Ubuntu – VPN connection breaks internet

10.10network-manageropenvpnvpn

After installing OpenVPN properly (network-manager-openvpn) and setting up my VPN, I am not able to connect to any internet page or access anything that's remote. Pinging stuff is totally dead.

I have absolutely no idea on how to proceed from now. What should I do?

Best Answer

It's perfectly normal, as by default, all connections are made through your VPN. You have two options:

  • you can configure you VPN server to let connections to the outside go through the VPN
  • you can configure you client to only use your VPN for connections to other machines in the private network
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