Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources Hi, I am on a rather brittle network connection and as a consequence my vpn connections is breaking on a regular basis with just a short notification, and more often than not I simply don't absorb it, because networkmanager is restoring the original routing information and the network simply continues to work (for most things like browsing the web). So without realizing it I quite often loose my "stealth mode". Now, I'd rather get a proper network failure in such a situation, meaning that networkmanager should not automatically try to reconnect. Maybe this could also become an option in the vpn preferences. thx for your time Mich;
This is a upstream issue: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349151
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(In reply to comment #1) > This is a upstream issue: > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349151 I don't think that it is exactly what I meant. Although, reconnecting the VPN automatically would be a great thing, yes. The other problem is that a broken VPN should not be replaced with a transparent connection. In such a case you think you're hiding but in real you're open as hell.
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The branch nm09 of Plasma NM adds an overlay to the system tray icon to indicate a VPN connection is active, so you can always know when VPN is activate. Do you think this suffices? If so then I will close this bug. As for not reconfiguring a non-encrypted connection when VPN fails you should contact NetworkManager developers. NM's clients, like Plasma NM, cannot control that. Also several people who use VPN (me included) just need it to access a particular non-public network and not the entire Internet. If the VPN connection becomes unavailable I like the fact that I still can access the rest of the Internet.
(In reply to comment #5) > The branch nm09 of Plasma NM adds an overlay to the system tray icon to > indicate a VPN connection is active, so you can always know when VPN is > activate. Do you think this suffices? If so then I will close this bug. > > As for not reconfiguring a non-encrypted connection when VPN fails you should > contact NetworkManager developers. NM's clients, like Plasma NM, cannot control > that. Also several people who use VPN (me included) just need it to access a > particular non-public network and not the entire Internet. If the VPN > connection becomes unavailable I like the fact that I still can access the rest > of the Internet. how about creating hooks to execute user scripts before and after a connection change?
(In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > The branch nm09 of Plasma NM adds an overlay to the system tray icon to > > indicate a VPN connection is active, so you can always know when VPN is > > activate. Do you think this suffices? If so then I will close this bug. > > > > As for not reconfiguring a non-encrypted connection when VPN fails you should > > contact NetworkManager developers. NM's clients, like Plasma NM, cannot control > > that. Also several people who use VPN (me included) just need it to access a > > particular non-public network and not the entire Internet. If the VPN > > connection becomes unavailable I like the fact that I still can access the rest > > of the Internet. > > how about creating hooks to execute user scripts before and after a connection > change? Already in my loooooooong TODO list (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153990). There are yet too many things to implement but too few developers in Plasma NM. I am not being paid to work on Plasma NM and do some "freelance" work that I have to give priority since that work pays my bills.
Closing as upstream since auto reconnect for VPN connections must be implemented in NetworkManager, not Plasma NM.
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