On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 17:47 +0000, Dave Barton wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having some issues with the PPTP VPN plugin and I'm not sure whether > it is a bug or a strangely configured VPN server... > > I connect to my VPN via a wireless connection and the problem is I cannot > connect to anything (web, email, etc) and after a few mins the connection > dies. I've worked out that I can solve this by adding a route (i.e., > "route add xx.xx.xx.xx gw xx.xx.xx.xx wlan0") to my VPN server that goes > via the original wireless connection (and associated gateway) but since I > don't know the gateway beforehand (it depends on the wireless hotspot) I > can't add it as a route that gets added when the VPN starts...
NM should already be adding a host route to the external VPN gateway. Can you do '/sbin/route -n' right after the initial connection and see if that host route is present? Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list