I can confirm this bug, network manager will only allow you to connect to a VPN if the wireless connection is established automatically (marking the bug as such)
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Unable to use VPN with manually configured wifi interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163623 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs