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Hello,

I am trying to use Mullvad VPN on my Linux guest. I installed their Linux client with no issues. However, when I turn on the VPN, I am no longer able to use the internet. Firefox simply gets stuck on "connecting" and does nothing else.

Do I have to configure the virtual machine to allow use of a VPN somehow? I need to be able to use a VPN on my virtual machines.

Thanks in advance.

Make sure your Virtual Machine is using Bridged mode in the network settings. Any other mode will not work properly, or at all.

I am able to use the internet with NAT (but I cannot use the VPN). But when I switch to bridged, I am not even able to use the internet. I've tried each of the different promiscuous modes (although I'm not entirely sure what these do).

Bridged mode means that your VM become a separate entity, from a network point of view. It means that you need to either have a DHCP server running, or give it a static IP.
Any configuration in place on the host would need to be replicated.

Thanks for the information. I understand what you are saying, but I am very new to Linux and I have never set up anything like that on Linux before. I am using Linux Mint 15 and Ubuntu 13.04 desktop. Do you have any suggestions for guides that a newby can follow?

I'm not being lazy, I promise! I'm looking for one as soon as I post this. But if someone else can show me the way to a nice guide before I find one, then it saves time.

You'll need two kind of ressources then :
- A guide on how to configure networking in Linux, but I don't have a good guide at hand.
- The User Manual of Virtualbox, at the Networking chapter