I’ve always been using some L2TP VPN’s on my Chromebook. But after an update about a month ago, even if I “connect” and the computer says I’m connected, nothing get’s tunnelled through the VPN.
I have tried using the ExpressVPN app too, and that has the same effect - says I am connected, but my normal IP is still visible, and nothing is being tunnelled through the VPN.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I have done all of the updates available, and this is on an ASUS C302
You could try enabling developer mode than manually enabling Android apps. I say this because there is a flag that allows a VPN app installed from the Google Play Store to act as a VPN for the entire OS (not just the Android apps). That might work and it’d be OpenVPN which is better.
I have had the same problem using the IPVanish app on the Chromebook Plus. I could not ever use the app even though the app said connected. Had to actually manually set up the VPN through the network settings and then it worked.
I’m having the same sort of issues with my C302. My ONC loaded VPN stopped working, and the new Android app functionality (where Android apps can tunnel the main OS) doesn’t seem to work.
Same problem here with PIA. Have had no problems in the past, now it just won’t tunnel. Tried forgetting ssid, restarting chromebook, enabling the arc flag, toggling kill switch on and off, toggling VPN always on on and off- no joy. I’ve also noticed that even though the VPN shows it’s connected, and in my Chrome Google app settings pptp/VPN settings it says so too, when I open the task tray at the lower right, the VPN icon says Off. When I click there and click PIA, it restarts and reconnects PIA, but the icon still says Off and it’s definitely not tunneling. This needs a fix ASAP.
