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I've previously been connecting to our work VPN using Shrewsoft VPN client but it seems the ike packages were dropped after Ubuntu 18.04. I've recently upgraded to 20.04 and hoping to keep it, but I need to get on this VPN.

If I try to create a new connection manually in 20.04, I have the options of PPTN and OpenVPN. I also have a .vpn config text file that has a load of settings for Shrewsoft VPN client. I can see the host/gateway and I know my username and password. Is it possible to connect to this VPN, or will I need to revert back to 18.04?

The .vpn file:

n:version:4
n:network-ike-port:500
n:network-mtu-size:1380
n:client-addr-auto:1
n:network-natt-port:4500
n:network-natt-rate:15
n:network-frag-size:540
n:network-dpd-enable:1
n:client-banner-enable:1
n:network-notify-enable:1
n:client-dns-used:1
n:client-dns-auto:1
n:client-dns-suffix-auto:1
n:client-splitdns-used:1
n:client-splitdns-auto:1
n:client-wins-used:1
n:client-wins-auto:1
n:phase1-dhgroup:5
n:phase1-life-secs:86400
n:phase1-life-kbytes:0
n:vendor-chkpt-enable:0
n:phase2-life-secs:3600
n:phase2-life-kbytes:0
n:policy-nailed:0
n:policy-list-auto:1
n:phase2-keylen:256
s:network-host:vpn.myworkdomain.com
...etc
Martyn
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  • does your vpn provider provide configuration files? end with an .ovpn extension, then in terminal sudo nm-connection-editor, click the + add button, go to the end of the drop down box for import a saved vpn configuration, select your file (maybe you could select your manual file there) , put in user and passwd. I am using Nordvpn and they now have a nordvpn terminal app, which for me has sped my speeds up enormously using udp. it also has a kill connection if vpn is lost, which is good seeing as protectvpn gnome addon is not something I can find anymore. – pierrely Aug 02 '20 at 10:50

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