Re: Routing all traffic trough VPN

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 8/16/2018 7:56 AM, Piotr Martyniuk wrote:
> On 2018-08-06, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
> > I believe it should happen by default, this is almost always what you
> > want. I'm fairly sure I've never had to ask for this.
> >
> > When the VPN connects, Network Manager should adjust routing so that
> > the VPN becomes the default gateway. To disable this behaviour, there
> > is a tick box somewhere in IP properties of the VPN connection, I think.
>
> It actually does the thing automatically, but I cannot get any
> Internet connection when the VPN is enabled.
>
> > From the other side, when I use the OpenVPN on the android all traffic
> is rerouted correctly via VPN (my router) so I can have internet
> connection as I would sit at home. How can I configure it on Debian so
> I will have the same situation? Which Info sould I provide you in
> oorder to give some concrete help?
>
> Regards,
> Piotr

On the vpn client are you getting the proper DNS in '/etc/resolv.conf' 
when connected to your vpn server?

Hint:

https://serverfault.com/questions/590706/openvpn-client-force-dns-server

The script 'update-resolv-conf' is in:

/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

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John Doe