[mythtv-users] connection does not survive a reboot

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 10:50 PM Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 12:48:17 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Thanks Stephen, I do use gnome desktop and have used network manager years
> >ago with a different VPN.
> >The free vpn I tried was all done automagically, and now I'm having
> trouble
> >undoing it. I found my ISP's primary DNS and secondary DNS, are you saying
> >I should be using these instead of google's? This would be only in the
> >interim until an automatic solution is found?
>
> Yes, use the ISP DNS servers.  In my case, my ISP has Akamai CDN
> servers on their network, so if I do not use their DNS servers, any of
> the millions of sites that use Akamai will be directed to a US or
> Australian server instead of my ISP's New Zealand one.  So the speed
> and responsiveness decreases quite a lot as the ping times to anything
> outside NZ are quite large due to the distance that has to be
> traveled.  In your case the performance decrease will be less, as
> there will be relatively nearby US CDN servers, but you may well
> notice the difference if you are looking for it.  And you may have
> problems logging into your ISP account if you are not using their DNS.
>
> If you are looking for the remnants of your VPN install, try looking
> in /etc/NetworkManager, especially the "system-connections" and "VPN"
> subdirectories.  And in files in /var/lib/NetworkManager.
>
Thanks Stephen, I found it in /etc/NetworkManager, commented out the entire
file, rebooted and voila internet without editing.

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