Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

[Hilco Wijbenga]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:08 AM Wol's lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>
> On 10/06/18 17:53, Mick wrote:
> > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:31:50 BST Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
> >> Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up
> >> a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its
> >> networking. I've changed this to 172.16.0.0 so now I can easily tell
> >> that network from work network (which seems to use 10.25.0.0)
> >>
> >> I wanted to add a route to NetworkManager's VPN connection. It wants
> >> Address, Network, Gateway, and Metric so I gave it "10.0.0.0",
> >> "255.0.0.0" (this one shows up automatically), "207.x.y.z", "1". But
> >> then VPN fails to start with the complaint that the configuration is
> >> invalid.
> >>
> >> So I tried what I think is the same on the CL:
> >>
> >> $> route add -net 10.0.0.0/8 gw "207.x.y.z" metric 1
> >> SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
> >>
> >> So apparently, it's not quite as straightforward as I thought it might be.
> >> :-)
> >
> > Ahh!  If you're trying to set this up within a VM, this adds a whole new layer
> > of complexity.  I assume you're setting up a bridge between host and guest
> > device(s)?
> >
> No if he's assigned 172.16/16 to the VM network he hasn't. VB defaults
> to a NAT'd network and it's always given me grief. I was going to
> suggest he switched to bridged.
>
> In settings, change the network adaptor type to bridged, and then the VM
> will get its settings and IP address from the DHCP server serving the
> local network. Makes things MUCH easier.

I've changed it to "Bridged Adapter" but the behaviour is exactly the
same as before. I'm guessing I still need an extra "route" (or two).
Any ideas about that?