Vpn Disconnect - Do Not Stop Internet
By Default (I Guess) Ubuntu Cuts My Internet Connection Whenever I Disconnect a Vpn, Which Is Nice Unless You Don't Want It, and Have to Reconnect (Stop and...
By default (I guess) Ubuntu cuts my internet connection whenever I disconnect a VPN, which is nice unless you don't want it, and have to reconnect (stop and start) your connection every time. How can I configure it so that it does not block my traffic after disconnecting a particular VPN connection?
1 Answer
A workaround for this issue is to create a dispatch script for Network-Manager that will do this automagically for you.
Create /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/80-ppp-vpn-down with the following contents:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
##
# The environment contains more information about the interface and the connection:
# DEVICE_IFACE - The interface name of the control interface of the device
main() {
local interface="$1"
local event="$2"
if [[ "${interface}" =~ "ppp"* && "${event}" == "vpn-down" ]]; then
local connection
connection="$(nmcli -t -f NAME,DEVICE connection show --active | awk -F: '/'"${DEVICE_IFACE}"'/ {print $1}')" || return 1
nmcli connection down id "${connection}"
nmcli connection up id "${connection}"
fi
}
main "$@"
exit $?
Make sure to make it executable as well:
chmod +x /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/80-ppp-vpn-down
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