Openvpn

If you somehow fail to get our standard VPN service up and running on your system, use our OpenVPN service.

General settings:

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server adres openvpn.science.ru.nl
port 443

Tip

You can test your VPN-connection by visiting this (great) website:

https://ip.science.ru.nl

This page displays your ip address. If your Science VPN is active, your ip address should start with 131.174.. The hostname will look like `

Ubuntu 22.04 instructions

Download the Science openvpn configuration file:

wget https://gitlab.science.ru.nl/cncz/openvpn/raw/master/openvpn-ca-science.ovpn

Goto “Systeem settings” > “Network”. You should see this screen:

add vpn in ubuntu

Click the + button to add a new VPN connection.

In the next dialog choose “Import from file…” and select the just downloaded ovpn file.

You should see this screen now:

openvpn configuration ubuntu

Just fill in your science loginname.

After saving your configuataion, you should be able to activate your OpenVPN connection. Click the icons in the top-right corner of your screen:

activate vpn ubuntu