[lug] neat trick with gnome + network manager + VPN

[Quentin Hartman]

Good trick! Thanks for sharing. What VPN service are you using?

I just started using TunnelBear and it's working pretty well so far. They
don't "officially" support linux in that they don't build a client for it,
but they have instructions available for using standard VPN tools to
connect to their endpoints. The experience on my phone with their client is
very seamless.

Q

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com> wrote:

> I came across this when playing with the VPN configurations.
>
> 0. install network-manager-openvpn-gnome.
>
> 1. right-click on network icon and go to bottom of menu - select Edit
> Connections.
>
> 2. create your VPN entry. (This lets you easily select it by
> right-clicking on the network icon and then selecting VPN Connections.) You
> can import a .ovpn file, or just read the configuration and figure out what
> values to use.
>
> 3. edit your wired and wifi connections. On the 'General' tab one of the
> last items is "Connect to this VPN...". You can specify one of your VPN
> connections.
>
> The wifi connections that launch without forcing me to a login page work
> fine - they launch with the VPN enabled.
>
> I haven't had a chance to try it on a wifi connection that requires a
> login page. It might be smart enough to recognize the private IP address
> range and not route through the VPN for those connections.
>
> This solves one of my annoyances - I might have a VPN account but a lot of
> traffic goes out between when I establish the connection and when I can
> right-click on the network icon and turn on the VPN. Not everything uses
> https. This should eliminate that window.
>
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