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    Hosts cannot be resolved when VPN connection is up

    Hi,

    I've configured VPN using standard network manager in Ubuntu 12.04. It works fine except no host can be resolved when VPN connection is established... I tried to search Google and forums but the cases I found seem to be different than mine.

    When VPN is down:

    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ ifconfig
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:7e:15:c6:0c  
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
              Interrupt:20 Memory:fc000000-fc020000 
    
    lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
              inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
              inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
              RX packets:17085 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:17085 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:3003521 (3.0 MB)  TX bytes:3003521 (3.0 MB)
    
    vmnet1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01  
              inet addr:192.168.141.1  Bcast:192.168.141.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    
    vmnet8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:08  
              inet addr:192.168.219.1  Bcast:192.168.219.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    
    wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:6a:51:69:fa  
              inet addr:192.168.0.5  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::221:6aff:fe51:69fa/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:35238 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:33506 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:16474824 (16.4 MB)  TX bytes:4909950 (4.9 MB)
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ route -n
    Kernel IP routing table
    Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
    0.0.0.0         192.168.0.69    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
    169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 wlan0
    192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 wlan0
    192.168.141.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet1
    192.168.219.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet8
    194.7.86.9      192.168.0.69    255.255.255.255 UGH   0      0        0 wlan0
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
    # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
    #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
    nameserver 127.0.0.1
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ ping -c2 91.189.94.186
    PING 91.189.94.186 (91.189.94.186) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 91.189.94.186: icmp_req=1 ttl=48 time=60.6 ms
    64 bytes from 91.189.94.186: icmp_req=2 ttl=48 time=61.0 ms
    
    --- 91.189.94.186 ping statistics ---
    2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms
    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 60.622/60.820/61.019/0.316
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ ping -c2 ubuntuforums.com
    PING ubuntuforums.com (91.189.94.12) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from feijoa.canonical.com (91.189.94.12): icmp_req=1 ttl=48 time=61.4 ms
    64 bytes from feijoa.canonical.com (91.189.94.12): icmp_req=2 ttl=48 time=61.6 ms
    
    --- ubuntuforums.com ping statistics ---
    2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 61.494/61.586/61.679/0.264 ms
    When VPN is up:

    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ ifconfig 
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:7e:15:c6:0c  
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
              Interrupt:20 Memory:fc000000-fc020000 
    
    lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
              inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
              inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
              RX packets:17265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:17265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:3033673 (3.0 MB)  TX bytes:3033673 (3.0 MB)
    
    ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
              inet addr:10.1.40.184  P-t-P:10.1.40.129  Mask:255.255.255.255
              UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1400  Metric:1
              RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
              RX bytes:114 (114.0 B)  TX bytes:177 (177.0 B)
    
    vmnet1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01  
              inet addr:192.168.141.1  Bcast:192.168.141.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    
    vmnet8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:08  
              inet addr:192.168.219.1  Bcast:192.168.219.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    
    wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:6a:51:69:fa  
              inet addr:192.168.0.5  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::221:6aff:fe51:69fa/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:35552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:33780 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:16557107 (16.5 MB)  TX bytes:4950010 (4.9 MB)
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ route -n
    Kernel IP routing table
    Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
    0.0.0.0         192.168.0.69    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
    10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 ppp0
    10.1.16.0       0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 ppp0
    10.1.40.129     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
    169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 wlan0
    192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 ppp0
    192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 wlan0
    192.168.64.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 ppp0
    192.168.141.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet1
    192.168.219.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet8
    192.168.244.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 ppp0
    194.7.86.9      192.168.0.69    255.255.255.255 UGH   0      0        0 wlan0
    194.7.86.9      192.168.0.69    255.255.255.255 UGH   0      0        0 wlan0
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
    # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
    #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
    nameserver 127.0.0.1
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ ping -c2 91.189.94.186
    PING 91.189.94.186 (91.189.94.186) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 91.189.94.186: icmp_req=1 ttl=48 time=60.5 ms
    64 bytes from 91.189.94.186: icmp_req=2 ttl=48 time=60.6 ms
    
    --- 91.189.94.186 ping statistics ---
    2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 60.521/60.562/60.603/0.041 ms
    Code:
    golszewski@golszewski:~$ ping -c2 ubuntuforums.com
    ping: unknown host ubuntuforums.com
    Syslog entries when VPN is starting:

    Code:
    Aug 19 16:23:27 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
    Aug 19 16:23:27 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN service  'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 7986
    Aug 19 16:23:27 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
    Aug 19 16:23:27 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: init (1)
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: starting (3)
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN connection 'c2p' (Connect) reply received.
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pppd[7990]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pppd[7990]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pppd[7990]: Using interface ppp0
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pppd[7990]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/4
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pptp[7993]: nm-pptp-service-7986 log[main:pptp.c:314]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski NetworkManager[918]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown:  devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski NetworkManager[918]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown:  device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no  ifupdown configuration found.
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 1  'Start-Control-Connection-Request'
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:739]: Received Start Control Connection Reply
    Aug 19 16:23:28 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:773]: Client connection established.
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 7  'Outgoing-Call-Request'
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986 log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:858]: Received Outgoing Call Reply.
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:897]: Outgoing call established (call ID 0,  peer's call ID 20096).
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:950]: PPTP_SET_LINK_INFO received from  peer_callid 0
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:953]:   send_accm is 00000000, recv_accm is  FFFFFFFF
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pptp[8003]: nm-pptp-service-7986  warn[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:956]: Non-zero Async Control Character Maps  are not supported!
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pppd[7990]: CHAP authentication succeeded
    Aug 19 16:23:29 golszewski pppd[7990]: MPPE 128-bit stateless compression enabled
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski pppd[7990]: local  IP address 10.1.40.170
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski pppd[7990]: remote IP address 10.1.40.129
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski pppd[7990]: primary   DNS address 10.1.16.1
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski pppd[7990]: secondary DNS address 10.1.16.2
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN connection 'c2p' (IP Config Get) reply received.
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN Gateway: 194.7.86.9
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Tunnel Device: ppp0
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Internal IP4 Address: 10.1.40.170
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Internal IP4 Prefix: 32
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Internal IP4 Point-to-Point Address: 10.1.40.129
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Maximum Segment Size (MSS): 0
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Forbid Default Route: no
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 10.1.16.1
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Internal IP4 DNS: 10.1.16.2
    Aug 19 16:23:31 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> DNS Domain: '(none)'
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> (ppp0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dnsmasq[1970]: setting upstream servers from DBus
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dnsmasq[1970]: using nameserver 10.1.16.1#53 for domain 244.168.192.in-addr.arpa
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dnsmasq[1970]: using nameserver 10.1.16.1#53 for domain 64.168.192.in-addr.arpa
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dnsmasq[1970]: using nameserver 10.1.16.1#53 for domain 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dnsmasq[1970]: using nameserver 10.1.16.1#53 for domain 10.in-addr.arpa
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dnsmasq[1970]: using nameserver 192.168.0.69#53
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN connection 'c2p' (IP Config Get) complete.
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> Policy set 'Destiny' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski NetworkManager[918]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: started (4)
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dbus[571]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' (using servicehelper)
    Aug 19 16:23:32 golszewski dbus[571]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
    Any ideas what's going on?

  2. #2
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    Re: Hosts cannot be resolved when VPN connection is up

    I eventually found a solution at http://askubuntu.com/questions/32092...n-ubuntu-13-04

    I've commented out line "dns=dnsmasq" in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf - that solved my problem.

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