I have setup a VPN on a Laptop using Fedora 21 x86_64. The VPN works fine however the gnome notifications are not reflecting the true state of the VPN.
In Network Settings you can connect to XXXVPN using the ON/OFF switch. If you then do a 'nmcli connections show --active' you will get the correct information regarding the VPN and also the tun will show active on a separate line. ifconfig reports the 'hard' settings for the nic together with the relevant VPN settings. I had noticed on a couple of occasions the VPN had dropped however the gnome settings were still showing active..... So if the VPN gets dropped (NOT manually disconnected) Gnome settings will still show the VPN as connected. nmcli connections show --active will still show the VPN as active, however the 'tun' line has now disappeared confirming the VPN is down. ifconfig shows the 'hard' settings for the nic but no entry for the VPN. This means there's a disjoint in what is being reported via Gnome/NetworkManager and the actuality of the status of the VPN. In effect there would appear to be a need to 'actively poll' the tun to ensure the VPN is still active and if the tun fails NetworkManager needs to be updated accordingly. _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
