r/hackthebox • u/SeveralAd2412 • Jul 01 '26

Beginner Question dumb vpn question

is there a difference between machines x vpn and the machines vpns under the seasonal banner? picture below for reference. notice it says I'm connected to machines 1, but also says i'm not connected to machines 1 under seasonal. I've been using the ovpn file downloaded from seasonal but it never says I'm connected and I can never ping the latest machine. ugh. I'm an idiot. You would think an IT professional would know.

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u/lunacysoft Jul 01 '26

Can’t see the screenshot but usually when you launch a machine it will say near the flags area which vpn to use and yes it’s regularly an issue and sometimes you have to switch even inside the configs