Dear Maintainer,
I'm also having this problem. The logs in /var/log/daemon say (note ip
addresses have been anonymized):
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> devices added (path:
/sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0)
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> device added (path:
/sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> VPN connection 'myvpn' (IP4
Config Get) reply received from old-style plugin.
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> VPN Gateway: 192.168.4.13
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Tunnel Device: tun0
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> IPv4 configuration:
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Internal Address:
192.168.16.185
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Internal Prefix: 24
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Internal Point-to-Point
Address: 192.168.16.185
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Maximum Segment Size
(MSS): 0
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Static Route:
192.168.172.64/26 Next Hop: 192.168.214.1
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Static Route:
192.168.184.128/25 Next Hop: 192.168.214.1
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Static Route:
192.168.172.1/26 Next Hop: 192.168.214.1
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Forbid Default Route: yes
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> DNS Domain: '(none)'
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> No IPv6 configuration
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Login Banner:
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info>
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Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> Banner message
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info>
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Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> (tun0): link connected
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <error> [1407416356.843371]
[platform/nm-linux-platform.c:1714] add_object(): Netlink error adding
192.168.172.64/26 via 192.168.214.1 dev tun0 metric 1024 mss 0 src user:
Unspecific failure
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: inet 192.168.172.64/26 table main
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: priority 0x400 protocol static
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: nexthop via 192.168.214.1 dev 8
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <warn> VPN connection 'myvpn' did
not receive valid IP config information.
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> (tun0): link disconnected
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: ** Message: Terminated vpnc daemon
with PID 12959.
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: select: Interrupted system call
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: terminated by signal: 15
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra avahi-daemon[857]: Withdrawing workstation service for
tun0.
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: VPNC started in foreground...
Aug 7 08:59:16 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> devices removed (path:
/sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0)
Aug 7 08:59:37 battra NetworkManager[968]: <info> VPN service 'vpnc'
disappeared