Network Manager vpnc

[Fred Smith]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:49:09AM -0500, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
> Work recently switched to a Palo Alto GlobalProtect based VPN, which
> works with vpnc.  I am able to connect to it fine if I just configure
> the settings under "Identity" in NetworkManager using
> NetworkManager-vpnc.  However, this sends all my traffic over the VPN,
> so it's not ideal.  I should be able to customize the settings under
> "IPv4" to do split routing, and I even have instructions for doing so
> under Ubuntu, but whenever I change anything under "IPv4" the VPN fails
> to connect.  I'm at a loss as to how to get any better debugging info to
> see why that is.  Is there some trick to getting this working that I am
> missing?
> 
> Thanks
> Mike

Mike:

in the vpnc setup for NM, click on the tab labeled "IPv4 Settings", then
the "Routes" button, and on that popup window, click the checkbox for
"Use this connection only for resources on its network". Voila!

Fred

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