[Wylug-help] Solved - VPN connection using GUI (KDE / NetworkManager)

[Gary Stainburn]

From the Fedora List:

yum install \
kde-plasma-networkmanagement-pptp

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On Wednesday 09 November 2011 10:43:53 Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I want to configure a VPN for my laptop, but rather than the way I normally
> do things using command line / scripts I thought I would use
> NetworkManager.
>
> I've googled and found that I needed to add NetworkManager-pptp which I did
> (aling with a few others, see below).  However, when I open up the KDE
> control module for Network Manager and go to the VPN tab, the 'Add' button
> is disabled.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to enable it?
>
> Ta
>
> Gary
>
> [root at dcomp5 ~]# rpm -qa|grep -i networkman
> NetworkManager-glib-0.8.4-1.fc14.i686
> NetworkManager-pptp-0.8.1-1.fc14.i686
> NetworkManager-vpnc-0.8.1-1.fc14.i686
> NetworkManager-0.8.4-1.fc14.i686
> NetworkManager-openswan-0.8.0-5.20100411git.fc14.i686
> kde-plasma-networkmanagement-libs-0.9-0.40.20110323.fc14.i686
> NetworkManager-openvpn-0.8.1-1.fc14.i686
> kde-plasma-networkmanagement-0.9-0.40.20110323.fc14.i686
> [root at dcomp5 ~]#



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Gary Stainburn
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Ringways Garages
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