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Can't connect VPN - Salvadorfree - 07-03-2022
Hello I have just cclean installed Linuxelite on an elderly Windows 7 laptop (4 GB, complete wipe). I have added an Open VPN connection, followed the operators instructions completely, but can' t get it to connect. So I then set it up exactly the same as it is configured on my main machine (Ubuntu 20.4) where it works fine. But for some reason I constantly get a connection failed error. I have tried re-installing, in cse of typing errors, but no joy. Any ideas of what else I can try?
Re: Can't connect VPN - Valtam - 07-04-2022
Who is the provider of the VPN? Where are the instructions that you used?
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Re: Can't connect VPN - Salvadorfree - 07-04-2022
Hello, the provider is smartdnsproxy.com, which I have been using on Ubuntu for several years.
The installation instructions are here
https://support.smartdnsproxy.com/article/166-vpn-setup-for-ubuntu-openvpn-protocol
Re: Can't connect VPN - Valtam - 07-05-2022
Do you use the VPN full-time? If so, doing it via your Router would be much better.
Re: Can't connect VPN - Salvadorfree - 07-08-2022
I coudld invest in a new router, but it seems a bit OTT.
In any case, I' d like to figure out why it won' t work with Linuxlite even though I' ve got it working on Ubuntu and Windows computers without any trouble.
Re: Can't connect VPN - Valtam - 07-08-2022
Windows is Windows, it does things much differently. Ubuntu is similar to LL, we have the same 'genes' but we are still vastly different OS's. It may be a question of packages or newer software that is the difference. There are many things that we do, that Ubuntu doesn't do, and vice versa.