OpenVPN, CISCO VPN and Local Network : Split Tunneling a way forward
Sometimes situations arise when we need to work on computers on multiple networks and are behind different VPN networks. VPN networks comes in multiple flavors to complicate the situation. Setting an OpenVPN or CISCO VPN network with default settings will set the system to route all the traffic (including internet) to flow via the VPN tunnels. This may not be ideal for most people working on multiple networks. Before going into how to setup this I will explain how we can connect an OpenVPN and CISCO VPN network from the network manager. Ubuntu ships by default with the plugin for the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) not for OpenVPN or CISCO VPN. The following settings were tested under Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04 64 bit versions. Connecting to a CISCO VPN network In order to connect to CISCO VPN network from the Network-Manger in Unity or Gnome we need to install two packages sudo apt install network-manager-vpnc sudo apt install network-manager-vpnc-gnome To set-...