OpenVPN client disconnects me from LAN

flaim · #1 15th September 2009, 11:23 PM

Hello community,

This is the first one of probably many posts as I am new to Fedora having lots of questions. This one is about the openvpn client which is used by me to connect to my company network. Thanks to the Fedora FAQ it was easy for me to set up the client and establish a connection. There is just one problem every time I open a connection I am disconnected from my local Internet. I was using openvpn on my Windows XP PC before and there was no problem keeping two Network connections, the (W)LAN and the vpn tunnel. Does anyone know how to solve this? I am utilizing the latest Fedora 11 release and configured openvpn client via the Network Manager GUI. Thanks in advance.

Foster_ua · #2 16th September 2009, 07:40 PM

It seems that openvpn after connection sets its channel as default route.
Configure - > IPv4 settings - > Routes

flaim · #3 16th September 2009, 08:02 PM

Thanks for the hint Foster_ua!

This how I solved the issue.

1. Edit your VPN connection in Network-Manager
2. Go to Tab "IPv4 Settings" -> "Routes..."
3. Set the option "Use this connection only for resources on its network"