SonicWALL VPN, based on the industry-standard IPsec VPN implementation, provides a easy-to-setup, secure solution for connecting mobile users, telecommuters, remote offices and partners via the Internet. The Sonicwall technical support representative has no idea why the “None” option for the virtual network adapter did not work correctly, but the only operating system that had issues was Windows 7 64-bit.Configuring VPNs in SonicOS Configuring VPNs in SonicOS Add the appropriate DHCP server IP address. If you are using a different DHCP server, instead check Send DHCP requests to the server addresses listed below. If you are using the internal Sonicwall DHCP server, ensure both Use Internal DHCP Server and For Global VPN Client are selected. Go ahead and just select the Configure button.Ī new window opens. I had None selected at first, which Windows 7 64-bit doesn’t cooperate with very well. On the Client tab, under Client Connections, there is a drop down list for Virtual Adapter settings. Edit the GroupVPN policy by selecting the pencil and paper icon. If it is not, you can use the VPN Policy Wizard to create a new one. I believe this should be here by default. Next, under VPN -> Settings there should already be a GroupVPN policy. After that, create a DHCP Lease Scope under the appropriate heading. Select both Enable DHCP Server and Enable Conflict Detection. To set up DHCP in a Sonicwall Firewall, navigate to Network -> DHCP Server. While it is not necessary for the Sonicwall Firewall to host the DHCP server, a DHCP server is probably required for this fix to work. Here is what we needed to have set up in order for the resolution to arise: The virtual adapter settings for the VPN connection in the firewall were set to not lease any IP addresses via DHCP. None of these fixed the issue.Īt first, I did not think there was any misconfiguration on the Sonicwall Firewall because four other people, one of which used Windows 7 32-bit, could successfully establish a connection and use network resources.Īfter contacting and working with the horrible Sonicwall technical support, I did finally come to a resolution. I tried removing and reestablishing the connection, uninstalling and reinstalling the Global VPN Client, and even jumping up and down in frustration. I could not ping any host or access any service that resided on the remote network. To no avail, I continued onward in quest of solving this curious predicament.įirst, I changed the connection settings to use LAN only to get rid of the dialog box.Īfter this, the connection was successfully established, but no data could pass through. Additionally, IE was installed, and I even uninstalled and reinstalled it again just to make sure there weren’t any changes to IE that would have caused the incident. I was using GoToAssist when I saw this message, so he was obviously connected to the Internet.
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