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Daniel Quinn
Asked: 2017-03-17 03:10:45 +0800 CST

How do I configure NetworkManger-OpenVPN to only use a VPN for some IPs?

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My company is using a pfsense router to manage a simple VPN for the office. The idea is that I should be able to connect to the VPN from home and use it to (a) access servers on the office LAN and (b) visit our AWS-based webservers over ports 22 and 80 via the VPN.

Unfortunately, it's currently setup as an all-or-nothing deal: if I connect to the office VPN, all of my web traffic goes through there, and I'd rather not do that.

I'm running GNOME 3.22.2 with NetworkManager and the OpenVPN plugin on Gentoo Linux, so help with these tools in mind would be appreciated.

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  1. Best Answer

    First install network-manager-openvpn and network-manager-openvpn-gnome.

    Restart the network-manager service (check for your system)

    sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service

    and go to the Network Settings. From there add a new VPN

    Add a new VPN

    probably by choosing Import from file (.ovpn file).

    After adding username and password go to the IPV4 tab and select the option Use this connection only for resources on its network

    Choose the option image

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