We recommend you use the SonicWALL TELE2, which eliminates the need to install VPN clients on each computer on your network. If you have a dedicated connection without a firewall, your unprotected VPN Client connection may become a vulnerable point for hackers to enter your VPN tunnel. Click on the TCP/IP properties for either the Dial-Up Adapter or the network adapter you re using for your dedicated Internet connection. Open the Network dialog box appears (Figure 3). WINS Server (mandatory for NT server, Windows 2000 server can use DNS 4. NT account (your username and password) 2. Before logging into the remote domain, you will need the following information from your Network Administrator: 1. Configuring Windows Networking Once the VPN Tunnel has been successfully setup, you can configure Windows networking and browse the Network Neighborhood across the VPN tunnel. If you see other error messages, please contact your Network Administrator. If you do not see the SPI values, and an error message Hash Payload incorrect, you may have entered the incorrect Pre-Shared key.
Figure 2ģ Note: The log viewer will only display information when using IKE as opposed to Manual Keys.
A successful VPN tunnel negotiation will have SPI values at the bottom of the log window as shown in Figure 2. If your ping is unsuccessful, open the VPN client log viewer by right clicking on the VPN client icon in your system tray and select Log Viewer. You may need to repeat the ping more than once because there is a delay in the VPN tunnel getting established.
Figure 1 If you get a ping reply then the VPN tunnel is working. Figure 1 shows an example of pinging the remote machine through the VPN tunnel. To verify that the VPN tunnel is set properly, ping an IP address of a machine on the remote network. Sunnyvale, CA Phone:Ģ Summary: This document assists Network Administrators and end-users setting up Windows Networking across a VPN tunnel using the SonicWALL VPN Client Testing the VPN tunnel: This technical note assumes that SonicWALL VPN Client has been installed and configured correctly by importing a configuration file.
You must upgrade to at least Windows 10 before using the VPN.1 Configuring Windows Networking for the SonicWALL VPN Client Tech Notes Prepared by SonicWALL Inc Bordeaux Dr. Q: I am still using Windows XP and is there a VPN client available for Windows XP?Ī: Windows XP is not supported by Microsoft and therefore considered a security risk. For example you cannot access your home drive as \\smbhelp\userid but rather you should use \\smbhelp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\userid Q: I am connected to the VPN but I cannot connect to my home drive.Ī: While connected to VPN use an FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) to connect to a Windows share. Check that your wireless router or ISP (Internet Service Provider) is not blocking ports 80 or 443.
Check if your antivirus program has any firewall that is blocking the ports above.Your personal firewall settings and make sure the ports 80 and 443 are not blocked.
Q: I was able to download and install the client properly but when I am trying to connect I am getting this error: “VPN Server not reachable” This error occurs when a Windows System goes to sleep mode abruptly or if the previous connection is not terminated properly. But now when I am trying to connect I am getting this error: “VPN connection cannot be established as the modem is not found”Ī: The only solution to resolve this problem right now is to restart the PC. Q: I was connected to the VPN client on my Windows 10 and it was working fine. Q: I have upgraded my Windows to Windows 10, will the client for Window 8/8.1 work on Windows 10?Ī: Follow the instructions under the Windows section above to download the latest client (for Windows 10).