Advice needed for VPN troubles with Linux Lite 1.x

[mandoran]

Hello all,


I suddenly began to have problems with my VPN, either my browser would lose contact with the 'net, or I was unable to connect at all. After much digging and some assistance from my provider, the key problem seemed to be an empty or non-existent resolv.conf file, and the following looked like a fix:


"Use following command and answer YES to enable dynamic updates:


sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf
Worked for me on Ubuntu 12.04.
"


I was also told to enter a specific DNS address in my /etc/network/interfaces file.
After much trial and error I now have my VPN service working again - but now I cannot get a working connection at all without the VPN. I guess that I need to add DNS addresses, perhaps to the interfaces file, or one of the relevant files in the /etc/resolv.conf directory - but I was wondering if anyone had advice about how best to solve this.


Can anyone help me with this? (I am running a 1.x version of LL on this machine, and don't have time to upgrade it - am having a new machine put in fairly soon that will run the latest LL, but need to find a fix now...)


Thanks!

[valtam]

VPN is well supported on Linux Lite 2.4 so configuration is a breeze. As far as support on 1.06, you could try and install the following packages and let the software do the configuring for you:

Code:

sudo apt-get install vpnc openconnect network-manager-openconnect-gnome network-manager-vpnc-gnome network-manager-openvpn

[mandoran]

Excellent thanks, will try that next.