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network-manager-vpnc package

  1. Bug #112248
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 112248

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Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk) wrote : Re: [Bug 112248] Re: fields to set MTU and MSS missing

Because it doesn't include the possibility to set such parameters.
OpenVPN itself already allows setting such values by manually editing
the configuration file. The problem here is that the NM plug-in for
OpenVPN doesn't even support half of the parameters that OpenVPN
itself offers.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Alexander Sack <email address hidden> wrote:
> why not use the advanced ... ip4settings for the vpn connection in
> connection editor?
>
> ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
>
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> fields to set MTU and MSS missing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112248
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>
> Status in "network-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in "network-manager-openvpn" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "network-manager" source package in Baltix: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> The configuration menu for n-m-openvpn lacks the possibility to setup arbitrary functions recognized by OpenVPN, in my case, non-default MTU and MSS values for the connection, which are necessary to interact with some commercial OS' defaults in a corporate setting.
>

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Best Regards,
Martin-Éric