Questions tagged [vpn]

Virtual private network; a network that connects remote sites or users via the Internet using virtual connections so that devices can communicate as if they were on a private network.

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How to find devices on my VPN network?

I have successfully connected to my workplace's vpn network with openconnect. I have confirmed that I am connected because I can view intranet websites. Now I'm trying to my work machine using ssh. ...
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Issue running wireguard (wg-quick) on Ubuntu

I'm trying to run wireguard on a VPS running Ubuntu. My config works find on MacOS using the wireguard GUI. but when I run it on the VPS using wg-quick I get the following output, the SSH connection ...
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Using modem as home network traffic input and raspberry pi 5 as output

So my family and I love using a VPN for all sorts of things, and we want all of our traffic to be routed through one (surfshark). Because we don't live in a city, our home internet system has been at ...
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What is "ForceSecureCompartment" is rasdial/rasphone?

I'm editing the configuration of a VPN manually on Windows 11 by editing "rasphone.pbk", and I noticed there is a config ForceSecureCompartment=0. Just out of curiosity, can anyone explain ...
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Connect to VPN when `wicd` delivers the internet

wicd and nmcli conflict, so how can I get onto a VPN if not through nmcli con up?
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Why can't I connect to PostgreSQL (localhost server) when my VPN is active?

I just wasted an hour of my life trying to figure out why pgAdminIII couldn't connect to the server on localhost. After trying config edits, starting/stopping the postgresql service, etc., I finally ...
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VPN Traffic Flow

Networking amateur here. I have a Fortinet VPN client installed which I use to connect to the office network. The client also installed a virtual network adapter which I understand is the interface ...
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Troubleshooting problems with Viscosity and DNS requests

I'm using Viscosity 1.10.8 on macOS 14.2.1. A friend of mine has just sent to me the following OpenVPN configuration file for my client: client dev tun remote <MY FRIEND'S IP> 1194 tcp tun-mtu ...
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High availability Server + NAS - TrueNas + Docker

For some time now I have been toying with the idea of having my own server to be able to deploy my applications, web pages, etc. My father has presented me with the idea that he wants to have a NAS to ...
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Accessing internal service remotely while connected to Cloudflare WARP

I'm living in a place with heavy censorship ongoing including YouTube and Twitter. What I'm trying to achieve is: Setup a SNI proxy server which with help of a self-hosted DNS server will redirect my ...
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Understanding packet routing when using Wireguard/Tailscale and the BitTorrent Protocol

I have a local machine on a VPN network with private IP A , and a VPS with private IP B which acts as an exit node, i.e. all traffic in the local machine is supposedly being routed from the local ...
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Why I can’t access to internet with this vpn setup?

I try to setup a vpn between 2 networks over internet following this link https://openvpn.net/community-resources/how-to/ On my server openvpn runs port 1194 transfered interface ; inet 10.9.8.1 peer ...
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Losing network connection after VPN disconnects

I use tunnelblick and OpenVPN on the mac, but when I choose to disconnect from the VPN I lose all network connectivity and have to reboot to get back online. Is there a way to get a new IP or ...
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Running vpn on access point

just a question I need help with. Long story short, I have 4gee router as no other Internet available in my area. Our son plays xbox and has a wired access point in his room but xbox doesnt like cgnat ...
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Configuring WireGuard on Linux for WebRTC Leak Testing

I'm trying to make wireguard work with a special config, to test Browsers for WebRTC Leaks. With this said I need a config, that allows allows traffic outside of the tunnel. In Windows I could ...
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openVPN connected but can't ping

I'm currently installing an OpenVPN clent+server to have a remote acces to my server files. I've set up both side, generated the keys and now my client can be connected (with the green icon). Once i'm ...
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Shrew Configuration to Allow all traffic over the VPN connection

I want to route all the traffic through my VPN connection, i have already tried with the Policies section without success, https://www.whatismyip.com/ is still detecting my ip as i were not connected ...
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Windows 11 - Resetting network configuration after using VPN software

I have used a VPN client recently, and after using it I am unable to play a game because it crashes when connecting to the game servers. One of the things I'm trying to debug is any changes the VPN ...
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Dedicated Ip Address using vpn connection

I am a newbie in Network connections and I developing an application that needs to connect to a Server "Y", the connection is allowed just for an specific IP through the firewall, this IP ...
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What about Google One VPN would cause Box Drive on Windows 10 to display an Excel spreadsheet with data as a blank sheet?

A couple of times recently, a Microsoft 360 Excel spreadsheet, which had been saved to a folder on Box Drive and left open on my desktop overnight, was no longer on the desktop in the morning. There ...
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How do I setup my voip phone to use VPN server?

I've installed Bria 4 on Windows 7 pc. I've got a 15MbPS broadband connection. The Bria on my PC fail to register with this network. However if I connect to VPN server(hide.me), with the broadband ...
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How to chain in cascade two VPNs on macOS?

Given the following VPNs: a WireGuard VPN I've created with a Fritz!Box a Cisco IPSec VPN I'd like to know if it's possible to connect to the Cisco VPN using the IP obtained via the WireGuard VPN. ...
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Domain authentication without joining the domain

I am DBA in an Active Directory environment. I often work from home using my private PC (I connect via VPN). My private PC is not joined to the Active Directory domain. Is it possible to use domain ...
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Does wireguard route all traffic to the VPN server or just specific IP addreses?

I has setup wireguard so I can access my NAS remotely on top of OpenMediaVault with the wireguard plugin I was wondering does wireguard route all traffic to the VPN server or just specific IP ...
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redirect to PFsense IPsec tunnel endpoit which has public IP

I have got a working IPsec connection where the Remote subnet has a non internet IP address (105.x.y.z/25). Trying to access this address of course leads to the public internet. How can I redirect all ...
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How to use my home internet from other country so that I can browse country-restricted websites?

I need to browse websites when I travel to other countries. Sometimes local web traffic policies may restrict the navigation of some IP. I have a wired-line internet connection in my house. Its ...
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Cannot SSH through VPN (Windows 8, Cisco Client), but ping works, and SSH from other machines works too

On my Ubuntu Linux workstation, I have a properly working SSH server. I can log on to this machine from other machines in the same (physical) network. My goal is to log on to this workstation from my ...
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slow vpn tunnels speed on high speed network

I have some VMs with minimum network speed of 1G I need to connect each VM via a split tunnel. While the raw speed between VMs are 1G but over the tunnels , the speed is down to 10% of the max speed (...
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How can I decrypt a VPN pre-shared key?

I have a windows 7 *.cmp file which contains an encrypted pre-shred key in it and I also know the pin-code for it. [Profile Format] Version=5 [Connection Manager] CMSFile=xxx\yyy.cms PresharedKey=**...
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Using VPN connection in OSX will only route through the first service in "Service Order"

I am trying to get my VPN connection to only route network traffic related to my workplace through the VPN connection and any other traffic through my Wi-Fi connection. If I have my Wi-Fi at the top ...
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Win10 "Connection properties" changes from "Certificate" to "Smart card" when I try to connect to IKEv2 VPN server

I try to connect to Debian Strong Swan VPN server from Windows 10. I create CA certificate on Debian server and import the root certificate to Windows "Trusted Root Certification Authorities&...
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WSL - how to connect to VcXserv/Xming when VPN is running in the hosted OS?

For work for a vendor, I need to access a few sites via their VPN. Due to the security, however, their VPN blocks basically all other network traffic. For that, I decided to try the WSL/Linux ...
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Lion built-in VPN client times out connecting to Windows 2003 PPTP server

I have a new iMac with OS X 10.7 (Lion) on it that refuses to connect to a PPTP-based VPN server (running Windows 2003 SBS). To shortcut past a lot of questions: There is a Dell workstation running ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS terminal session constant freeze, disconnects

I have installed Windows 2012 R2, using it to support 15 remote desktop users. I have installed Office 2007 open lic. The problem I am having is I start a session, then if I run any Office program, or ...
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Wireguard VPN pfSense -> Speedport router: No connection

I have a network A with the subnet 192.168.1.1/24, connected to a Telekom Speedport Smart 3, and a network B with the subnet 10.168.1.1/24, connected to an SG-1100 with pfSense (behind a cable modem). ...
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routing traffic to remote webserver within VPN, via reverse proxy

What I'm trying to achieve, is posted in below picture: the different PI's each host a webserver, and are connected with a dongle to the 4G network (in remote areas). Since they have shared IP's on ...
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Can I set up a VPN server without router access?

I want to be able to set up a Windows 10 PC so that I can connect to the internet remotely as if from the IP address of the PC. I do not have access to the router password (of the modem/router ...
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connecting between two subnets via VPN

I am trying to use mount -t cifs command from my computer to my raspberry pi when i am on the same network there are no issues ssh into the device mount from my computer to the rpi all good The ...
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Home Assistant OS + Wireguard Client addon = IP Masquerading not working correctly

I installed addon wireguard-client on my Home Assistant OS on Raspberry Pi IP masquerading is not working; I cannot access other devices on my local area network traceroute stops at 10.10.1.2 instead ...
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VPN on OSX disconnects after precisely 2 minutes and 30 seconds on specific network

When connecting to my own VPN server on a specific network, called public-network, my Mac disconnects the VPN connection after 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I have performed several tests and this is the ...
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Windows 10, Cisco VPN and Forti SSL VPN

When I connect both to Fortinet SSL VPN and to Cisco VPN at the same time, I cannot use network provided by Forticlient (i.e. my PC cant see remote hosts, ping timeouts). Cisco VPN network works fine ...
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SSH Connection Timed Out - TryHackMe Linux Walkthrough

I am a beginner trying to learn Linux from TryHackMe's Linux Fundamentals. I ran out of time on the attack box and have been trying to connect to my active machine using a VPN over OpenVPN Connect. ...
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Hamachi network adapter won't install in windows 7

I had Hamachi working normally for some time, then out of the blue it started giving me VPN error (showing that yellow triangle with an exclamation mark) for every single person on my networks and I ...
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How can I connect to a Juniper Junos Pulse VPN from a Windows 10 PC?

Just upgraded to Windows 10. I used to be able to configure Juniper VPN connection on Windows 8.1 natively without any additional software. "Juniper Networks Junos Pulse" was listed in Windows 8.1's ...
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Can remote in over IPv6 but not IPv4 using OpenVPN?

We are using an Asus router with built in openVPN to remotely connect to the local network on which a windows machine runs. We then use Microsoft Remote Desktop to facilitate the connection of remote ...
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Manually Setting Interface metric priority of Network Adapters not preferring lower metric route on Windows

After Connecting to Cisco VPN AnyConnect, Now I have two network interfaces having set same default routes, but with different metric values. Even after manually changing/raising the metric value of ...
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iTunes Home Sharing over VPN?

At my office, I have iTunes set up for listening to music while I program. Every now and then I'll hear a song on someone else's playlist, and want to purchase it. Only problem is transporting it to ...
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Allowing IKEv2 on Windows Firewall

I am using a VPN service from a company that offers IKEv2 VPN. I tried enabling it in the Windows Firewall by allowing UDP ports 500 and 4500. I also allowed Protocol number 50 and 51 without luck. I ...
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Is it possible to have Brave's VPN not affect the whole computer on Windows 10?

When I turn on the VPN in Brave it seems to affect the whole computer, including other browsers. Is it possible to make it only affect Brave? I don't want Chrome to go through the same VPN. Actually, ...
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Setup a VPN on a Squid Proxy (Linux)

Hi all ! I have a Ubuntu server running a squid cache proxy server and i was wondering if it was possible to set things up so that squid would "connect to the internet" though a vpn (PureVPN). But ...