my VPN improve my download speed?
For some reason, I was downloading something at 300kb/s. Then I turned my VPN on and the download speed jumped up to 1.3mb/s.
Why is this? Is it because the VPN server reduces the jumps between me ...
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What is VPN actually used for?
I've never really understood why VPNs are used. I know it stands for Virtual Private Network, but in simple terms how does it work and what is it used for?
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Retrieving password for VPN in Mac OS X
I'd like to retrieve a password I entered a while ago for a VPN in Max OS X Tiger (in the Internet Connect app) and have since forgotten. It's probably stored with some simple obfuscation in some ...
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What is the difference between a proxy and a VPN?
There are several service providers out there that allow a user to circumvent firewalls or anonymize their web access.
Some of them use proxies, some use VPNs. Most people say that VPNs usually work ...
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Does the traffic go through my company network when I browse when connected through SSL-VPN
I work for a company which is not in my country. The enterprise intranet is in a different country. We do not have many employees in my country - so everyone works from home. When we need intranet ...
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Access my home network printer while I am using VPN to connect to work
When I work from home, I am connected to the resources in my company via VPN. In my home network there is a network printer in the same local network.
The problem is that when I open VPN to my ...
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Bypass VPN for certain apps
I connect to my company VPN for email, intranet, fileshare etc, but when I'm working I also like to listen to Spotify which is blocked through the company network, so I have to disconnect to the VPN ...
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OpenVPN client as SOCKS 5 server? [closed]
Are there any Windows applications that can connect to a remote OpenVPN server then act like a SOCKS 5 server in the local environment?
EDIT: which means
a local server
speaks VPN/OpenVPN protocol, ...
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How to VPN on demand Mac OS X?
I'm trying to configure the Snow Leopard's VPN on demand service without success
I've tried the following domain+configuration pairs but none of them have worked:
domain.net default
*.domain.net ...
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How to connect to a VPN at startup?
I need to have a computer at a branch office automatically connect to the corporate VPN to simplify the login process (not forcing the user to press network login down the right).
The client machine ...
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Connecting to a SonicWall VPN from a Linux machine
Is there a SonicWall client for Linux? When I searched around I could only find answers several years old.
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How to share a VPN connection in a VMWare Guest VM with the Host
The need
This question is relevant for all of those who want to bypass their corporate's annoying VPN, and access their work/corporate network from their private computer, especially if the corporate ...
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All created VPNs result in Error 720
I have a few different VPNs I need to connect to. I'm using windows 8 and standard ptpp VPN. Every VPN I have created though results in the same error:
Error 720: A connection to the remote computer ...
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Windows 10 VPN Connect Button Cumbersome
I installed Win 10 Pro and added a Windows VPN connection.
When I press the network icon in lower right edge, I see all my connections including my VPN connection.
However, when I click on it, the ...
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I have both IPv4 and IPv6 public addresses. Why?
For my home network, my public IP address shows through some websites as an IPv4 and others as an IPv6 address. I have read this thread and understand that it is possible for my ISP to have assigned ...
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VPN Tunnel vs SSH Tunnel
What is the difference between a tunnel, a VPN tunnel and an SSH tunnel? According to Wikipedia, "tunneling" is:
Tunneling typically contrasts with a layered protocol model such as those of OSI or ...
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Route only specific traffic through VPN
I've looked up previous people asking similar questions, but have yet to get a straight answer that will work for my given situation, so here goes..
I'm running on Linux (Fedora 22) and have a VPN ...
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Is it possible to connect to OpenVPN on Windows, without a 3rd-party client?
The title says it all. Is it possible to connect to OpenVPN from Windows 7, without using a 3rd party VPN client? Can I use the native Windows VPN functionality alone?
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Can the VPN built into Windows 7 replace the Cisco VPN client?
Is there any way that the built-in VPN client in Windows 7 can be used to replace the Cisco VPN client?
I have tried several times using different methods and have failed. It seems that inputting IP ...
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Windows 10 windows VPN IPv4 properties not accessible
I just installed Windows 10 and I want to join my domain through my windows VPN. But when I want to change the properties of the IPv4 protocol, nothing happens.
The button is NOT greyed out. (I ...
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How do I setup Ubuntu/Linux's Network manager to selectively route network traffic through the VPN?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and I just noticed that ALL of my network traffic is being routed through my VPN. I would like the VPN to route only the traffic hitting servers on the VPN and then connect ...
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Cisco VPN Client hangs at "Opening cert store"
I am unable to launch the Cisco VPN Client successfully. When the splash screen reaches the step labeled "Opening cert store", it simply hangs and goes unresponsive.
In the event viewer (eventvwr....
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Split Tunnel and Cisco AnyConnect
I am using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1.02026 on Windows 7 64-bit. I have heard there is a checkbox which enables split tunneling. However, this checkbox is removed from the GUI ...
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