SoftEther VPN Client Connection Successful but No IPv4 Address Assigned

[vertikal]

Hello,

I'm facing an issue with my SoftEther VPN client connection. While I can successfully establish a connection to the VPN server, my VPN interface isn't receiving an IPv4 address assignment, which prevents me from setting up proper routing.

Current Setup:

OS: Linux (Fedora)
SoftEther VPN Client (using vpncmd)
Connection type: Standard connection with password authentication

What I've Done:

1. Created a VPN connection setting:

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AccountCreate myconnection /SERVER:[server-ip]:5555 /HUB:[hub-name] /USERNAME:[username] /NICNAME:vpn
AccountPasswordSet myconnection

2. Connected successfully:

AccountConnect myconnection

3. Connection status shows success:

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Session Status: Connection Completed (Session Established)
VoIP / QoS Function: Enabled
Number of TCP Connections: 2
Encryption: Enabled (Algorithm: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384)

The Problem:
When checking the VPN interface, I only see an IPv6 link-local address with NO IPv4 address:

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ip addr show vpn_vpn
5: vpn_vpn: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether [MAC ADDRESS] brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::[REDACTED]/64 scope link proto kernel_ll 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Despite the connection showing as established, without an IPv4 address, I cannot route traffic through this interface.

Important things: [/b Somehow during my very first time I managed to connect. Then I started to play with sylinks, aliases I moved the client from Downloads to /opt and now can't make it working again, even with totally fresh reinstallation etc. Also, on my another Windows PC this server and credentials works properly.

What I want to achieve? I want to watch Polish TV on a streaming portal Canal Plus in the country other than Poland.

Questions:

1. Why isn't my interface getting an IPv4 address when the VPN connection is successful?
2. Does the server need DHCP configured, or is there a client-side setting I'm missing?
3. Is there a specific command to request an IP from the VPN server?

I'm happy to share more data if needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[solo]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68335&p=99223#p99223
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[vertikal]

Thanks Solo! Your suggestion worked perfectly. Following your exact instructions:

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sudo ip route add <VPN server IP address>/32 via 192.168.0.1
sudo ip route del default
sudo dhclient vpn_vpn

After some minor additional tweaking with DNS settings and IPv6 disabling, everything is working perfectly. My traffic is now properly routing through Poland as verified by location tests.