So networkManager is crap, and I don’t use gnome.
A nice alternative I found on the archwiki page is pptpclient: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PPTP_VPN_client_setup_with_pptpclient
Basically it boils down to:
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sudo pacman -S pptpclient
sudo pptpsetup –create citesVPN –server vpn.cites.illinois.edu –username YOURNETID –password YOURPASSWORD –encrypt
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sudo pacman -S pptpclient
sudo pptpsetup –create citesVPN –server vpn.cites.illinois.edu –username YOURNETID –password YOURPASSWORD –encrypt
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hen when you want to actually use it:
the ip route will make it so all of your network traffic runs through the vpn.
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sudo pon citesVPN
sudo ip route add default dev ppp0
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sudo pon citesVPN
sudo ip route add default dev ppp0
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then to shut off the vpn
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sudo poff citesVPN
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sudo poff citesVPN
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And that’s about it…