Here's how this looks from nmcli when connected to OpenVPN;

nmcli connection
NAME                   UUID                                  TYPE       DEVICE 
OpenVPN     b6080992-6e7b-4f43-894a-0feaa287bd9f  vpn        enp5s0 
tun0                   5d5f7a17-442e-429e-a783-cf2bfad3a5eb  tun        tun0   
lo                     52b96564-d84c-4cb9-8d99-ba259cf3bd81  loopback   lo     
Wired Connection       0c288f04-eb9d-309e-b15a-6fde9e55c487  ethernet   enp5s0 
Wireguard  b1aa9b00-6fab-43cc-aa38-f21efd136ed5  wireguard  --     


nmcli device
DEVICE  TYPE      STATE                   CONNECTION       
tun0    tun       connected (externally)  tun0             
enp5s0  ethernet  connected               Wired Connection 
lo      loopback  connected (externally)  lo               


nmcli networking connectivity
Full



Here's how the connection looks with the ufw OpenVPN rules and disconnected to OpenVPN

nmcli connection
NAME                   UUID                                  TYPE       DEVICE 
Wired Connection       0c288f04-eb9d-309e-b15a-6fde9e55c487  ethernet   enp5s0 
lo                     52b96564-d84c-4cb9-8d99-ba259cf3bd81  loopback   lo     
OpenVPN                b6080992-6e7b-4f43-894a-0feaa287bd9f  vpn        --     
Wireguard               b1aa9b00-6fab-43cc-aa38-f21efd136ed5  wireguard  --   


nmcli device
DEVICE  TYPE      STATE                   CONNECTION       
enp5s0  ethernet  connected               Wired Connection 
lo      loopback  connected (externally)  lo         

nmcli networking connectivity
limited



Here's how the connection looks with the ufw Wireguard rules and connected to Wireguard.

nmcli connection
NAME                   UUID                                  TYPE       DEVICE 
Wired Connection       0c288f04-eb9d-309e-b15a-6fde9e55c487  ethernet   enp5s0 
lo                     52b96564-d84c-4cb9-8d99-ba259cf3bd81  loopback   lo     
Wireguard  b1aa9b00-6fab-43cc-aa38-f21efd136ed5  wireguard  wg0    
OpenVPN     b6080992-6e7b-4f43-894a-0feaa287bd9f  vpn        --     

nmcli device
DEVICE  TYPE       STATE                   CONNECTION            
enp5s0  ethernet   connected               Wired Connection      
lo      loopback   connected (externally)  lo                    
wg0     wireguard  connected               Wireguard 

nmcli networking connectivity
limited


Ahh the last one; nmcli networking connectivity limited, is this the problem, it's not 'Full',  is this the reason the applet with the 3 gray computers and question mark never change white?



Here's how the connection looks with the ufw Wireguard rules and disconnected from Wireguard.

nmcli connection
NAME                   UUID                                  TYPE       DEVICE 
Wired Connection       0c288f04-eb9d-309e-b15a-6fde9e55c487  ethernet   enp5s0 
lo                     52b96564-d84c-4cb9-8d99-ba259cf3bd81  loopback   lo     
OpenVPN     b6080992-6e7b-4f43-894a-0feaa287bd9f  vpn        --     
Wireguard  b1aa9b00-6fab-43cc-aa38-f21efd136ed5  wireguard  --     

nmcli device
DEVICE  TYPE      STATE                   CONNECTION       
enp5s0  ethernet  connected               Wired Connection 
lo      loopback  connected (externally)  lo               

nmcli networking connectivity
limited