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VPN via Command Line, but not via Gnome Network Manager

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I can use Remmina to connect to a Windows 10 office machine from Ubuntu by first connecting to our corporate VPN. Following the helpful advice from here, I can successfully use the following:

To Connect

sudo openvpn --mktun --dev tun1
sudo ifconfig tun1 up
sudo openconnect vpn.xxx.xxx.xxx --authgroup=yyyyyyyy --interface=tun1

To Disconnect

sudo ifconfig tun1 down
sudo openvpn --rmtun --dev tun1

I would however much prefer to use the Gnome Network Manager. Under Settings > Network > VPN I select the '+' button and choose "Multi-protocol VPN client (openconnect)". I add only the URL that I gave to openconnect (vpn.xxx.xxx.xxx); and when I then enable the connection, I choose the yyyyyyyy group from a list of options. A "VPN" icon appears on the top bar.

Alas, when I then use Remmina, exactly as I do after the command line connection, I get the following error message within Remmina:

Could not find the address for the RDP server "remotepc.zzz.zzz.zzz".

Can anyone advise?

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